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href="/bsb/hebrews/5.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/hebrews/5.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/hebrews/5.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Even though Jesus was God’s Son, he learned obedience from the things he suffered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/hebrews/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/hebrews/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/hebrews/5.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />though being a Son, He learned obedience from the things He suffered,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/hebrews/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/hebrews/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />though He was a Son, <i>yet</i> He learned obedience by the things which He suffered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/hebrews/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/hebrews/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/hebrews/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/hebrews/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/hebrews/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Although He was a Son [who had never been disobedient to the Father], He learned [active, special] obedience through what He suffered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/hebrews/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Although he was the Son, he learned obedience from what he suffered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/hebrews/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Though He was God&#8217s Son, He learned obedience through what He suffered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/hebrews/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/hebrews/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Jesus is God's own Son, but still he had to suffer before he could learn what it really means to obey God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/hebrews/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/hebrews/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Although Jesus was the Son [of God], he learned to be obedient through his sufferings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/hebrews/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But even though he was God's Son, he learned through his sufferings to be obedient. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/hebrews/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Son though he was, he learned obedience through his sufferings <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/hebrews/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/hebrews/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Although he was a son, he learned obedience through the things he suffered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/hebrews/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Although he was a Son, he learned obedience by the things which he suffered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/hebrews/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Though he was a Son, yet he learned obedience by the things which he suffered;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/hebrews/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Although He was God's Son, yet He learned obedience from the sufferings which He endured;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/hebrews/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/hebrews/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />though being a Son, [He] learned obedience by the things which He suffered,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/hebrews/5.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />though being a Son, He learned obedience from the things He suffered,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/hebrews/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> through being a Son, did learn by the things which he suffered -- the obedience,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/hebrews/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Although being a Son, he learned obedience from what he suffered;<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/hebrews/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And whereas indeed he was the Son of God, he learned obedience by the things which he suffered: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/hebrews/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And although, certainly, he is the Son of God, he learned obedience by the things that he suffered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/hebrews/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/hebrews/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Although he was a Son, he learned obedience through what he suffered;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/hebrews/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And though he were a good Son, because of fear and suffering which he endured, he learned obedience.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/hebrews/5.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />And although he is The Son, he learned obedience by the fear and the suffering which he endured;<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/hebrews/5.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />although he was a Son, he yet learned obedience from the things which he suffered;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/hebrews/5.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />indeed being a Son, he learned obedience from those things which he suffered;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/hebrews/5.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />though he was a son, he learned obedience from the things which he suffered:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/hebrews/5.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />for tho' he was the son of God, yet he found by his own sufferings what it was to obey,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/hebrews/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Although He was God's Son, yet He learned obedience from the sufferings which He endured;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/hebrews/5.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />though He was a Son, learned obedience from the things which He suffered;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/hebrews/5.