Traces
Jesus Christ and Melchizedek
How Jesus Christ and Melchizedek are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Scripture links Jesus Christ back to Melchizedek.
The psalm names a priest for ever "after the order of Melchizedek". Hebrews applies it to Jesus, "made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec".
Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek
Psalms 110:4, King James Version
even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec
Hebrews 6:20, King James Version
after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest
Hebrews 7:15, King James Version
Where they cross: Hebrews 6:20
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Psalms 110:4
4The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 6:20
20Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Hebrews 7:15
15And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,
King James Version