John Chrysostom : And after that he did not simply pass on, but added, "and blessed him that had the promises." Inasmuch as throughout, this was regarded with reverence, he shows that Melchisedec was to be reverenced more than Abraham, from the common judgment of all men. "And without all contradiction," he says, "the less is blessed of the better," i.e. in the opinion of all men it is the inferior that is blessed by the superior. So then the type of Christ is superior even to "him that had the promises." — Homily on Hebrews 12 Oecumenius : "But he whose genealogy is not counted among them." Among them, that is, among those. Therefore, he whose genealogy is not mentioned to among them, nor reckoned in the number with their kind, namely Melchizedek, received tithes. "and blessed the one who has the promises. He took up Abraham, so that Melchizedek might receive more. Since it was a great thing to Abraham to receive the promises from God, he now adds this, that Melchizedek, so great and so old, having been deemed worthy of divine fellowship, and having God as his debtor, was blessed by the type of Christ. The lesser is blessed by the greater. He said that Melchizedek blessed the aged Abraham; and we all commonly and unquestionably know that the one who blesses is greater than the one who is blessed. Therefore, Melchizedek, the type of Christ, is greater than the patriarch himself. — The Pseudo-Oecumenian Catena on Hebrews