Hebrews 5:8

though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered;

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;

In Context

7Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,

9and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation;

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Cross References

Matthew 3:15But Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer [it] now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffereth him.

John 6:38For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

Philippians 2:8and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient [even] unto death, yea, the death of the cross.

Hebrews 1:5For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, This day have I begotten thee? and again, I will be to him a Father, And he shall be to me a Son?

Hebrews 3:6but Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 5:2-10

The Priesthood of Christ. ( a. d. 62.) 1 For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins: 2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity. 3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins. 4 And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron. 5 So also Christ… Read the whole commentary →

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