Hebrews 7:26

Such a high priest perfectly suits us: holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. Christ's sinless perfection makes him exactly the priest we need.

Cross-references · 35

• 2 Cor 5:21For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
• 1 Pet 2:22who did not sin, “neither was deceit found in his mouth.”
• Heb 4:14–15Having then a great high priest, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold tightly to our confession.
• 1 Jn 2:2And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
• Heb 8:1Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this. We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,
• Heb 1:3His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
• Heb 9:14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without defect to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
• Heb 12:2looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
• Isa 53:9They made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death; although he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth.
• Eph 4:8–10Therefore he says, “When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.”
• Heb 10:11–22Every priest indeed stands day by day serving and often offering the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins,
• Luke 23:47When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, “Certainly this was a righteous man.”
• 1 Jn 3:5You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and in him is no sin.
• Luke 23:41And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong.”
• John 8:29He who sent me is with me. The Father hasn’t left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him.”
• Acts 4:27“For truly, in this city against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together
• Mark 16:19So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
• Matt 27:18For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.
• Phil 2:9–11Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;
• Acts 3:14But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
• 1 Pet 3:22who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.
• John 14:30I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world comes, and he has nothing in me.
• Ps 68:18You have ascended on high. You have led away captives. You have received gifts among men, yes, among the rebellious also, that Yah God might dwell there.
• Exod 28:36“You shall make a plate of pure gold, and engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet, ‘HOLY TO YAHWEH.’
• Heb 2:10For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many children to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
• Heb 9:23–26It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
• Heb 7:11Now if there were perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people have received the law), what further need was there for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
• Luke 24:46He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
• Luke 23:22He said to them the third time, “Why? What evil has this man done? I have found no capital crime in him. I will therefore chastise him and release him.”
• Luke 24:26Didn’t the Christ have to suffer these things and to enter into his glory?”
• 1 Pet 1:19but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ;
• Luke 1:35The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.
• Rev 3:7“To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: “He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things:
• Rev 1:17–18When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last,
• Eph 1:20–22which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,

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