Ibrani 7:21

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

tetapi Ia dengan sumpah, diucapkan oleh Dia yang berfirman kepada-Nya: "Tuhan telah bersumpah dan Ia tidak akan menyesal: Engkau adalah Imam untuk selama-lamanya" --

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
tetapi Ia dengan sumpah, diucapkan oleh Dia yang berfirman kepada-Nya: "Tuhan telah bersumpah dan Ia tidak akan menyesal: Engkau adalah Imam untuk selama-lamanya" --

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
tetapi Ia ini dengan diangkatkan sumpah oleh Dia yang berfirman kepada-Nya: Tuhan sudah bersumpah, dan tiada akan menyesal, Engkaulah Imam selama-lamanya.)

Contextual Overview

¹¹ If therefore perfection was by the priesthood of ye Leuites (For vnder that priesthood the people receaued the law) what neded it furthermore that another priest shoulde rise after the order of Melchisedech, and not to be called after the order of Aaron? ¹² For yf the priesthood be translated, of necessitie also there is made a translation of the lawe. ¹³ For he of whom these thynges are spoken, parteyneth vnto another tribe, of which no man stoode at the aulter. ¹⁴ For it is euident that our Lord sprong out of Iuda, of which tribe spake Moyses nothyng concernyng priesthood: ¹⁵ And it is yet a farre more euidet thing, yf after the similitude of Melchisedech there aryse another priest, ¹⁶ Which is not made after the lawe of the carnall commaundement, but after the power of the endlesse lyfe: ¹⁷ For he testifieth that thou art a priest for euer, after the order of Melchisedech. ¹⁸ For there is truely a disanulling of the commaundement goyng before, for the weakenesse and vnprofitablenesse therof. ¹⁹ For the lawe made nothyng perfect, but [was] the bryngyng in of a better hope, by the whiche we drawe nygh vnto God. ²⁰ And in as much as that was not without an oth (For those priestes were made without an oth:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

an oath: or, swearing of an oath

The Lord: Hebrews 7:17, Psalms 110:4

sware: Hebrews 6:16-18

Reciprocal: Psalms 61:7 - abide Psalms 89:3 - sworn Psalms 89:49 - thou Jeremiah 4:28 - because Jeremiah 30:21 - and I Ezekiel 37:25 - and my Acts 2:30 - knowing 2 Corinthians 3:11 - if Hebrews 5:6 - Thou Hebrews 6:18 - two Hebrews 7:11 - another Hebrews 7:16 - the power Hebrews 7:28 - the word

Cross-References

Genesis 6:13
And God sayd vnto Noah: the ende of all fleshe is come before me, for the earth is fylled with crueltie through them, and beholde I wyl destroy them with the earth.

Genesis 6:17
And beholde, I, euen I do bryng a fludde of waters vpon the earth, to destroy all fleshe wherin is the breath of lyfe vnder heauen, and euery thyng that is in the earth shall perishe.

Genesis 7:3
Of foules also of the ayre seuen and seuen, the male and the female, to kepe seede alyue vpon the face of all the whole earth.

Genesis 7:4
For after seuen dayes, I wyl rayne vpon the earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes: & all substaunce that I haue made, wyll I destroy from the vpper face of the earth.

Genesis 7:6
And Noah was sixe hundreth yere olde, when the fluddes of water came vpon the earth.

Genesis 7:7
And Noah came, and his sonnes, and his wyfe, and his sonnes wyues with him to the arke, because of the waters of the fludde.

Genesis 7:15
And they came vnto Noah into the arke, two and two, of all fleshe wherein is the breath of lyfe.

Genesis 7:17
And the fludde came fourtie dayes vpon the earth, and the waters were increased, and bare vp the arke, whiche was lyft vp aboue the earth.

Genesis 7:20
Fyfteene cubites vpward did the waters preuayle, so that the mountaynes were couered.

