“For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;”
Such a high priest truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens — the portrait of the perfect high priest emphasizes moral perfection and cosmic exaltation. Christ is not merely superior to angels or priests but ontologically other, utterly removed from any participation in sin.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 7:26
“For such an High Priest also became us, who is holy, harmless, unde filed, separate from the sinners.” You see that the whole is said with reference to the manhood. (But when I say 'the manhood,' I mean [the manhood] having Godhead; not dividing [one from the other], but leaving [you] to suppose what is suitable.) Did you mark the difference of the High Priest? He has summed up what was said before, “in all points tempted like as we are yet without sin.” Hebrews 4:15 “For”…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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