Hebrews 5:8–9
Jesus learned obedience through what he suffered
Study it word by word8Although he was a Son, he learned obedience from what he suffered;
9and having been made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him,
In its context
6as he also says in another place: You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.
7In the days of his flesh, he offered prayers and pleas with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.
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10being designated by God a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.
11About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become sluggish in hearing.
Its words in the original
- καίπερkaiper· although
Although.
- ὢνōn· be
Be, exist.
- υἱόςhuios· son, Son
Son. Also descendant: "son of David" means one of King David's family, and is a title of the promised Messiah.
- ἔμαθενemathen· learn
Learn.
- ἔπαθενepathen· suffer
Suffer, undergo.
- ὑπακοήνhypakoēn· obedience
Obedience: listening and doing what is commanded.
- τελειωθεὶςteleiōtheis· complete, perfect
Finish, complete; make perfect.
- ἐγένετοegeneto· become, happen
Become, happen, come about; be born.
- ὑπακούουσινhypakouousin· obey
Obey; also listen, answer a knock at the door.
- αἴτιοςaitios· cause, guilty
Responsible, the cause of something; as a noun, the source; also a fault, grounds for a charge.
- σωτηρίαςsōtērias· salvation
Salvation.
- αἰωνίουaiōniou· eternal
Eternal: belonging to God's age and without end.