Hebrews 7:11-22. Chiastic structure copied from Chiastic Analysis
of the Epistle to the Hebrews, arranged by John Bligh (Athenaeum
Press, Heythrop College, Oxon, England: 1966). Bligh's work is almost entirely
in Greek. For website purposes, I have used unaccented Greek from the Unbound Bible,
Nestle-Aland 26,
at unbound.biola.edu
I have added English from the New American Standard Bible, revised.
A | 11 ei men
oun teleiwsiV dia thV leuitikhV ierwsunhV hn Now if perfection was through the Levitical priesthood |
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B | o laoV gar ep
authV nenomoqethtai (for on the basis of it the people received the Law), |
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C | tiV eti creia
what further need
kata thn taxin melcisedek eteron
anistasqai ierea kai ou kata thn taxin aarwn legesqai 12 metatiqemenhV gar thV ierwsunhV For when the priesthood is changed, ex anagkhV kai nomou metaqesiV
ginetai |
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D | 13 ef on
gar legetai tauta For the one concerning whom these things are spoken fulhV eteraV meteschken belongs to another tribe, af hV oudeiV proseschken tw
qusiasthriw |
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E | 14 prodhlon gar oti ex
iouda anatetalken o kurioV hmwn For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, |
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D* | eiV hn
fulhn peri ierewn ouden mwushV elalhsen a tribe with reference to which Moses spoke nothing concerning priests. |
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C* | 15 kai
perissoteron eti katadhlon estin And this is clearer
still,
ei kata thn omoiothta melcisedek
anistatai iereuV eteroV |
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B* | 16 oV ou
kata nomon entolhV sarkinhV gegonen who has become such not on the basis of a law of physical requirement, alla kata dunamin zwhV akatalutou su iereuV eiV ton aiwna kata thn
taxin melcisedek dia to authV asqeneV kai anwfeleV because of its weakness and uselessness |
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A* | 19 ouden gar eteleiwsen o nomoV (for the Law made nothing perfect), |