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br /><i>but</i> though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered: and being <i>thus</i> perfected,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/hebrews/5-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x-IAXXp5zcA?start=732" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/hebrews/5.htm">The Perfect High Priest</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence. <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/2539.htm" title="2539: kaiper (Conj) -- Although, though. From kai and per; and indeed, i.e. Nevertheless or notwithstanding.">Although</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: ōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">He was</a> <a href="/greek/5207.htm" title="5207: Huios (N-NMS) -- A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a son, used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.">a Son,</a> <a href="/greek/3129.htm" title="3129: emathen (V-AIA-3S) -- Prolongation from a primary verb, another form of which, matheo, is used as an alternate in certain tenses; to learn.">He learned</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/5218.htm" title="5218: hypakoēn (N-AFS) -- Obedience, submissiveness, compliance. From hupakouo; attentive hearkening, i.e. compliance or submission.">obedience</a> <a href="/greek/575.htm" title="575: aph’ (Prep) -- From, away from. A primary particle; off, i.e. Away, in various senses.">from</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hōn (RelPro-GNP) -- Who, which, what, that. ">what</a> <a href="/greek/3958.htm" title="3958: epathen (V-AIA-3S) -- I am acted upon in a certain way, either good or bad; I experience ill treatment, suffer. ">He suffered.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">9</span>And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/2-8.htm">Philippians 2:8</a></span><br />And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3-5</a></span><br />He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. / Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. / But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-39.htm">Matthew 26:39</a></span><br />Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/22-42.htm">Luke 22:42</a></span><br />“Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/10-17.htm">John 10:17-18</a></span><br />The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again. / No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/5-19.htm">Romans 5:19</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-21.htm">1 Peter 2:21-24</a></span><br />For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps: / “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.” / When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/50-5.htm">Isaiah 50:5-7</a></span><br />The Lord GOD has opened My ears, and I have not been rebellious, nor have I turned back. / I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle. / Because the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/8-29.htm">John 8:29</a></span><br />He who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/3-15.htm">Matthew 3:15</a></span><br />“Let it be so now,” Jesus replied. “It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness in this way.” Then John permitted Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/40-6.htm">Psalm 40:6-8</a></span><br />Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require. / Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll: / I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-34.htm">John 4:34</a></span><br />Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/12-27.htm">John 12:27-28</a></span><br />Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour. / Father, glorify Your name!” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/8-9.htm">2 Corinthians 8:9</a></span><br />For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-10.htm">Isaiah 53:10-12</a></span><br />Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand. / 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. / Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;</p><p class="hdg">he were.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/1-5.htm">Hebrews 1:5,8</a></b></br> For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/3-6.htm">Hebrews 3:6</a></b></br> But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.</p><p class="hdg">yet.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/10-5.htm">Hebrews 10:5-9</a></b></br> Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/50-5.htm">Isaiah 50:5,6</a></b></br> The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/3-15.htm">Matthew 3:15</a></b></br> And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer <i>it to be so</i> now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hebrews/4-3.htm">Although</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-11.htm">Endured</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-13.htm">God's</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-14.htm">Learned</a> <a href="/philemon/1-21.htm">Obedience</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-11.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-18.htm">Pain</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-18.htm">Suffered</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-10.htm">Sufferings</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-14.htm">Underwent</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hebrews/5-12.htm">Although</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-15.htm">Endured</a> <a href="/hebrews/5-12.htm">God's</a> <a href="/genesis/9-24.htm">Learned</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-16.htm">Obedience</a> <a href="/hebrews/5-9.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-25.htm">Pain</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-23.htm">Suffered</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-32.htm">Sufferings</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-36.htm">Underwent</a><div class="vheading2">Hebrews 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hebrews/5-1.htm">The honor of our Savior's priesthood.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hebrews/5-11.htm">Negligence in the knowledge thereof is reproved.</a></span><br></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><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <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> <br /><br /> </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><b>Although He was a Son</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the divine sonship of Jesus Christ, affirming His unique relationship with God the Father. In the context of the New Testament, Jesus is recognized as the Son of God, a title that signifies His divinity and pre-existence (<a href="/john/1.htm">John 1:1-14</a>). Despite His divine nature, Jesus took on human form (<a href="/philippians/2-6.htm">Philippians 2:6-7</a>), which is central to the doctrine of the Incarnation. This dual nature of Christ as both fully God and fully man is a cornerstone of Christian theology. The term "Son" also connects to Old Testament prophecies, such as <a href="/psalms/2-7.htm">Psalm 2:7</a>, which speaks of the Messiah as God's Son, and <a href="/isaiah/9-6.htm">Isaiah 9:6</a>, which refers to the coming of a divine child.<p><b>He learned obedience</b><br>This phrase highlights the humanity of Jesus, who, though divine, experienced human life fully, including the process of learning. The concept of learning obedience is significant because it underscores Jesus' role as the perfect model of human behavior. In His earthly life, Jesus submitted to the will of the Father, demonstrating perfect obedience (<a href="/john/5-19.htm">John 5:19, 30</a>). This obedience is not indicative of any deficiency in Jesus but rather His active participation in the human experience. It also fulfills the typology of the obedient servant found in <a href="/isaiah/53.htm">Isaiah 53</a>, where the suffering servant submits to God's will.