Quotes About Priest

Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words,

Hear now, O high priest Joshua, you and your companions seated before you, who are indeed a sign. For behold, I am going to bring My servant, the Branch.

Take silver and gold, make an ornate crown, and set it on the head of the high priest, Joshua son of Jehozadak.

Yes, He will build the temple of the LORD; He will be clothed in splendor and will sit on His throne and rule. And He will be a priest on His throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two.í

For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.

Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you donít tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”

“See that you donít tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”

While Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the servant girls of the high priest came down

In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a daughter of Aaron.

One day while Zechariahís division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,

“Do not tell anyone,” Jesus instructed him. “But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”

Now by chance a priest was going down the same road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, set your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess.

Every high priest is appointed from among men to represent them in matters relating to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.

And in another passage God says: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

and was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.

Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.

And this point is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears,

For it is testified: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ëYou are a priest forever.í”

Now there have been many other priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office.

Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

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

And since every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, it was necessary for this One also to have something to offer.