Hebrews 5:10

Called. Gr. prosagoreud, “to greet,” “to salute,” “to name,” “to designate.” The word occurs only here in the NT. The usual word for call is kaled, the word used in v. 4.

Prosagoreud refers to Christ’s being formally designated by God as high priest.

High priest. The Christian world in general is acquainted with Christ as “the Lamb of God” that “taketh away the sin of the world” (John 1:29). It is acquainted with Christ as the crucified One, who gave Himself for us that we might be saved. But not all Christians are acquainted with Christ as the high priest who ministers His blood in the sanctuary above. Yet without that ministry the plan of salvation would be ineffective, for in the institution of the Passover in Egypt God commanded the Israelites not simply to slay the lamb, but to put its blood on the doorposts (see Ex. 12:7-13). So in the antitype the blood of Christ, our Passover (1 Cor. 5:7), is not simply shed, it is ministered for us in heaven above by our great High Priest, as a vital part of God’s plan to save us.

Order of Melchisedec. See on v. 6.