Discovery BoxHebrews 5:7-8 
Context5:7 During his earthly life 1 Christ 2 offered 3 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. 5:8 Although he was a son, he learned obedience through the things he suffered. 4
1 tn Grk “in the days of his flesh.”
2 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Christ) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Grk “who…having offered,” continuing the description of Christ from Heb 5:5-6.
4 sn There is a wordplay in the Greek text between the verbs “learned” (ἔμαθεν, emaqen) and “suffered” (ἔπαθεν, epaqen).
