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though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered;

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

Though he was a Son (καιπερ ων υιος). Concessive participle with καιπερ, regular Greek idiom as in 7:5; 12:17.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Though he were a Son. Though the Son of God. Though he sustained this exalted rank and was conscious of it, yet he was willing to learn ex…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Though He was a Son.—These words may be connected with what precedes (implying that He was heard for His reverent fear, n…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

As he says also in another place, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchisedec. Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered u…

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

We should take these words in the sense of “son though he was” rather than “although he was a son.” It is the quality of sonship that is emphasized…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Yet learned he obedience, etc. The immediate purpose of Christ’s sufferings was to accustom himself to obedience. This was not because he …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Though he were a Son
The Son of God, as the Vulgate Latin version reads; not by creation, nor by adoption, nor by of…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The High Priest must be a man, a partaker of our nature. This shows that man had sinned, for God would not allow sinful man to come to him alone. B…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

Having listed three things that belong to a high priest and shown that two of them were fulfilled in Christ—namely, the office and the proper way o…

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