Discovery BoxHebrews 5:7 
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.
Hebrews 12:17
Context12:17 For you know that 4 later when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no opportunity for repentance, although he sought the blessing 5 with tears.
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 tn Or a command: “for understand that.”
5 tn Grk “it,” referring either to the repentance or the blessing. But the account in Gen 27:34-41 (which the author appeals to here) makes it clear that the blessing is what Esau sought. Thus in the translation the referent (the blessing) is specified for clarity.
