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So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.

So {G3779} also {G2532} Christ {G5547} glorified {G1392} not {G3756} himself {G1438} to be made {G1096} an high priest {G749}; but {G235} he that said {G2980} unto {G4314} him {G846}, Thou {G4771} art {G1488} my {G3450} Son {G5207}, to day {G4594} have {G1080} I {G1473} begotten {G1080} thee {G4571}.

So neither did the Messiah glorify himself to become cohen gadol; rather, it was the One who said to him,

“You are my Son;
today I have become your Father.”

So also Christ did not take upon Himself the glory of becoming a high priest, but He was called by the One who said to Him: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.”

So Christ also glorified not himself to be made a high priest, but he that spake unto him, Thou art my Son, This day have I begotten thee:

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 2:7 (20 votes)

    ¶ I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou [art] my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

  • John 8:54 (11 votes)

    Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:

  • John 7:18 (9 votes)

    He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

  • Hebrews 1:5 (9 votes)

    For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?

  • Acts 13:33 (8 votes)

    God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

  • Romans 8:3 (5 votes)

    For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

  • Hebrews 1:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,