Christ as High Priest

“But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;”

“Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.”

“Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.”

“So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.”

“For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.”

“For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.”

“Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;”

“For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:”

“Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.”

“Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.”

“For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.”

“But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;”

“For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.”

“For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:”

“And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:”

“And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:”

“For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:”

“For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.”

“And having an high priest over the house of God;”

“And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.”

“By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;”

“And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:”

“A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.”

“But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.”

“So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.”

“Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;”

“And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.”

“And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.”

“By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.”

“By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.”

“But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.”

“For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.”

“Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.”

“For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.”

“But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:”

“For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.”

“And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.”

“Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,”