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Hebrews 5:7 KJV
Hebrews · chapter 5 · verse 7
Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;Hebrews 5:7 · King James Version
Hebrews 5:7 in context
5So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.
6As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
8Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
9And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
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Key words (Strong's)
- supplicationshiketēriaan olive branch, for suppliants approached the one whose aid they would implore holding…G2428 →
- prayersdeēsisneed, indigence, want, privation, penury, a seeking, asking, entreating, entreaty to God…G1162 →
- strongischyrosstrong, mighty, of living beings, strong either in body or in mind, of one who has…G2478 →
- cryingkraugēa crying, outcry, clamourG2906 →
- fleshsarxflesh of both man and beasts, the body, the body of a man, used of natural or physical…G4561 →
- tearsdakrya tearG1144 →
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We have here an account of the nature of the priestly office in general, though with an accommodation to the Lord Jesus Christ. We are told, I. Of what kind of beings the high priest must be. He must be taken from among men;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9