So also Christ (A)did not glorify Himself so as to become a (B)high priest, but He who (C)said to Him,

(D)You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You”;

just as He says also in another passage,

(E)You are a priest forever
According to (F)the order of Melchizedek.”

[a]In the days of His flesh, [b](G)He offered up both prayers and supplications with (H)loud crying and tears to the One (I)able to save Him [c]from death, and He [d]was heard because of His (J)piety.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 5:7 I.e. during Christ’s earthly life
  2. Hebrews 5:7 Lit who having offered up
  3. Hebrews 5:7 Or out of
  4. Hebrews 5:7 Lit having been heard