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Hebrews 5 World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)

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WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
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1 For every high priest, being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for 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 The high priest can deal gently with those who are ignorant and going astray, because he himself is also surrounded with weakness.
2 Que se pueda compadecer de los ignorantes y extraviados, pues que él también está rodeado de flaqueza;
3 Because of this, he must offer sacrifices for sins for the people, as well as for himself.
3 Y por causa de ella debe, como por sí mismo, así también por el pueblo, ofrecer por los pecados.
4 Nobody takes this honor on himself, but he is called by God, just like Aaron was.
4 Ni nadie toma para sí la honra, sino el que es llamado de Dios, como Aarón.
5 So also Christ didn’t glorify himself to be made a high priest, but it was he who said to him, “You are my Son. Today I have become your father.”
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 As he says also in another place, “You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.”
6 Como también dice en otro [lugar]: Tú eres sacerdote eternamente, según el orden de Melchîsedec.
7 He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,
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 though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered.
8 Y aunque era Hijo, por lo que padeció aprendió la obediencia;
9 Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation,
9 Y consumado, vino á ser causa de eterna salud á todos los que le obedecen;
10 named by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.
10 Nombrado de Dios pontífice según el orden de Melchîsedec.
11 About him we have many words to say, and hard to interpret, seeing you have become dull of hearing.
11 Del cual tenemos mucho que decir, y dificultoso de declarar, por cuanto sois flacos para oir.
12 For although by this time you should be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the revelations of God. You have come to need milk, and not 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 everyone who lives on milk is not experienced in the word of righteousness, for he is a baby.
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 full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and 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)