Hebrews 5:8

but though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered: and being thus perfected,

1770 John Worsley NT

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, offered prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears, to Him that was able to save Him from death, and was heard in what He feared;

9He became the author of eternal salvation to all that obey Him:

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Cross References

Matthew 3:15And Jesus answering said unto him, Permit it now; for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness.

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

Philippians 2:8and being in the human state, He humbled himself, and was obedient even unto death, and that the death of the cross.

Hebrews 1:5For to which of the angels did He ever say, "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 own house; whose house we are, if we maintain the free profession and exultation of 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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