Hebrews 5:3

Hebrews 5:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
• New International Version (NIV)This is why he has to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Because of this he is obligated to offer sacrifice for his own sins just as he does for those of the people.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Because of this he is required as for the people, so also for himself, to offer sacrifices for sins.

Context of Hebrews 5:3

1For every high priest taken from among men is appointed on behalf of people in things pertaining to God, in order to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins; 2he can deal gently with the ignorant and misguided, since he himself also is clothed in weakness; and because of it he is obligated to offer sacrifices for sins for himself, as well as for the people. 4And no one takes the honor for himself, but receives it when he is called by God, just as Aaron also was. 5So too Christ did not glorify Himself in becoming a high priest, but it was He who said to Him, “You are My Son, Today I have fathered You”;

Hebrews 5:3 word by word

καὶ δι᾽ αὐτὴν ὀφείλει, καθὼς περὶ τοῦ λαοῦ οὕτως καὶ περὶ αὐτοῦ προσφέρειν περὶ ἁμαρτιῶν.Read the interlinear

• and becauseδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• of it he is obligatedὀφείλωopheilō opheileō · to oweG3784
• to offerπροσφέρωprospherō · to bring toG4374
• for sinsἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266
• for himselfἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
• as for the peopleλαόςlaos · a peopleG2992

Cross-references for Hebrews 5:3

• Hebrews 7:27who has no daily need, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people, because He did this once for all time when He offered up Himself.
• Hebrews 9:7but into the second, only the high priest enters once a year, not without taking blood which he offers for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance.
• Exodus 29:12Then you shall take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; and you shall pour out all the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
• Leviticus 4:3if the anointed priest sins so as to bring guilt on the people, then he is to offer to the Lord a bull without defect as a sin offering for his sin which he has committed.
• Leviticus 8:14Then he brought the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering.
• Leviticus 9:7Moses then said to Aaron, “Come near to the altar and offer your sin offering and your burnt offering, so that you may make atonement for yourself and for the people; then make the offering for the people, so that you may make atonement for them, just as the Lord has commanded.”
• Leviticus 16:6Then Aaron shall offer the bull as the sin offering, which is for himself, so that he may make atonement for himself and for his household.

Commentaries on Hebrews 5:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3And by reason hereof - As he is also a transgressor of the commands of God, and unable to observe the law in its spirituality, he must offer sacrifices for sin, not only for the people, but for himself also: this must teach him to have a fellow feeling for others.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3And by reason hereof - Because he is a sinner; an imperfect man. “As for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.” To make an expiation for sins. He needs the same atonement; he offers the sacrifice for himself which he does for others; Leviticus 9:7. The same thing is true of the ministers of religion now. They come before God feeling that they have need of the benefit of the same atonement which they preach to others; they plead the merits of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3On the Day of Atonement, the high priest had to offer sacrifices for himself and his family before offering sacrifices for the people (Leviticus 16:11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. by reason hereof--"on account of this" infirmity. he ought ... also for himself, to offer for sins--the Levitical priest ought; in this our High Priest is superior to the Levitical. The second "for" is a different Greek term from the first; "in behalf of the people ... on account of sins."Read the comment

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Commentaries on Hebrews 5

• 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