Hebrews 5:7

5:7 During his earthly life ¹  Christ ²  offered ³  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.

Hebrews 8:1

The High Priest of a Better Covenant

8:1 Now the main point of what we are saying is this: ⁴  We have such a high priest, one who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, ⁵ 

Hebrews 9:11

Christ’s Service in the Heavenly Sanctuary

9:11 But now Christ has come ⁶  as the high priest of the good things to come. He passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,

Hebrews 11:13

11:13 These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, ⁷  but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners ⁸  on the earth.

¹ tn Grk “in the days of his flesh.”

² tn Grk “he”; the referent (Christ) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Grk “who…having offered,” continuing the description of Christ from Heb 5:5-6.

⁴ tn Grk “the main point of the things being said.”

⁵ sn An allusion to Ps 110:1; see Heb 1:3, 13.

⁷ tn Grk “But Christ, when he came,” introducing a sentence that includes all of Heb 9:11-12. The main construction is “Christ, having come…, entered…, having secured…,” and everything else describes his entrance.

¹⁰ tn Grk “the promises,” referring to the things God promised, not to the pledges themselves.

¹¹ tn Or “sojourners.”