“For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.”
For the law appoints as high priests men in all their weakness; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever — the conclusion returns to the law-oath contrast: the law appointed mortal, weak men as priests; but God's oath appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever. The shift from law to oath, from the mortal to the divine, from the weak to the perfect, encapsulates the entire argument for Christ's superiority.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 7:28
“For this He did,” he says. “This”; what? “For” (he says) “it is of necessity that this [Man] have somewhat also to offer” Hebrews 8:3; not for Himself; for how did He offer Himself? But for the people. What do you say? And is He able to do this? Yea (he says). “For the Law makes men high priests, which have infirmity.” Hebrews 7:28 And does He not need to offer for Himself? No, he says. For, that you may not suppose that the [words, “this”] “He did once for all,” are said…
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