Hebrews 5:9 BSB — MannaFest

Hebrews 5:9

And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him

BSB

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ASV

and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation;

KJV

And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

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Commentary

3 voices

Leo the Great

SERMON 23.3-4 (461)

Our origin, corrupted right after its start, needed to be reborn with new beginnings. A victim had to be offered for reconciliation, a victim that was at one and the same time both related to our race and foreign to our defilement. In this way alone could the plan of God—wherein it pleased him that the sin of the world should be wiped away through the birth and passion of Jesus Christ—in this way alone could the plan of God be of any avail for the times of every generation.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

And being perfected - By sufferings, chap. ii, 10; brought through all to glory. He became the author - The procuring and efficient cause. Of eternal salvation to all that obey him - By doing and suffering his whole will.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And being made perfect - That is, being made a “complete” Saviour - a Saviour suited in all respects to redeem people. Sufferings were necessary to the “completeness” or the “finish” of his character as a Saviour, not to his moral perfection, for he was always without sin; see this explained in the notes on Heb 2:10. He became the author - That is, he was the procuring cause (αἴτιος aitios) of salvation.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τελειωθεὶς	teleiōtheis	having been perfected	G5048 →
ἐγένετο	egeneto	He became	G1096 →
πᾶσιν	pasin	to all	G3956 →
τοῖς	tois	those	G3588 →
ὑπακούουσιν	hupakouousin	obeying	G5219 →
αὐτῷ	autō	Him	G846 →
αἴτιος	aitios	[the] author	G159 →
σωτηρίας	sōtērias	of salvation	G4991 →
αἰωνίου,	aiōniou	eternal,	G166 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Hebrews 12:2
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand…
leads to
- Micah 7:7
  But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
- 1 Peter 3:18
  For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
- 1 Peter 2:23–24
  When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.
- Hebrews 1:3
  The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the…
- Philippians 1:6
  being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Through
Hebrews 9:12
He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
leads to
- Hebrews 10:4
  because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
Through
Hebrews 9:15
Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under…
leads to
- Romans 3:24–26
  and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
- Romans 8:30
  And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Hebrews

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Hebrews