Hebrews 5:5-10

5:5 So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming high priest, but the one who glorified him was God, ¹  who said to him, “You are my Son! Today I have fathered you,” ²  5:6 as also in another place God ³  says, “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.” ⁴  5:7 During his earthly life ⁵  Christ ⁶  offered ⁷  both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion. 5:8 Although he was a son, he learned obedience through the things he suffered. ⁸  5:9 And by being perfected in this way, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him, 5:10 and he was designated ⁹  by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek. ¹⁰ 

¹ tn Grk “the one”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Grk “I have begotten you”; see Heb 1:5.

³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ sn A quotation from Ps 110:4.

⁵ tn Grk “in the days of his flesh.”

⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Christ) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Grk “who…having offered,” continuing the description of Christ from Heb 5:5-6.

⁷ sn There is a wordplay in the Greek text between the verbs “learned” (ἔμαθεν, emaqen) and “suffered” (ἔπαθεν, epaqen).

⁹ tn Grk “having been designated,” continuing the thought of Heb 5:9.

¹⁰ sn The phrase in the order of Melchizedek picks up the quotation from Ps 110:4 in Heb 5:6.