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Hebrews 5:8

Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;

KJV

καίπερ ὢν υἱὸς ἔμαθεν ἀφ’ ὧν ἔπαθεν τὴν ὑπακοήν·

Greek NT

Et quidem cum esset Filius Dei, didicit ex iis, quæ passus est, obedientiam :

Vulgate

though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered;

ASV

And whereas indeed he was the Son of God, he learned obedience by the things which he suffered.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καίπερ
kaiper
conjunction · 5×
μανθάνω
manthano
verb · 25×
πάσχω
pascho
verb · 41×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὑπακοή
upakoe
noun · 15×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

12 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§609By embracing in his human heart the Father's love for men, Jesus "loved them to the end", for "greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."425 In suffering and death his humanity became the free and perfect instrument of his divine love which desires the salvation of men.426 Indeed, out of love for his Father and for men, whom the Father wan…
§612The cup of the New Covenant, which Jesus anticipated when he offered himself at the Last Supper, is afterwards accepted by him from his Father's hands in his agony in the garden at Gethsemani,434 making himself "obedient unto death". Jesus prays: "My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me. . ."435 Thus he expresses the horror that death represented for his human n…
§1009Death is transformed by Christ. Jesus, the Son of God, also himself suffered the death that is part of the human condition. Yet, despite his anguish as he faced death, he accepted it in an act of complete and free submission to his Father's will.572 The obedience of Jesus has transformed the curse of death into a blessing.573 The meaning of Christian death
…and 2 more from this source.
1. Having boldly reflected on the faults of the Hebrews, and sufficiently alarmed them, he consoles them, first, by praises, and secondly (which also is the stronger ground), by the [thought] that they would certainly attain the object of their hope. Moreover he draws his consolation, not from things future, but again from the past, which indeed would the rather persuade them. …
Be wise as a serpent and harmless as a dove. Be thou more diligent than thou art. Discern the times. Look for Him who is above all time, eternal, invisible, yet who became visible for our sakes; impalpable and impassible, yet who became passible on our account; and who in every way suffered for our sakes.
Did Christ have any knowledge besides the Divine? Did He have the knowledge which the blessed or comprehensors have? Did He have an imprinted or infused knowledge? Did He have any acquired knowledge? Article 1. Whether Christ had any knowledge besides the Divine? Objection 1. It would seem that in Christ there was no knowledge except the Divine. For knowledge is necessary that …
It was said of Abba John the Dwarf that he withdrew and lived in the desert at Scetis with an old man of Thebes. His master, taking a piece of dry wood, planted it, and said to him, "Water it every day with a bottle of water, until it bears fruit." Now the water was so far away that he had to leave in the evening and return the following morning. At the end of three years the w…

Cross-references

  • Heb 1:2 — Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
  • Heb 2:10 — For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
  • Heb 10:5 — Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
  • Isa 50:5 — The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.
  • Isa 50:5 — The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.
  • John 4:34 — Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
  • John 6:38 — For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
  • John 6:38 — For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
  • John 8:29 — And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.
  • John 13:14 — If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.
  • John 15:10 — If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
  • Mark 10:45 — For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
  • Matt 20:28 — Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
  • Phil 2:8 — And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
  • Ps 2:7 — I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.