...that it was a subject of both canonical2 and extra-canonical tradition. He was fabled to have been " without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like unto the Son of God."3 As the name meant King of Righteousness, and El Elyon...

...known, he derived his priesthood from no other. For all that history can tell us of his office, he is " without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life " (vii. 3). But his very mysteriousness makes him a fit type of our great High Priest. His...

...order where limits of age and succession were indispensable. Here it is one sole everliving priest : " without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life." Not of course that as a matter of fact Melchizedek had not parents, forefathers if not descendants,...

...18. Most High GOD, Melchizedek, who met Abraham returning from the smiting of the kings and 3 Peace), without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of GOD. 2 blessed him, to whom Abraham allotted a tenth part of all,...

...and the members of Christ is very complete and thorough. The riches of the Lord are boundless. He is "without father, without mother, without genealogy; having neither beginning of days nor end of life" (Heb. 7:3). He is the unlimited and immeasurable One, and we can never exhaust our speaking...

...and midrash (homiletical commentary) lie behind the characterization of Melchizedek in Hebrews 7:3: "Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God, he remains a priest forever." Such a construal makes the preexistent...

...introduction of Melchizedek in Genesis 14. He arrives on the scene without any note of his proper pedigree. "Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God, he remains a priest forever" (Hebrews 7:3). Readers have long...

...further described as "Priest of the Most High God" who was made like the Son of God, in that he was "—Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, —remains a priest continually" Heb. 7:1-3. So this man, a figure of Jesus Christ, the Son...

...unusual though not necessarily unique aspect to a metaphysical model for the future preexistent Christ: "Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God, he remains a priest forever" (Hebrews 7:3). The latter phrase,...

...human-eum-spiritual anatomy of Melchizedek. He was described as "...king of righteousness, ... meaning king of peace, without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, remains a priest continually." - Hebrews 7:2-3. With the above...