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<a href="/nkjv/hebrews/5.htm">New King James Version</a> And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him, <a href="/nasb_/hebrews/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And having been perfected, He became the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey Him, <a href="/nasb/hebrews/5.htm">NASB 1995</a> And having been made perfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation, <a href="/nasb77/hebrews/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And having been made perfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation, <a href="/lsb/hebrews/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And having been made perfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation, <a href="/amp/hebrews/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a> And having been made perfect [uniquely equipped and prepared as Savior and retaining His integrity amid opposition], He became the source of eternal salvation [an eternal inheritance] to all those who obey Him, <a href="/csb/hebrews/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> After he was perfected, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him, <a href="/hcsb/hebrews/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> After He was perfected, He became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey Him, <a href="/asv/hebrews/5.htm">American Standard Version</a> and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation; <a href="/cev/hebrews/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Suffering made Jesus perfect, and now he can save forever all who obey him. <a href="/erv/hebrews/5.htm">English Revised Version</a> and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation; <a href="/gwt/hebrews/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> After he had finished his work, he became the source of eternal salvation for everyone who obeys him. <a href="/gnt/hebrews/5.htm">Good News Translation</a> When he was made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey him, <a href="/isv/hebrews/5.htm">International Standard Version</a> and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him, <a href="/msb/hebrews/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him <a href="/net/hebrews/5.htm">NET Bible</a> And by being perfected in this way, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him, <a href="/nheb/hebrews/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of everlasting salvation, <a href="/wbt/hebrews/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation to all them that obey him; <a href="/wey/hebrews/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> and so, having been made perfect, He became to all who obey Him the source and giver of eternal salvation. <a href="/web/hebrews/5.htm">World English Bible</a> Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/hebrews/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and having been made perfect, He became the cause of continuous salvation to all those obeying Him, <a href="/blb/hebrews/5.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> and having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all those obeying Him, <a href="/ylt/hebrews/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and having been made perfect, he did become to all those obeying him a cause of salvation age-during, <a href="/slt/hebrews/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And being perfected, he became to all them lending a willing ear to him the origin of eternal salvation.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/hebrews/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And being consummated, he became, to all that obey him, the cause of eternal salvation. <a href="/cpdv/hebrews/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And having reached his consummation, he was made, for all who are obedient to him, the cause of eternal salvation, <a href="/nabre/hebrews/5.htm">New American Bible</a> and when he was made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him, <a href="/nrsvce/hebrews/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> and having been made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him,<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/hebrews/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And he grew to be perfect, and became the author of life everlasting to all who obey him; <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/hebrews/5.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And in this way he was perfected and became the cause of eternal life to all those who obey him.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/hebrews/5.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> and, having been made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation to all that obey him, <a href="/godbey/hebrews/5.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> and having been made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation to all those who obey him; <a href="/haweis/hebrews/5.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> and complete himself, he became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey him; <a href="/mace/hebrews/5.htm">Mace New Testament</a> and by a perfect obedience he procured eternal salvation for all that obey him; <a href="/wey/hebrews/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> and so, having been made perfect, He became to all who obey Him the source and giver of eternal salvation. <a href="/worrell/hebrews/5.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> and, having been made perfect, He became the Author of eternal life to all who obey Him; <a href="/worsley/hebrews/5.