Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Melchisédek, roi de Salem, fit apporter du pain et du vin: il était sacrificateur du Dieu Très-Haut.
KJV
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he [was] the priest of the most high God.
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he [was] the priest of the most high God.
KJV
Hebrew original
וּ/מַלְכִּי צֶ֨דֶק֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ שָׁלֵ֔ם הוֹצִ֖יא לֶ֣חֶם וָ/יָ֑יִן וְ/ה֥וּא כֹהֵ֖ן לְ/אֵ֥ל עֶלְיֽוֹן
Patristic reading
3Philo Judaeus
Legum Allegoriarum Libri I-III
Μελχισεδὲκ βασιλέα τε τῆς εἰρήνης — Σαλὴμ τοῦτο γὰρ ἑρμηνεύεται — καὶ ἱερέα ἑαυτοῦ πεποίηκεν ὁ θεός (Gen. 14, 18), οὐδὲν ἔργον αὐτοῦ προδιατυπώσας, ἀλλὰ τοιοῦτον ἐργασάμενος βασιλέα καὶ εἰρηναῖον καὶ ἱερωσύνης ἄξιον τῆς ἑαυτοῦ πρῶτον· καλεῖται γὰρ βασιλεὺς δίκαιος, βασιλεὺς δὲ ἐχ…
Philo Judaeus
Legum Allegoriarum Libri I-III
ὄντα καὶ ὑψηλῶς περὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ ὑπερόγκως καὶ μεγαλοπρεπῶς λογιζόμενος· τοῦ γὰρ ὑψίστου ἐστὶν ἱερεύς (Gen. 14, 18), οὐχ ὅτι ἐστί τις ἄλλος οὐχ ὕψιστος — ὁ γὰρ θεὸς εἷς ὢν „ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ἄνω ἐστὶ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς κάτω, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἔτι πλὴν αὐτοῦ“ (Deut. 4, 39) —, ἀλλὰ τὸ μὴ ταπεινῶ…
Eusebius of Caesarea
Demonstratio Evangelica
ι τῆς προκειμένης ἐλπίδος.” καὶ ἐπιφέρει λέγων ‟καὶ οἱ μὲν πλείονές εἰσι γεγονότες ἱερεῖς, διὰ τὸ 15 Gen. 14, 18. 19 Heb. 7, 21. 22 Heb. 6, 17. 29 Heb. 7, 23. θανάτῳ κωλύεσθαι παραμένειν· ὁ δὲ διὰ τὸ μένειν αὐτὸν ἀπαράβατον ἔχει τὴν ἱερωσύνην. ὅθεν καὶ σώζειν εἰς τὸ παντελὲς δύνα…
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