Hebrews 5:8
Even though he was the Son, he learned obedience from what he suffered.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
In Context
9And having been made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him
Cross References
Matthew 3:15But Jesus answered him, “Permit it for now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John permitted him.
John 6:38For I have come down from heaven not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
Philippians 2:8And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
Hebrews 1:5For to which of the angels did God ever say, “Yoʋ are my Son; today I have begotten yoʋ”? Or again, “I will be his Father, and he will be my Son”?
Hebrews 3:6But Christ is faithful over God's house as a Son. And we are his house if indeed we hold our confidence firm to the end along with the hope in which we boast.
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 →