Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Another proof of superiority; the Levitical priests were many, as death caused the need of continually new ones being appointed in succession. Christ dies not, and so hath a priesthood which passes not from one to another.
were—Greek, "are made."
many—one after another; opposed to His "unchangeable (that does not pass from one to another) priesthood" (Hebrews 7:24).
not suffered to continue—Greek, "hindered from permanently continuing," namely, in the priesthood.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Hebrews 7:23:
Hebrews 7:24
Hebrews 7:25
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