^5:1For every high priest is taken from among the people¹ and appointed² to represent them before God,³ to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. ^5:2He is able to deal compassionately with those who are ignorant and erring, since he also is subject to weakness, ^5:3and for this reason he is obligated to make sin offerings for himself as well as for the people. ^5:4And no one assumes this honor⁴ on his own initiative,⁵ but only when called to it by God,⁶ as in fact Aaron was. ^5:5So 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,”⁸^5:6as also in another place God⁹ says, “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”¹⁰^5:7During his earthly life¹¹ Christ¹² offered¹³ 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. ^5:8Although he was a son, he learned obedience through the things he suffered.¹⁴^5:9And by being perfected in this way, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him, ^5:10and he was designated¹⁵ by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.¹⁶

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Hebrews 5:8: Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.

Footnotes

1 Grk “from among men,” but since the point in context is shared humanity (rather than shared maleness), the plural Greek term ἀνθρώπων (anthrōpōn) has been translated “people.”
2 Grk “who is taken from among people is appointed.”
3 Grk “appointed on behalf of people in reference to things relating to God.”
4 Honor refers here to the honor of the high priesthood.
5 Grk “by himself, on his own.”
6 Grk “being called by God.”
7 Grk “the one”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
8 Grk “I have begotten you”; see Heb 1:5. A quotation from Ps 2:7.
9 Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
10 A quotation from Ps 110:4.
11 Grk “in the days of his flesh.”
12 Grk “he”; the referent (Christ) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
13 Grk “who … having offered,” continuing the description of Christ from Heb 5:5–6.
14 There is a wordplay in the Greek text between the verbs “learned” (ἔμαθεν, emathen) and “suffered” (ἔπαθεν, epathen).
15 Grk “having been designated,” continuing the thought of Heb 5:9.
16 The phrase in the order of Melchizedek picks up the quotation from Ps 110:4 in Heb 5:6.