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Hebrews 5 Catholic Public Domain Version

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1 For every high priest, having been taken from among men, is appointed on behalf of men toward the things which pertain to God, so that he may offer gifts and sacrifices on behalf of sins;
1 PORQUE todo pontífice, tomado de entre los hombres, es constituído á favor de los hombres en lo que á Dios toca, para que ofrezca presentes y sacrificios por los pecados:
2 he is able to commiserate with those who are ignorant and who wander astray, because he himself is also encompassed by infirmity.
2 Que se pueda compadecer de los ignorantes y extraviados, pues que él también está rodeado de flaqueza;
3 And because of this, he also must make such offerings for sins even for himself, in the same manner as for the people.
3 Y por causa de ella debe, como por sí mismo, así también por el pueblo, ofrecer por los pecados.
4 Neither does anyone take up this honor himself, but rather he who is called by God, just as Aaron was.
4 Ni nadie toma para sí la honra, sino el que es llamado de Dios, como Aarón.
5 Thus, even Christ did not glorify himself, so as to become High Priest, but instead, it was God who said to him: “You are my Son. Today I have begotten you.”
5 Así también Cristo no se glorificó á sí mismo haciéndose Pontífice, mas el que le dijo: Tú eres mi Hijo, yo te he engendrado hoy;
6 And similarly, he says in another place: “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.”
6 Como también dice en otro [lugar]: Tú eres sacerdote eternamente, según el orden de Melchîsedec.
7 It is Christ who, in the days of his flesh, with a strong cry and tears, offered prayers and supplications to the One who was able to save him from death, and who was heard because of his reverence.
7 El cual en los días de su carne, ofreciendo ruegos y súplicas con gran clamor y lágrimas al que le podía librar de la muerte, fué oído por su reverencial miedo.
8 And although, certainly, he is the Son of God, he learned obedience by the things that he suffered.
8 Y aunque era Hijo, por lo que padeció aprendió la obediencia;
9 And having reached his consummation, he was made, for all who are obedient to him, the cause of eternal salvation,
9 Y consumado, vino á ser causa de eterna salud á todos los que le obedecen;
10 having been called by God to be the High Priest, according to the order of Melchizedek.
10 Nombrado de Dios pontífice según el orden de Melchîsedec.
11 Our message about him is great, and difficult to explain when speaking, because you have been made feeble when listening.
11 Del cual tenemos mucho que decir, y dificultoso de declarar, por cuanto sois flacos para oir.
12 For even though it is the time when you ought to be teachers, you are still lacking, so that you must be taught the things that are the basic elements of the Word of God, and so you have been made like those who are in need of milk, and not of solid food.
12 Porque debiendo ser ya maestros á causa del tiempo, tenéis necesidad de volver á ser enseñados cuáles sean los primeros rudimentos de las palabras de Dios; y habéis llegado á ser tales que tengáis necesidad de leche, y no de manjar sólido.
13 For anyone who is still feeding on milk is still unskillful in the Word of Justice; for he is like an infant.
13 Que cualquiera que participa de la leche, es inhábil para la palabra de la justicia, porque es niño;
14 But solid food is for those who are mature, for those who, by practice, have sharpened their mind, so as to discern good from evil.
14 Mas la vianda firme es para los perfectos, para los que por la costumbre tienen los sentidos ejercitados en el discernimiento del bien y del mal.

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  • Melchizedek

    Priest-king of Salem

    King of Salem and priest of God Most High, who brought out bread and wine, blessed Abram, and received a tenth of everything from him.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 14:18–20; Psalm 110:4; Hebrews 5:6

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Cross references (14)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Hebrews 8:3; Hebrews 10:11; Hebrews 2:17; Leviticus 9:15–21; Hebrews 7:27
  2. 2 Hebrews 4:15; Hebrews 2:18; 2 Corinthians 12:9–10; Hebrews 7:28; Hebrews 12:13
  3. 3 Leviticus 9:7; Leviticus 16:6; Hebrews 9:7; Hebrews 7:27; Leviticus 16:15
  4. 4 Exodus 28:1; Numbers 16:40; Numbers 16:5; 1 Chronicles 23:13; 2 Chronicles 26:18
  5. 5 Psalm 2:7; John 8:54; John 7:18; Hebrews 1:5; Acts 13:33
  6. 6 Psalm 110:4; Hebrews 7:17; Hebrews 7:21; Hebrews 7:3; Hebrews 5:10
  7. 7 Luke 22:41–44; John 17:1; Matthew 27:46; Mark 14:32–39; John 17:4–5
  8. 8 Philippians 2:8; Hebrews 10:5–9; John 4:34; Isaiah 50:5–6; John 15:10
  9. 9 Hebrews 9:15; Hebrews 2:10; Hebrews 12:2; Hebrews 9:12; Acts 5:32
  10. 10 Hebrews 5:5–6; Hebrews 6:20
  11. 11 Matthew 13:15; 2 Peter 3:16; Acts 28:27; John 16:12; John 6:6
  12. 12 Hebrews 6:1; 1 Corinthians 3:1–3; 1 Peter 2:2; Hebrews 5:13; Isaiah 28:9–10
  13. 13 1 Peter 2:2; 1 Corinthians 14:20; 2 Timothy 3:16; Ephesians 4:14; Isaiah 28:9
  14. 14 1 Corinthians 2:14–15; 1 Thessalonians 5:21; Philippians 1:9–10; Ephesians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 2:6

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What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary 5:1 John Chrysostom, Homilies on Hebrews (Homily VIII)

    The blessed Paul wishes to show in the next place that this covenant is far better than the old. This then he does by first laying down remote considerations.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 14 (1889)

  2. Quotes verse 5:12–14 Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John (Chapter XVI — 12, 13)

    But strong meat belongeth to them that are perfect, even those who by habit have their senses exercised to distinguish good from evil." For here we see, as if clearly defined, what he calls the strong meat of the perfect; and which is the same as that which he writes to the Corinthans, "We speak wisdom among them that are …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)

  3. Quotes verse 5:12 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XVII)

    … himself, hardly bearing it, because his scholars were delaying a long time in their earlier lessons: "For when for the time," saith he, "ye ought to be teachers, ye have need to be taught again which be the first principles of the oracles of God. " Wherefore we too mourn and lament.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  4. Quotes verse 5:14 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture IV)

    But let those here present whose habit of mind is mature, and who have their senses already exercised to discern good and evil, endure patiently to listen to things fitted rather for children, and to an introductory course, as it were, of milk: that at the same time both those who have need of the instruction may be benefited, …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

  5. Quotes verse 5:8 Gregory of Nazianzus, Theological Orations (The Fourth Theological Oration, Which is the Second Concerning the Son)

    The same consideration applies to another passage, "He learnt obedience by the things which He suffered," and to His "strong crying and tears," and His "Entreaties," and His "being heard," and His" Reverence," all of which He wonderfully wrought out, like a drama whose plot was devised on our behalf.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)