Hebrews 7:26

New English Translation

For it is indeed fitting for us to have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

Cross References

Psalm 68:18

You ascend on high, you have taken many captives. You receive tribute from men, including even sinful rebels. Indeed the Lord God lives there!

Exodus 28:36

“You are to make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it the way a seal is engraved: “Holiness to the Lord.”

Isaiah 53:9

They intended to bury him with criminals, but he ended up in a rich man’s tomb, because he had committed no violent deeds, nor had he spoken deceitfully.

Ezekiel 44:27

On the day he enters the sanctuary, into the inner court to serve in the sanctuary, he must offer his sin offering, declares the sovereign Lord.

Numbers 29:26

“‘On the fifth day you must offer nine bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,

Matthew 27:18

(For he knew that they had handed him over because of envy.)

Mark 16:19

After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

Luke 1:35

The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called the Son of God.

Luke 23:22

A third time he said to them, “Why? What wrong has he done? I have found him guilty of no crime deserving death. I will therefore flog him and release him.”

Luke 23:41

And we rightly so, for we are getting what we deserve for what we did, but this man has done nothing wrong.”

Luke 23:47

Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he praised God and said, “Certainly this man was innocent!”

Luke 24:26

Wasn’t it necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and enter into his glory?”

Luke 24:46

and said to them, “Thus it stands written that the Christ would suffer and would rise from the dead on the third day,

John 14:30

I will not speak with you much longer, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me,

John 8:29

And the one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do those things that please him.”

Acts 3:14

But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a man who was a murderer be released to you.

Acts 4:27

“For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,

2 Corinthians 5:21

God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God.

Hebrews 1:3

The Son is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word, and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

Hebrews 12:2

keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 2:10

For it was fitting for him, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

Hebrews 2:17

Therefore he had to be made like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.

Hebrews 3:1

Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess,

Hebrews 7:11

So if perfection had in fact been possible through the Levitical priesthood – for on that basis the people received the law – what further need would there have been for another priest to arise, said to be in the order of Melchizedek and not in Aaron’s order?

Hebrews 8:1

Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We have such a high priest, one who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,

Hebrews 9:14

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our consciences from dead works to worship the living God.

1 Peter 1:19

but by precious blood like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb, namely Christ.

1 Peter 2:22

He committed no sin nor was deceit found in his mouth.

1 Peter 3:22

who went into heaven and is at the right hand of God with angels and authorities and powers subject to him.

1 John 2:2

and he himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for our sins but also for the whole world.

1 John 3:5

And you know that Jesus was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.

Revelation 3:7

“To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write the following: “This is the solemn pronouncement of the Holy One, the True One, who holds the key of David, who opens doors no one can shut, and shuts doors no one can open: