Melchizedek as Type of Christ

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For Christ is upon the earth according to the flesh, and without a mother in the heavens according to the Spirit according to divinity; such is the one possessing neither a beginning of days nor an end of life. For the Scripture did not record the genealogy of Melchizedek, but left behind his birth and his end, so that, just as we have said before, we might behold this one in him.

For Melchizedek is interpreted as King of Righteousness, who is Christ, possessing neither a beginning of days nor an end of life; for neither in a beginning of days was the God Word generated, nor did He ever reach an end or pass away, for Christ remains forever. Thus, Melchizedek became a righteous man and truly bore the image of God within himself; having understood that the offering to be presented to God by Christ was to be brought forward, and being moved by a prophetic spirit, he raised up God with bread and wine, imitating the coming Christ.

Since in the assembly of the Jews the order of Aaron offered sacrifice to God, not of bread and wine, but of calves and lambs, glorifying God with bloody sacrifices, God cried out toward Jesus, who was to be born from the virgin Mary, saying: 'You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek' (Psalm 110:4), not according to Aaron, who worships with bloody sacrifices, but according to the order of Melchizedek, presenting the offering of the Gentiles in bread and wine perpetually.

Greek

γὰρ ἐπὶ γῆς Χριστὸς κατὰ σάρκα, ἀμήτωρ ἐν οὐρανοῖς κατὰ πνεῦμα κατὰ τὴν θεότητα· τοιοῦτόν ἐστι καὶ τὸ μήτε ἀρχὴν ἡμερῶν μήτε ζωῆς τέλος ἔχων. Οὐ γὰρ ἐγενεαλόγησεν ἡ γραφὴ τὸν Μελχισεδέκ, ἀλλὰ παρέλιπεν αὐτοῦ τὴν γέννησιν καὶ τὴν τελευτήν, ἵνα, καθὰ προείπαμεν, ἐν ἐκείνῳ τοῦτον θεωρήσωμεν. Βασιλεὺς γὰρ δικαιοσύνης ἑρμηνεύεται Μελχισεδέκ, ὅς ἐστι Χριστὸς μήτε ἀρχὴν ἡμερῶν ἕχων μήτε ζωῆς τέλος· οὔτε γὰρ ἐν ἀρχῇ ἡμερῶν ὁ Θεὸς Λόγος ἐγεννήθη, οὔτε ἔληξέ ποτε ἢ ἐτελεύτησεν, εἰς ἀεὶ γὰρ ὁ Χριστὸς διαμένει. Οὕτως οὖν ὁ Μελχισεδὲκ ἀνὴρ δίκαιος γέγονε καὶ ἀληθῶς εἰκόνα Θεοῦ φέρων ἐν ἑαυτῷ· προφητικῷ τοίνυν πνεύματι κινούμενος τὴν μέλλουσαν ὑπὸ Χριστοῦ προσφορὰν τῷ Θεῷ προσκομίζεσθαι νοήσας, ἄρτῳ καὶ οἴνῳ τὸν Θεὸν ἐγέραιρεν μιμούμενος τὸν μέλλοντα Χριστόν. Ἐπεὶ οὖν ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίων συναγωγῇ ἡ τάξις τοῦ Ἀαρὼν θυσίαν προσέφερε τῷ Θεῷ, οὐκ ἄρτον καὶ οἶνον, ἀλλὰ μόσχους καὶ ἀμνούς, ἐναίμοις θυσίαις δοξάζουσα τὸν Θεόν, ὁ Θεὸς πρὸς τὸν μέλλοντα γεννᾶσθαι ἐκ τῆς παρθένου Μαρίας Ἰησοῦν ἐβόα λέγων· Σὺ ἱερεὺς εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα κατὰ τὴν τάξιν Μελχισεδέκ, οὐ κατὰ τὸν Ἀαρὼν τὸν ἐναίμοις θυσίαις λατρεύοντα, ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὴν τάξιν Μελχισεδὲκ ἐν ἄρτῳ καὶ οἴνῳ τὴν τῶν ἐθνῶν προσκομίζων προσφορὰν εἰς τὸ διηνεκές.

About this text

Eustathius on Melchizedek (Genesis 14 / Psalm 110).

Original English Translation — new OET from PG 18 Greek.

Catalogue & scope

Khazarzar scan

Witnesses

Copy-text PG 18 (Khazarzar) (Greek)

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