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and having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation,
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Perfected Through Suffering
Commentators clarify that Jesus being 'made perfect' does not mean He was morally flawed—He was always sinless. Instead, His perfection refers to His being fully equipped and qualified as our High Priest and Savior. Through His suffering and obedience, He completed the necessary 'training,' as one scholar puts it, to become the perfect source of our salvation.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And being made perfect. That is, being made a complete Savior—a Savior fitted in all respects to redeem people. Sufferings were n…
Having been made perfect (τελειωθεις). First aorist passive participle of τελειοω, the completion of the process of training menti…
19th Century
Anglican
And being . . .—Rather, and having been made perfect. This was the mode in which He who glorified Him to be made High…
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Baptist
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…
Here we must make a similar comment about Jesus’ being “made perfect.” This does not mean that he was imperfect and that out of his imperfection he…
16th Century
Protestant
And being made perfect, or sanctified, etc. This refers to the ultimate or more distant purpose, as it is called, why it was nece…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And being made perfect In his obedience, through sufferings; having completed his obedience, gone through his suffer…
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…
13th Century
Catholic
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…
