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Pentecost Season · Proper 24 · Year B

Hebrews 5:1-10

Jesus the Great High Priest

October 17, 2027

The Agony in the Garden, Andrea Mantegna
The Agony in the Garden, Andrea Mantegna, c. 1458-1460National Gallery, London
Christ on his knees in a stony garden, the angels holding out the cup, the disciples asleep below.In the days of his flesh he offered up prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears.Andrea MantegnaMantegna, who carved his landscapes out of rock and made the ground itself look hard.National Gallery, LondonThe National Gallery, London.National Gallery, London
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelMark 10:35-45Mk 10:35-45
EpistleHeb. 5:1-10Heb 5:1-10
Old TestamentJob 38:1-7, (34-41)Jb 38:1-7, (34-41)Alt. OTIsa. 53:4-12Is 53:4-12
PsalterPs. 104:1-9, 24, 35cPs 104:1-9, 24, 35cAlt. PsalmPs. 91:9-16Ps 91:9-16

Overview & Insights

“Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.” (Hebrews 5:8)

In the last verses of chapter 4 the author again exhorts his readers to faithfulness, but this time on the basis of his argument concerning the high priesthood of Jesus. The connection has already been made between Jesus’ high priesthood and his ability to help his people (see 2:17–18), but now it is elaborated and leads the author into the beginning of a discourse on why Jesus is qualified to be high priest. First the author reviews the role and calling of high priests (5:1–4), and then he turns to the qualifications of Jesus as high priest (5:5–10).

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Commentary

Working Preacher: Commentary on Hebrews 5:1-10Working Preacher: Commentary on Heb 5:1-10 Working Preacher

Lutheran lectionary commentary on Christ as high priest who learned obedience through suffering.

Enduring Word: Hebrews 5Enduring Word: Heb 5 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the priesthood of Christ.

Precept Austin: Hebrews 5 ResourcesPrecept Austin: Heb 5 Resources Precept Austin

Detailed study page gathering many commentators and word studies on Hebrews 5.

BibleHub: Commentaries on Hebrews 5:1BibleHub: Commentaries on Heb 5:1 BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries keyed to the appointment of the high priest.

CEP: Hebrews 5:1-10 CommentaryCEP: Heb 5:1-10 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching

Reformed preaching commentary on Christ's perfecting through suffering and his eternal priesthood.

Background & Word Study

BibleProject: Hebrews OverviewBibleProject: Heb Overview BibleProject

Animated overview of the message and structure of Hebrews.

BibleHub: Hebrews 5 InterlinearBibleHub: Heb 5 Interlinear BibleHub

Greek-English interlinear for word-level study of the chapter.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Hebrews 5Catena: Heb 5 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on Hebrews 5.

Questions preachers ask

How is Christ the great high priest?

Appointed by God as a priest after the order of Melchizedek, Christ offered up loud cries and tears, and being made perfect became the source of eternal salvation.

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