1 tn Grk “having been designated,” continuing the thought of Heb 5:9.
2 sn The phrase in the order of Melchizedek picks up the quotation from Ps 110:4 in Heb 5:6.
3 tn The Greek phrasing emphasizes this point by negating the opposite: “so that they would not be made perfect without us.”
5 tn Grk “and the city”; the conjunction is omitted in translation since it seems to be functioning epexegetically – that is, explaining further what is meant by “Mount Zion.”