Hebrews 5:8

though he was a son, he learned obedience from the things which he suffered:

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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, with strong crying and tears, having offered up prayers and supplications to him who was able to save him from death, and being heard for his reverential awe,

9and complete himself, he became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey him;

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Cross References

Matthew 3:15But Jesus answering said unto him, Permit it to be so now, for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he permitted him.

John 6:38For I came down from heaven, not with a view to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

Philippians 2:8and found in fashion as man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even to the death of the cross.

Hebrews 1:5For to which of the angels ever said he, “My Son art thou, I have to-day 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 own house: whose house are we, if we hold firmly the confidence and glorying of hope stedfast 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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