Discovery BoxHebrews 5:5-7 
Context5:5 So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming high priest, but the one who glorified him was God, 1 who said to him, “You are my Son! Today I have fathered you,” 2 5:6 as also in another place God 3 says, “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.” 4 5:7 During his earthly life 5 Christ 6 offered 7 both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion.
1 tn Grk “the one”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Grk “I have begotten you”; see Heb 1:5.
sn A quotation from Ps 2:7.
3 tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 sn A quotation from Ps 110:4.
5 tn Grk “in the days of his flesh.”
6 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Christ) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7 tn Grk “who…having offered,” continuing the description of Christ from Heb 5:5-6.
