Hebrews 7:26
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
26 For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
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Hebrews 7:26
King James Version
26 For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
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Hebrews 7:26
English Standard Version
26 For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, (A)holy, innocent, unstained, (B)separated from sinners, and (C)exalted above the heavens.
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Hebrews 7:26
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
26 (A)It was fitting that we should have such a high priest:[a] holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, higher than the heavens.[b]
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- 7:26 This verse with its list of attributes is reminiscent of Hb 7:3 and is perhaps a hymnic counterpart to it, contrasting the exalted Jesus with Melchizedek.
- 7:26–28 Jesus is precisely the high priest whom the human race requires, holy and sinless, installed far above humanity (Hb 7:26); one having no need to offer sacrifice daily for sins but making a single offering of himself (Hb 7:27) once for all. The law could only appoint high priests with human limitations, but the fulfillment of God’s oath regarding the priesthood of Melchizedek (Ps 110:4) makes the Son of God the perfect priest forever (Hb 7:28).
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