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The Tyndale Commentaries are designed to help the reader of the Bible understand what the text says and what it means. The Introduction to each book gives a concise but thorough treatment of its authorship, date, original setting, and purpose. Following a structural Analysis, the Commentary takes the book section by section, drawing out its main themes, and also comments on individual verses and...

the Son of God lies ‘in the biblical representation and not primarily in Melchizedek himself. The comparison is not between Christ and Melchizedek, but between Christ and the isolated portraiture of Melchizedek’ (Westcott, p. 175). In verse 15 it is said that ‘another priest in the likeness of Melchizedek’ has arisen. This implies that Melchizedek and Christ are separate individuals, but that they share something important in common. The full title Son of God is used only here and in 4:14; 6:6; 10:29,
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