Genesis 7:22
So that all that had the breath of lyfe in his nostrilles throughout all that was on the drye lande, dyed.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For these priests were made without an oath,.... The priests of the tribe of Levi, and of the order of Aaron, were installed into their office, and invested with it, without an oath; no mention is made of any when Aaron and his sons were put into it in Moses's time; nor was any used afterwards, neither by God, nor by the priests, nor by the people; it is true indeed that after the sect of the Sadducees arose, the high priest on the day of atonement, was obliged to take an oath that he would not change any of the customs of the day t; but then this regarded not his investiture, but the execution of his office; and was an oath of his and not of the Lord's, which is here designed:

but this with an oath; that is, Christ was made an high priest with an oath, even with an oath of God; which gives his priesthood the preference to the Levitical priesthood, which was without one: and this oath was made,

by him that said unto him: the Syriac version reads, "as he said to him by David"; that is, in Psalms 110:4. David being the penman of that psalm, in which stand the following words of the Father to Christ:

the Lord sware and will not repent, thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec; which proves that Jehovah swore that Christ should be a priest, and continue so: swearing, when ascribed to God, is after the manner of men, and is always by himself, and never upon any trivial account; but either to confirm his love to his people, or his covenant with them, or the mission of his Son to be the Redeemer, or, as here, his priestly office: and this oath was made not so much on Christ's account, as on account of the heirs of promise, for their consolation; and shows the dignity, validity, importance, and singularity of Christ's priesthood, as well as the durableness of it; and of this oath God will never repent: repentance cannot properly fall upon God, on any account; for it is contrary to his holiness and righteousness, and to his happiness, to his unchangeableness, omniscience, and omnipotence; it is indeed sometimes ascribed to him improperly, and after the manner of men; and only regards a change of his outward conduct according to his immutable will; and the change that is made is in the creature, and not in God himself: but God will not repent in any sense of the priesthood of Christ, nor of his oath, that it should continue for ever according to the order of Melchizedek; for he was every way qualified for it, and has faithfully performed it, not his investiture, but the execution of his office; and was an oath of his and not of the Lord's, which is here designed:

but this with an oath; that is, Christ was made an high priest with an oath, even with an oath of God; which gives his priesthood the preference to the Levitical priesthood, which was without one: and this oath was made,

by him that said unto him: the Syriac version reads, "as he said to him by David"; that is, in Psalms 110:4. David being the penman of that psalm, in which stand the following words of the Father to Christ:

the Lord sware and will not repent, thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec; which proves that Jehovah swore that Christ should be a priest, and continue so: swearing, when ascribed to God, is after the manner of men, and is always by himself, and never upon any trivial account; but either to confirm his love to his people, or his covenant with them, or the mission of his Son to be the Redeemer, or, as here, his priestly office: and this oath was made not so much on Christ's account, as on account of the heirs of promise, for their consolation; and shows the dignity, validity, importance, and singularity of Christ's priesthood, as well as the durableness of it; and of this oath God will never repent: repentance cannot properly fall upon God, on any account; for it is contrary to his holiness and righteousness, and to his happiness, to his unchangeableness, omniscience, and omnipotence; it is indeed sometimes ascribed to him improperly, and after the manner of men; and only regards a change of his outward conduct according to his immutable will; and the change that is made is in the creature, and not in God himself: but God will not repent in any sense of the priesthood of Christ, nor of his oath, that it should continue for ever according to the order of Melchizedek; for he was every way qualified for it, and has faithfully performed it.

t Misn. Yoma, c. 1. sect. 5.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For those priests were made without an oath - The Levitical priests were set apart and consecrated without their office being confirmed to them by an oath on the part of God. They received it by regular descent, and when they arrived at a suitable age they entered on it of course. Jesus received his office by special appointment, and it was secured to him by an oath. The word rendered “oath” is in the margin “swearing of an oath.” This is the proper meaning of the Greek word, but the sense is not materially varied.

But this with an oath - This priest, the Lord Jesus, became a priest in virtue of an oath.

The Lord sware - see the note at Hebrews 6:13. The reference here is to Psalms 110:4. “The Lord hath sworn.”

And will not repent - That is, “will not regret, or will not alter his mind through regret” - for this is the meaning of the Greek word.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 21. Those priests — The Levitical, were made without an oath, to show that the whole system was changeable, and might be abolished.

But this — The everlasting priesthood of Christ, with an oath, to show that the Gospel dispensation should never change, and never be abolished.

By him — God the Father, that said unto him-the promised Messiah, Psalms 110:4, The Lord sware, to show the immutability of his counsel, and will not repent - can never change his mind nor purpose, Thou art a priest for ever-as long as time shall run, and the generations of men be continued on earth. Till the necessity of the mediatorial kingdom be superseded by the fixed state of eternity, till this kingdom be delivered up unto the Father, and God shall be all in all, shall this priesthood of Christ endure.