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Although Being a Son, He Learned Obedience From His Sufferings

... Who, in the days of His flesh[a] having offered both petitions and supplications[b] with a strong outcry and tears to the One being able to save Him from[c] death[d], and having been heard because of His reverence[e], although being a Son[f], learned obedience from the things which He suffered[g].

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 5:7 Or, in His days of the flesh.
  2. Hebrews 5:7 Or, pleadings.
  3. Hebrews 5:7 Or, out of.
  4. Hebrews 5:7 That is, peril of death; or, dying; or, physical death (through resurrection).
  5. Hebrews 5:7 Or, piety, devotion, godly fear.
  6. Hebrews 5:8 That is, One whose essential quality is that He is God’s own Son.
  7. Hebrews 5:8 Jesus learned obedience to God’s will from undeserved suffering, rather than from the consequences of personal sin.

During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions(A) with fervent cries and tears(B) to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard(C) because of his reverent submission.(D) Son(E) though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered(F)

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