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Heb_5:6 now introduces the proof from Scripture that Christ, the Son of God, has also been appointed High Priest.
καθὼς καὶ ἐν ἑτέρῳ λέγει ] as He (sc. God) accordingly speaks in another place of Scripture (namely Psa_110:4; comp. Heb_1:13).
καί ] belongs not to ἐν ἐτέρῳ , so that we should have to assume that the author has already found in the citation, Heb_5:5, a Scripture proof for the high-priesthood of Christ, and now in Heb_5:6 is adding thereto a second Scripture proof for the same thing (Schlichting, Ebrard, and others), but it belongs to the whole relative clause καθὼς λέγει , and is just the ordinary καί after a particle of comparison; comp. Heb_5:4. By means of this correct apprehension of the force of καί the objection is further set aside, that Heb_5:6, if a Scripture proof was first to be given in this place, must have been joined on to that which precedes simply with λέγων , as Heb_2:6, Heb_4:7, or with μαρτυρεῖ γάρ , as Heb_7:17 (Abresch), or with λέγει γάρ , or at least with καθώς without καί (Ebrard).
ἐν ἑτέρῳ ] See on ἐν τούτῳ , Heb_4:5.
ἱερεύς ] for the author equivalent to ἀρχιερεύς ; comp. Heb_5:10; Heb_6:20. This equalization is likewise warranted. For Melchisedec (Gen_14:18 ff.), with whom the person addressed is compared, was at the same time king and priest; but with the attributes of a king the attributes of an ordinary priest are irreconcilable; the character sustained by a superior or high priest alone comports therewith.
κατὰ τὴν τάξιν Μελχισεδέκ ] not: in the time of succession (Schulz), but: after the order or manner ( òÇìÎãÌÄáÀøÈúÄé ) of Melchisedec, in such wise that thou obtainest the same position, the same character, as he possessed. Comp. Heb_7:15 : κατὰ τὴν ὁμοιότητα Μελχισεδέκ .
εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ] the author combines (contrary to the sense of the original) with ἱερεύς into a single idea, comp. Heb_7:3; Heb_7:8.