King James Version
Hebrews 7:22 in the King James Version says “By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.” — study this verse from Hebrews chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.”
Hebrews 7:22 · KJV
And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:
(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:) without: or, without swearing of an oath
By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:
But this man, because he continueth ever , hath an unchangeable priesthood. an: or, which passeth not from one to another
KJV Study — Public Domain
“By”
G2596(prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined)
“so much”
G5118apparently from g3588 and g3739) and g3778 (including its variations); so vast as this, i.e., such (in quantity, amount, number of space)
“testament”
G1242properly, a disposition, i.e., (specially) a contract (especially a devisory will)
“made”
G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
“Jesus”
G2424jesus (i.e., jehoshua), the name of our lord and two (three) other israelites
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