Bible Cross References
Christ
Genesis 49:10
Judah will hold the royal scepter, And his descendants will always rule. Nations will bring him tribute And bow in obedience before him.
Psalm 40:7
and so I answered, "Here I am; your instructions for me are in the book of the Law.
Isaiah 59:20
The LORD says to his people, "I will come to Jerusalem to defend you and to save all of you that turn from your sins.
Malachi 3:1
The LORD Almighty answers, "I will send my messenger to prepare the way for me. Then the Lord you are looking for will suddenly come to his Temple. The messenger you long to see will come and proclaim my covenant."
Matthew 2:6
'Bethlehem in the land of Judah, you are by no means the least of the leading cities of Judah; for from you will come a leader who will guide my people Israel.' "
Matthew 11:3
"Tell us," they asked Jesus, "are you the one John said was going to come, or should we expect someone else?"
John 4:25
The woman said to him, "I know that the Messiah will come, and when he comes, he will tell us everything."
1 John 4:2
This is how you will be able to know whether it is God's Spirit: anyone who acknowledges that Jesus Christ came as a human being has the Spirit who comes from God.
1 John 4:3
But anyone who denies this about Jesus does not have the Spirit from God. The spirit that he has is from the Enemy of Christ; you heard that it would come, and now it is here in the world already.
1 John 5:20
We know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we know the true God. We live in union with the true God---in union with his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and this is eternal life.
2 John 1:7
Many deceivers have gone out over the world, people who do not acknowledge that Jesus Christ came as a human being. Such a person is a deceiver and the Enemy of Christ.
an high priest
Hebrews 2:17
This means that he had to become like his people in every way, in order to be their faithful and merciful High Priest in his service to God, so that the people's sins would be forgiven.
Hebrews 3:1
My Christian friends, who also have been called by God! Think of Jesus, whom God sent to be the High Priest of the faith we profess.
Hebrews 4:15
Our High Priest is not one who cannot feel sympathy for our weaknesses. On the contrary, we have a High Priest who was tempted in every way that we are, but did not sin.
Hebrews 5:5
In the same way, Christ did not take upon himself the honor of being a high priest. Instead, God said to him, "You are my Son; today I have become your Father."
Hebrews 5:6
He also said in another place, "You will be a priest forever, in the priestly order of Melchizedek."
Hebrews 7:1
This Melchizedek was king of Salem and a priest of the Most High God. As Abraham was coming back from the battle in which he defeated the four kings, Melchizedek met him and blessed him,
Hebrews 7:11-26
11
It was on the basis of the levitical priesthood that the Law was given to the people of Israel. Now, if the work of the levitical priests had been perfect, there would have been no need for a different kind of priest to appear, one who is in the priestly order of Melchizedek, not of Aaron.
12
For when the priesthood is changed, there also has to be a change in the law.
13
And our Lord, of whom these things are said, belonged to a different tribe, and no member of his tribe ever served as a priest.
14
It is well known that he was born a member of the tribe of Judah; and Moses did not mention this tribe when he spoke of priests.
15
The matter becomes even plainer; a different priest has appeared, who is like Melchizedek.
16
He was made a priest, not by human rules and regulations, but through the power of a life which has no end.
17
For the scripture says, "You will be a priest forever, in the priestly order of Melchizedek."
18
The old rule, then, is set aside, because it was weak and useless.
19
For the Law of Moses could not make anything perfect. And now a better hope has been provided through which we come near to God.
20
In addition, there is also God's vow. There was no such vow when the others were made priests.
21
But Jesus became a priest by means of a vow when God said to him, "The Lord has made a solemn promise and will not take it back: 'You will be a priest forever.' "
22
This difference, then, also makes Jesus the guarantee of a better covenant.
23
There is another difference: there were many of those other priests, because they died and could not continue their work.
24
But Jesus lives on forever, and his work as priest does not pass on to someone else.
25
And so he is able, now and always, to save those who come to God through him, because he lives forever to plead with God for them.
26
Jesus, then, is the High Priest that meets our needs. He is holy; he has no fault or sin in him; he has been set apart from sinners and raised above the heavens.
Hebrews 7:27-26
Hebrews 8:1
The whole point of what we are saying is that we have such a High Priest, who sits at the right of the throne of the Divine Majesty in heaven.
of good
Hebrews 10:1
The Jewish Law is not a full and faithful model of the real things; it is only a faint outline of the good things to come. The same sacrifices are offered forever, year after year. How can the Law, then, by means of these sacrifices make perfect the people who come to God?
by a greater
Hebrews 9:1-9
1
The first covenant had rules for worship and a place made for worship as well.
2
A tent was put up, the outer one, which was called the Holy Place. In it were the lampstand and the table with the bread offered to God.
3
Behind the second curtain was the tent called the Most Holy Place.
4
In it were the gold altar for the burning of incense and the Covenant Box all covered with gold and containing the gold jar with the manna in it, Aaron's stick that had sprouted leaves, and the two stone tablets with the commandments written on them.
5
Above the Box were the winged creatures representing God's presence, with their wings spread over the place where sins were forgiven. But now is not the time to explain everything in detail.
6
This is how those things have been arranged. The priests go into the outer tent every day to perform their duties,
7
but only the high priest goes into the inner tent, and he does so only once a year. He takes with him blood which he offers to God on behalf of himself and for the sins which the people have committed without knowing they were sinning.
8
The Holy Spirit clearly teaches from all these arrangements that the way into the Most Holy Place has not yet been opened as long as the outer tent still stands.
9
This is a symbol which points to the present time. It means that the offerings and animal sacrifices presented to God cannot make the worshiper's heart perfect,
Hebrews 8:2
He serves as high priest in the Most Holy Place, that is, in the real tent which was put up by the Lord, not by human hands.
John 1:14
The Word became a human being and, full of grace and truth, lived among us. We saw his glory, the glory which he received as the Father's only Son.
not made
Hebrews 9:23
Those things, which are copies of the heavenly originals, had to be purified in that way. But the heavenly things themselves require much better sacrifices.
Hebrews 9:24
For Christ did not go into a Holy Place made by human hands, which was a copy of the real one. He went into heaven itself, where he now appears on our behalf in the presence of God.
Acts 7:48
"But the Most High God does not live in houses built by human hands; as the prophet says,
Acts 17:24
God, who made the world and everything in it, is Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.
Acts 17:25
Nor does he need anything that we can supply by working for him, since it is he himself who gives life and breath and everything else to everyone.
2 Corinthians 5:1
For we know that when this tent we live in---our body here on earth---is torn down, God will have a house in heaven for us to live in, a home he himself has made, which will last forever.
Colossians 2:11
In union with Christ you were circumcised, not with the circumcision that is made by human beings, but with the circumcision made by Christ, which consists of being freed from the power of this sinful self.