Hebrews 5:9
Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation,
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
In Context
8though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered.
10named by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.
Cross References
Psalms 45:17I will make your name to be remembered in all generations.Therefore the peoples shall give you thanks forever and ever.
Psalms 51:8Let me hear joy and gladness,That the bones which you have broken may rejoice.
Isaiah 45:22Look to me, and be you saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else.
Isaiah 50:10Who is among you who fears the Lord, who obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness, and has no light, let him trust in the name of the Lord, and rely on his God.
Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks are decreed on your people and on your holy city, to put an end to the transgression, and to make an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy place.
Matthew 7:24"Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, will be compared to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.
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 →