<p><b>from what He suffered</b><br>The suffering of Jesus is central to His mission and is a fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies, such as <a href="/isaiah/53.htm">Isaiah 53</a>, which describes the suffering servant who bears the sins of many. Jesus' suffering was not only physical but also spiritual and emotional, as He bore the weight of humanity's sin (<a href="/1_peter/2-24.htm">1 Peter 2:24</a>). This suffering was necessary for His role as the High Priest, who mediates between God and humanity (<a href="/hebrews/4-14.htm">Hebrews 4:14-16</a>). Through suffering, Jesus fully identified with human weakness and temptation, yet remained without sin (<a href="/hebrews/4-15.htm">Hebrews 4:15</a>). His suffering and obedience culminated in His sacrificial death on the cross, which is the foundation of salvation for believers (<a href="/romans/5-8.htm">Romans 5:8-9</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a></b><br>The central figure in this verse, Jesus is acknowledged as the Son of God. His life and ministry are the ultimate example of obedience and suffering.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_author_of_hebrews.htm">The Author of Hebrews</a></b><br>Traditionally attributed to Paul, though the exact authorship is uncertain. The author writes to Jewish Christians, encouraging them to remain steadfast in their faith.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_early_church.htm">The Early Church</a></b><br>The audience of the letter, primarily Jewish Christians who were facing persecution and needed encouragement to hold fast to their faith.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_obedience.htm">The Nature of Obedience</a></b><br>Obedience is not merely a passive submission but an active choice, often refined through trials and suffering.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_suffering.htm">The Role of Suffering</a></b><br>Suffering is not purposeless; it is a tool God uses to teach and refine us, drawing us closer to His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/christ_as_our_example.htm">Christ as Our Example</a></b><br>Jesus' life exemplifies perfect obedience. As believers, we are called to follow His example, trusting God through our own trials.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/sonship_and_suffering.htm">Sonship and Suffering</a></b><br>Being a child of God does not exempt us from suffering. Instead, it provides a framework for understanding and growing through it.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_maturity.htm">Spiritual Maturity</a></b><br>Just as Jesus learned obedience through suffering, we too grow in spiritual maturity as we endure and learn from our trials.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hebrews_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hebrews 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_jesus_'learn_obedience'.htm">How can an omniscient Son of God “learn obedience” (Hebrews 5:8) if he is already fully divine and perfect? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_jesus_learn_obedience.htm">How did Jesus learn obedience through suffering?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_monothelitism.htm">What is Monothelitism?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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 name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hebrews/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) <span class= "bld">Though he were a Son.</span>--These words may be connected with what precedes (implying that He was heard for His reverent fear, not because, in the preeminent sense, He was God's Son); but they are still more closely joined with the following sentence, "Though He was a Son, He <span class= "ital">learnt</span> His obedience by the things which He suffered." "The disposition of obedience Jesus possessed before He suffered, but the proof that this disposition existed must be shown in deed; this progress from the disposition to the deed of obedience is a practical learning of the virtue of obedience" (Lnemann). The suffering recorded in <a href="/hebrews/5-7.htm" title="Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears to him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;">Hebrews 5:7</a> is regarded as the culmination of His life of suffering.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/hebrews/5-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">Although</span><br /><span class="grk">καίπερ</span> <span class="translit">(kaiper)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2539.htm">Strong's 2539: </a> </span><span class="str2">Although, though. From kai and per; and indeed, i.e. Nevertheless or notwithstanding.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He was</span><br /><span class="grk">ὢν</span> <span class="translit">(ōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> </span><span class="str2">I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a Son,</span><br /><span class="grk">Υἱός</span> <span class="translit">(Huios)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5207.htm">Strong's 5207: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He learned</span><br /><span class="grk">ἔμαθεν</span> <span class="translit">(emathen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3129.htm">Strong's 3129: </a> </span><span class="str2">Prolongation from a primary verb, another form of which, matheo, is used as an alternate in certain tenses; to learn.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">obedience</span><br /><span class="grk">ὑπακοήν</span> <span class="translit">(hypakoēn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5218.htm">Strong's 5218: </a> </span><span class="str2">Obedience, submissiveness, compliance. From hupakouo; attentive hearkening, i.e. compliance or submission.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀφ’</span> <span class="translit">(aph’)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_575.htm">Strong's 575: </a> </span><span class="str2">From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">what</span><br /><span class="grk">ὧν</span> <span class="translit">(hōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">He suffered.</span><br /><span class="grk">ἔπαθεν</span> <span class="translit">(epathen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3958.htm">Strong's 3958: </a> </span><span class="str2">I am acted upon in a certain way, either good or bad; I experience ill treatment, suffer. </span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hebrews/5-8.htm">Hebrews 5:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/hebrews/5-8.htm">Hebrews 5:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/hebrews/5-8.htm">Hebrews 5:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/hebrews/5-8.htm">Hebrews 5:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/hebrews/5-8.htm">Hebrews 5:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/hebrews/5-8.htm">Hebrews 5:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hebrews/5-8.htm">Hebrews 5:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/hebrews/5-8.htm">Hebrews 5:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/hebrews/5-8.htm">Hebrews 5:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/hebrews/5-8.htm">Hebrews 5:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/hebrews/5-8.htm">NT Letters: Hebrews 5:8 Though he was a Son yet learned (Heb. 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