Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
by reason hereof—"on account of this" infirmity.
he ought . . . also for himself, to offer for sins—the Levitical priest ought; in this our High Priest is superior to the Levitical. The second "for" is a different Greek term from the first; "in behalf of the people . . . on account of sins."
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Hebrews 5:3:
1 Corinthians 15:3
1 Timothy 1:13
Hebrews 2:17
Hebrews 5:1
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