17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

This verse quotes or alludes to 2 earlier texts.

• Gen 14:17 · adapted
  "And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king’s dale."
  Genesis: Melchizedek met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings
• Gen 14:18 · allusion
  "And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God."
  Genesis: Melchizedek king of Salem, priest of God Most High

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Melchizedek as type of Christ

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Kgs 4:24 — For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.
• Acts 16:17 — The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.
• Acts 18:28 — For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.
• Dan 4:2 — I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me.
• Dan 5:18 — O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
• Dan 5:21 — And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven
• Gen 14:18 — And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
• Gen 16:14 — Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
• Heb 6:20 — Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
• Heb 6:20 — Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
• Heb 9:11 — But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
• Isa 41:2 — Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bo
• Jer 33:15 — In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.
• John 5:46 — For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.
• John 8:53 — Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
• Luke 24:44 — And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the
• Mark 5:7 — And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
• Mic 6:6 — Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
• Num 6:23 — Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,
• Ps 57:2 — I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.
• Ps 76:2 — In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
• Ps 76:2 — In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
• Ps 78:35 — And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
• Rev 19:11 — And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.