Hebrews 5:6 · KJV
“As he saith also in another {place}, Thou {art} a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.”
— Hebrews 5:6
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.
Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; {in that...: or, for his piety}
Hebrews 5 — Context
And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as {was} Aaron.
5So 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.
6As he saith also in another {place}, Thou {art} a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; {in that...: or, for his piety}
8Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
Cross References
Psalms 110:4
The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou {art} a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 7:17
For he testifieth, Thou {art} a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Hebrews 7:21
(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou {art} a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:) {without...: or, without swearing of an oath}
Hebrews 7:3
Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. {without descent: Gr. without pedigree}
Hebrews 5:10
Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
Genesis 14:18-19
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he {was} the priest of the most high God.
Hebrews 6:20
Whither the forerunner is for us entered, {even} Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Hebrews 7:15
And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,