Hebrews 5:5-9

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,

[5:5]  ¹ tn Grk “the one”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

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

[5:6]  ³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

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

[5:7]  ⁵ tn Grk “in the days of his flesh.”

[5:7]  ⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Christ) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

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

[5:8]  ⁸ sn There is a wordplay in the Greek text between the verbs “learned” (ἔμαθεν, emaqen) and “suffered” (ἔπαθεν, epaqen).