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> He became the author of eternal salvation to all that obey Him: <a href="/parallel/hebrews/5-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x-IAXXp5zcA?start=737" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/hebrews/5.htm">The Perfect High Priest</a> …8Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered. 9<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">And</a> <a href="/greek/5048.htm" title="5048: teleiōtheis (V-APP-NMS) -- From teleios; to complete, i.e. accomplish, or consummate.">having been made perfect,</a> <a href="/greek/1096.htm" title="1096: egeneto (V-AIM-3S) -- A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.">He became</a> <a href="/greek/159.htm" title="159: aitios (Adj-NMS) -- The cause, author; the culprit, the accused; the crime. From the same as aiteo; causative, i.e. a causer.">the source</a> <a href="/greek/166.htm" title="166: aiōniou (Adj-GFS) -- From aion; perpetual.">of eternal</a> <a href="/greek/4991.htm" title="4991: sōtērias (N-GFS) -- Feminine of a derivative of soter as noun; rescue or safety.">salvation</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: pasin (Adj-DMP) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">to all</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tois (Art-DMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">who</a> <a href="/greek/5219.htm" title="5219: hypakouousin (V-PPA-DMP) -- From hupo and akouo; to hear under, i.e. To listen attentively; by implication, to heed or conform to a command or authority.">obey</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autō (PPro-DM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">Him</a> 10and was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/philippians/2-8.htm">Philippians 2:8-9</a> And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross. / Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names, <a href="/romans/5-19.htm">Romans 5:19</a> For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous. <a href="/acts/4-12.htm">Acts 4:12</a> Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.” <a href="/john/14-6.htm">John 14:6</a> Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. <a href="/isaiah/45-17.htm">Isaiah 45:17</a> But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting. <a href="/1_peter/1-9.htm">1 Peter 1:9</a> now that you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls. <a href="/matthew/7-21.htm">Matthew 7:21</a> Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven. <a href="/john/3-36.htm">John 3:36</a> Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.” <a href="/1_john/5-11.htm">1 John 5:11-12</a> And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. / Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. <a href="/isaiah/53-11.htm">Isaiah 53:11</a> After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities. <a href="/romans/10-9.htm">Romans 10:9-10</a> that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. / For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved. <a href="/1_timothy/2-5.htm">1 Timothy 2:5-6</a> For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, / who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time. <a href="/john/10-28.htm">John 10:28</a> I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand. <a href="/psalms/37-39.htm">Psalm 37:39</a> The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; He is their stronghold in time of trouble. <a href="/2_corinthians/5-21.htm">2 Corinthians 5:21</a> God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation to all them that obey him;being.<a href="/hebrews/2-10.htm">Hebrews 2:10</a> 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.<a href="/hebrews/11-40.htm">Hebrews 11:40</a> God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.<a href="/daniel/9-24.htm">Daniel 9:24</a> Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.he became.<a href="/hebrews/12-2.htm">Hebrews 12:2</a> Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.<a href="/psalms/68-18.htm">Psalm 68:18-20</a> Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them… <a href="/isaiah/45-22.htm">Isaiah 45:22</a> Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.eternal.<a href="/hebrews/2-3.htm">Hebrews 2:3</a> How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;<a href="/hebrews/9-12.htm">Hebrews 9:12,15</a> Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us… <a href="/psalms/45-17.htm">Psalm 45:17</a> I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.unto.<a href="/hebrews/11-8.htm">Hebrews 11:8</a> By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.<a href="/isaiah/50-10.htm">Isaiah 50:10</a> Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.<a href="/isaiah/55-3.htm">Isaiah 55:3</a> Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/titus/3-7.htm">Age-During</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-10.htm">Author</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-11.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-10.htm">Complete</a> <a href="/titus/3-7.htm">Eternal</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-13.htm">Giver</a> <a href="/titus/3-1.htm">Obey</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-8.htm">Obeying</a> <a href="/hebrews/1-6.htm">Once</a> <a href="/hebrews/5-8.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-10.htm">Perfect</a> <a href="/galatians/3-3.htm">Perfected</a> <a href="/hebrews/5-7.htm">Salvation</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/8-6.htm">Source</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hebrews/6-2.htm">Age-During</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-2.htm">Author</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-15.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-19.htm">Complete</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-2.htm">Eternal</a> <a href="/numbers/35-27.htm">Giver</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-8.htm">Obey</a> <a href="/james/3-3.htm">Obeying</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-4.htm">Once</a> <a href="/hebrews/8-5.