Hebrews 6:20 Parallel Translations

where Jesus went before us on our behalf. He has become the chief priest forever in the way Melchizedek was a priest.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

ASV:

whither as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

BBE:

Where Jesus has gone before us, as a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

DBY:

where Jesus is entered as forerunner for us, become for ever a high priest according to the order of Melchisedec.

ERV:

whither as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

WEY:

where Jesus has entered as a forerunner on our behalf, having become, like Melchizedek, a High Priest for ever.

WBS:

Whither the forerunner hath for us entered, even Jesus, made a high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

WEB:

where as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

YLT:

whither a forerunner for us did enter -- Jesus, after the order of Melchisedek chief priest having become -- to the age.

Hebrews 6:20 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 110:4 The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind, "You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek."

John 14:2 "In My Father's house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.

Hebrews 2:17 Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

Hebrews 4:14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.

Hebrews 5:6 just as He says also in another passage, "YOU ARE A PRIEST FOREVER ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

6:20 {9} Whither the forerunner is for us entered, [even] Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
(9) He repeats David's words, in which all those comparisons that he mentioned before are signified, as he declares in all the next chapter.

PNT:

6:20 Whither the forerunner is for us entered, [even] Jesus. As the High Priest entered within the veil into the Holy of Holies, so our High Priest has entered for us, and before us, into the heavens.
Made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. See notes on Heb 7:1-10.

WES:

6:20 A forerunner uses to be less in dignity than those that are to follow him. But it is not so here; for Christ who is gone before us is infinitely superior to us. What an honour is it to believers, to have so glorious a forerunner, now appearing in the presence of God for them.

MHC:

6:11-20 The hope here meant, is a sure looking for good things promised, through those promises, with love, desire, and valuing of them. Hope has its degrees, as faith also. The promise of blessedness God has made to believers, is from God's eternal purpose, settled between the eternal Father, Son, and Spirit. These promises of God may safely be depended upon; for here we have two things which cannot change, the counsel and the oath of God, in which it is not possible for God to lie; it would be contrary to his nature as well as to his will. And as He cannot lie; the destruction of the unbeliever, and the salvation of the believer, are alike certain. Here observe, those to whom God has given full security of happiness, have a title to the promises by inheritance. The consolations of God are strong enough to support his people under their heaviest trials. Here is a refuge for all sinners who flee to the mercy of God, through the redemption of Christ, according to the covenant of grace, laying aside all other confidences. We are in this world as a ship at sea, tossed up and down, and in danger of being cast away. We need an anchor to keep us sure and steady. Gospel hope is our anchor in the storms of this world. It is sure and stedfast, or it could not keep us so. The free grace of God, the merits and mediation of Christ, and the powerful influences of his Spirit, are the grounds of this hope, and so it is a stedfast hope. Christ is the object and ground of the believer's hope. Let us therefore set our affections on things above, and wait patiently for his appearance, when we shall certainly appear with him in glory.

CONC:

Age Behalf Chief Enter Entered Forerunner Forever Melchisedec Melchisedek Melchizedek Melchiz'edek Order Priest Whither

Age Behalf Chief Enter Entered Forerunner Forever High Jesus Melchisedec Melchisedek Melchizedek Melchiz'edek Order Priest Whither

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