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As He says also in another place, You are a Priest [appointed] forever after the order (with [a]the rank) of Melchizedek.(A)

In the days of His flesh [Jesus] offered up definite, special petitions [for that which He not only wanted [b]but needed] and supplications with strong crying and tears to Him Who was [always] able to save Him [out] from death, and He was heard because of His reverence toward God [His godly fear, His piety, [c] in that He shrank from the horrors of separation from the bright presence of the Father].

Although He was a Son, He learned [active, special] obedience through what He suffered

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 5:6 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  2. Hebrews 5:7 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
  3. Hebrews 5:7 Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown, A Commentary on the Old and New Testaments.

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