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-19.htm">Perfect</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-19.htm">Perfected</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-9.htm">Salvation</a> <a href="/james/1-17.htm">Source</a><div class="vheading2">Hebrews 5</div>1. <a href="/hebrews/5-1.htm">The honor of our Savior's priesthood.</a> 11. <a href="/hebrews/5-11.htm">Negligence in the knowledge thereof is reproved.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hebrews/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hebrews/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/hebrews/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>And having been made perfect This phrase refers to the completion of Jesus' earthly mission. The term "perfect" in this context does not imply that Jesus was imperfect before, but rather that He fulfilled His purpose through His suffering and obedience (<a href="/hebrews/2-10.htm">Hebrews 2:10</a>). The Greek word "teleioō" suggests reaching a goal or completing a task. Jesus' perfection is tied to His role as the High Priest, who fully understands human suffering and temptation (<a href="/hebrews/4-15.htm">Hebrews 4:15</a>). This completion is also a fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies, such as <a href="/isaiah/53.htm">Isaiah 53</a>, which speaks of the suffering servant.He became the source of eternal salvation Jesus is identified as the source, or "author," of eternal salvation, emphasizing His unique role in God's redemptive plan. This salvation is not temporary or limited but eternal, highlighting the permanence of His sacrifice. The concept of Jesus as the source connects to <a href="/john/14-6.htm">John 14:6</a>, where He declares Himself the way, the truth, and the life. The idea of eternal salvation is rooted in the promises of the New Covenant, as seen in <a href="/jeremiah/31-31.htm">Jeremiah 31:31-34</a>, where God promises a lasting relationship with His people.to all who obey Him Obedience is a key theme in the New Testament, reflecting a response to faith. This phrase underscores that salvation is available to those who follow Jesus' teachings and commands (<a href="/john/14-15.htm">John 14:15</a>). Obedience is not merely about following rules but involves a transformative relationship with Christ, as seen in <a href="/romans/1-5.htm">Romans 1:5</a>, which speaks of the "obedience of faith." This obedience is a mark of true discipleship and aligns with the call to live according to the Spirit (<a href="/romans/8-4.htm">Romans 8:4</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The central figure in this verse, Jesus is described as having been "made perfect" and becoming the "source of eternal salvation." This refers to His role as the High Priest and Savior. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_author_of_hebrews.htm">The Author of Hebrews</a> While the exact identity is unknown, the author is writing to Jewish Christians, emphasizing the superiority of Christ's priesthood. 3. <a href="/topical/j/jewish_christians.htm">Jewish Christians</a> The original audience of the letter, who were familiar with the Old Testament and the concept of priesthood. 4. <a href="/topical/e/eternal_salvation.htm">Eternal Salvation</a> The salvation that Jesus provides, which is everlasting and available to all who obey Him. 5. <a href="/topical/o/obedience.htm">Obedience</a> A key theme in this verse, highlighting the response required from believers to receive the salvation offered by Christ.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_perfection_of_christ.htm">The Perfection of Christ</a> Jesus' perfection was achieved through His obedience and suffering, qualifying Him as the perfect High Priest and Savior. <a href="/topical/s/source_of_eternal_salvation.htm">Source of Eternal Salvation</a> Jesus is the exclusive source of eternal salvation, emphasizing the necessity of faith in Him for eternal life. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_obedience.htm">The Role of Obedience</a> Obedience is a crucial response to the salvation offered by Christ. It is not merely a passive belief but an active following of His teachings. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_persevere.htm">The Call to Persevere</a> Just as Jesus persevered through suffering, believers are called to persevere in their faith and obedience, trusting in the eternal salvation He provides. <a href="/topical/u/understanding_salvation.htm">Understanding Salvation</a> Salvation is not just a one-time event but a continuous journey of faith and obedience, leading to eternal life with Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hebrews_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hebrews 5</a> <a href="/q/how_does_jesus_'become'_savior_in_heb_5_9.htm">In Hebrews 5:9, how does Jesus “become” the source of eternal salvation if he was supposedly always the sinless savior? </a> <a href="/q/what_defines_centrism_or_a_centrist.htm">How does one achieve spiritual purification according to scripture?</a> <a href="/q/how_are_moses_and_jesus_similar.htm">What similarities exist between Moses and Jesus?</a> <a href="/q/what_was_jesus'_purpose_on_earth.htm">What was Jesus' purpose on Earth?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hebrews/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) And being . . .