Hebrews 5:1-6

5:1 For every high priest is taken from among the people ¹  and appointed ²  to represent them before God, ³  to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. 5:2 He is able to deal compassionately with those who are ignorant and erring, since he also is subject to weakness, 5:3 and for this reason he is obligated to make sin offerings for himself as well as for the people. 5:4 And no one assumes this honor ⁴  on his own initiative, ⁵  but only when called to it by God, ⁶  as in fact Aaron was. 5:5 So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming high priest, but the one who glorified him was God, ⁷  who said to him, “You are my Son! Today I have fathered you,” ⁸  5:6 as also in another place God ⁹  says, “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.” ¹⁰ 

[5:1]  ¹ tn Grk “from among men,” but since the point in context is shared humanity (rather than shared maleness), the plural Greek term ἀνθρώπων (anqrwpwn) has been translated “people.”

[5:1]  ² tn Grk “who is taken from among people is appointed.”

[5:1]  ³ tn Grk “appointed on behalf of people in reference to things relating to God.”

[5:4]  ⁴ sn Honor refers here to the honor of the high priesthood.

[5:4]  ⁵ tn Grk “by himself, on his own.”

[5:4]  ⁶ tn Grk “being called by God.”

[5:5]  ⁷ tn Grk “the one”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:5]  ⁸ tn Grk “I have begotten you”; see Heb 1:5.

[5:6]  ⁹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:6]  ¹⁰ sn A quotation from Ps 110:4.