The Biblical Data The New Testament speaks explicitly of the obedience of Christ only three times (but it is significant that two of the occurrences relate Christ’s obedience directly to his suffering and death): (1) “through the obedience [ὑπακοῆς, hypakoēs] of the one man the many will be made righteous” (Rom. 5:19), (2) “he humbled himself and became obedient [ὑπήκοος, hypēkoos] to death” (Phil. 2:8), and (3) “He learned obedience [ὑπακοήν, hypakoēn] from what he suffered” (Heb. 5:8).