American Standard Version
Hebrews 5:8
8though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered;
Hebrews 5:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
- New International Version (NIV)Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered
- English Standard Version (ESV)Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.
- New King James Version (NKJV)though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered.
Context of Hebrews 5:8
6as he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek. 7Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear, though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered; 9and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation; 10named of God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.
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Cross-references for Hebrews 5:8
- Hebrews 1:5For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, This day have I begotten thee? and again, I will be to him a Father, And he shall be to me a Son?
- Hebrews 3:6but Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end.
- Hebrews 10:5Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, But a body didst thou prepare for me;
- Isaiah 50:5The Lord Jehovah hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away backward.
- Matthew 3:15But Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffereth him.
- John 4:34Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.
- John 6:38For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
- John 15:10If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
- Philippians 2:8and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient even unto death, yea, the death of the cross.
Commentaries on Hebrews 5:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Though he were a Son - See the whole of the preceding note.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Though he were a Son - Though the Son of God. Though he sustained this exalted rank, and was conscious of it, yet he was willing to learn experimentally what is meant by obedience in the midst of sufferings. Yet learned he obedience - That is, he learned experimentally and practically. It cannot be supposed that he did not “know” what obedience was; or that he was “indisposed” to obey God before he suffered; or that he had, as we have, perversities of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8He learned obedience through his suffering. Jesus was always obedient, even before his suffering. He lived his human life, including his death on the cross, fully submitting to God's will. We are expected to follow the same path (Hebrews 12:1–11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Though He WAS (so it ought to be translated: a positive admitted fact: not a mere supposition as were would imply) God's divine Son (whence, even in His agony, He so lovingly and often cried, Father, Mt 26:39), yet He learned His (so the Greek) obedience, not from His Sonship, but from His sufferings. As the Son, He was always obedient to the Father's will; but the special obedience needed to qualify Him as our High Priest, He learned experimentally in…Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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