--Rather, and having been made perfect. This was the mode in which He who "glorified Him to be made High Priest" (<a href="/hebrews/5-5.htm" title="So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said to him, You are my Son, to day have I begotten you.">Hebrews 5:5</a>) led Him into the possession of this office. The thought of this verse and the last is closely analogous to <a href="/context/hebrews/2-9.htm" title="But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.">Hebrews 2:9-10</a> (see Notes), and to <a href="/context/philippians/2-6.htm" title="Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:">Philippians 2:6-13</a>. The transition from the obedience manifested by our Lord to that which must be rendered by all who seek from Him salvation, strikingly recalls <a href="/hebrews/5-8.htm" title="Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;">Hebrews 5:8</a>; <a href="/hebrews/5-12.htm" title="For when for the time you ought to be teachers, you have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.">Hebrews 5:12</a> of the last-named chapter. He presents to all the model of the obedience to be rendered to Him, and through Him to the Father. "Eternal" salvation,--for He is a priest "for ever" (<a href="/hebrews/5-6.htm" title="As he said also in another place, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.">Hebrews 5:6</a>). On the connection of "salvation" with His priesthood, see the Note on <a href="/hebrews/7-25.htm" title="Why he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come to God by him, seeing he ever lives to make intercession for them.">Hebrews 7:25</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hebrews/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 9, 10. - And being made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the Author of eternal salvation; called (or rather so addressed) of God a High Priest after the order of Melchizedek. Here τελειωθεὶς (translated "being made perfect") refers to the time of his resurrection, when the sufferings were over and the atonement complete (cf. <a href="/luke/13-32.htm">Luke 13:32</a>, τῇ τρίτῃ τελειοῦμαι). The word may be used in its general sense of perfected, i.e. "being made perfectly that which he was intended to become" (Delitzsch). In such sense St. Paul uses the word of himself, Οὐκ ὅτι ἤδη τετελείωμαι (<a href="/philippians/3-12.htm">Philippians 3:12</a>). Or the specific sense of priestly consecration may be here, as well as in <a href="/hebrews/2-10.htm">Hebrews 2:10</a> and Hebrews 7:28, intended. In <a href="/hebrews/7-28.htm">Hebrews 7:28</a> the A.V. renders εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τετελειωμένον by "consecrated for evermore." And this view is supported by passages in the LXX., where the word τελείωσις is used with special reference to the consecration of the high priest. Cf. ἔστι γὰρ τελείωσις αὔτη (<a href="/exodus/29-22.htm">Exodus 29:22</a>); τοῦ κριοῦ τῆς τελειώσεως, ὅ ἐστιν Ἀαρών, (vers. 26, 27, 31); τελειῶσαι τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν (vers. 29, 33, 35); τῆς θυσίας τῆς τελειώσεως (ver. 34) τὸν δεύτερον κριὸν τῆς τελειώσεωσ (<a href="/leviticus/8-22.htm">Leviticus 8:22, 29</a>); ἀπὸ τοῦ κανοῦ τῆς τελειώσεως (ver. 26); τὸ ὁλοκαύτωμα τῆς τελειώσεως (ver. 28); ἕως ἡμέρα πληρωθῆ, ἡμέρα τελειώσεως ὑμῶν (ver. 33); also <a href="/leviticus/21-10.htm">Leviticus 21:10</a>, where the high priest - ὁ ἱερεὺς ὁ μέγας ἀπὸ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτοῦ ( ισ described as τοῦ ἐπικεχυμένου ἐπὶ τῆν κεφαλὴν τοῦ ἐλαίου σοῦ Ξριστοῦ καὶ τετελειωμένου ἐνδύσασθαι τὰ ἱμάτια. See also Gesenius on the Hebrew word מלֻּאים. Hence, and in view of the drift of the passage before us, Jackson very decidedly regards τελειωθεὶς in ver. 9 as a verbum solenne, denoting specifically Christ's consecration to his eternal office of High Priest. So also Hammond and Whitby. Being thus perfected, or consecrated, he became, for ever afterwards, the Author, not of mere ceremonial cleansing or temporary remission of guilt, but of eternal salvation; potentially to all mankind (cf. ὑπὲρ παντὸς, <a href="/hebrews/2-9.htm">Hebrews 2:9</a>), and effectively to "all them that obey him;" being addressed, in tiffs his consummated position (the reference being to <a href="/psalms/110.htm">Psalm 110</a>.) as "High Priest for ever," etc. Here again we perceive that it is not till after the Resurrection that the prophetic ideal of the SON at God's right hand, and of the eternal High Priest, are regarded as fully realized. If it be objected that his high priesthood must have begun before the Resurrection for his death upon the cross to be a true atonement, it may be replied that his one oblation of himself upon the cross at once consummated his consecration and effected the atonement. Doubtless, as a true High Priest on earth, he thus "offered one sacrifice for sins for ever" (<a href="/hebrews/10-12.htm">Hebrews 10:12</a>); all that is meant above is that it was not till after the Resurrection that he entered on his eternal office of mediation in virtue of that one accomplished sacrifice. <a href="/commentaries/hebrews/5-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>And καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. having been made perfect, τελειωθεὶς (teleiōtheis) Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5048.htm">Strong's 5048: </a> From teleios; to complete, i.e. accomplish, or consummate. He became ἐγένετο (egeneto) Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1096.htm">Strong's 1096: </a> A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude. [the] source αἴτιος (aitios) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_159.htm">Strong's 159: </a> The cause, author; the culprit, the accused; the crime. From the same as aiteo; causative, i.e. a causer. of eternal αἰωνίου (aiōniou) Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_166.htm">Strong's 166: </a> From aion; perpetual. salvation σωτηρίας (sōtērias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4991.htm">Strong's 4991: </a> Feminine of a derivative of soter as noun; rescue or safety. to all πᾶσιν (pasin) Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. who τοῖς (tois) Article - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. obey ὑπακούουσιν (hypakouousin) Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5219.htm">Strong's 5219: </a> From hupo and akouo; to hear under, i.e. To listen attentively; by implication, to heed or conform to a command or authority. Him αὐτῷ (autō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. 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