New American Standard Bible 2020
Hebrews 5:8
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
6just as He also says in another passage, “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.” 7In the days of His humanity, He offered up both prayers and pleas with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His devout behavior. Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered. 9And having been perfected, He became the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey Him, 10being designated by God as High Priest according to the order of Melchizedek.
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Cross-references for Hebrews 5:8
- Hebrews 1:5For to which of the angels did He ever say, “You are My Son, Today I have fathered You”? And again, “I will be a Father to Him And He will be a Son to Me”?
- Hebrews 3:6but Christ was faithful as a Son over His house--whose house we are, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the boast of our hope.
- Hebrews 10:5Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says, “You have not desired sacrifice and offering, But You have prepared a body for Me;
- Isaiah 50:5The Lord God has opened My ear, And I was not disobedient, Nor did I turn back.
- Matthew 3:15But Jesus, answering, said to him, “Allow it at this time; for in this way it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him.
- John 4:34Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to accomplish His work.
- John 6:38For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
- John 15:10If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love; just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.
- Philippians 2:8And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death: death on a 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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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
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