# Hebrews 05 📖: Christ Our Appointed High Priest [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[-Hebrews Overview]] | [[Hebrews 04]] | [[Hebrews 06]] > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] > [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]] > [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] > [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]] > [[#🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application]] > [[#💬 Discussion Questions]] > [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🔗 Related Passages]] > [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] > [[#📂 Internal Notes]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ## Christ, A High Priest **Principle**: Jesus knows all about it. [[#Verse 01.]] For every high priest is taken from among the people and appointed to represent them before God, to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.  [[#Verse 02.]] He is able to deal compassionately with those who are ignorant and erring, since he also is subject to weakness,  [[#Verse 03.]] and for this reason he is obligated to make sin offerings for himself as well as for the people.  [[#Verse 04.]] And no one assumes this honor on his own initiative, but only when called to it by God, as in fact Aaron was.  [[#Verse 05.]] So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming high priest, but the one who glorified him was God, who said to him, “**_You are my Son! Today I have fathered you_**,” [[Psalm 02]] [[#Verse 06.]] as also in another place God says, “**_You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek_**.” [[Psalm 110]] [[#Verse 07.]] During his earthly life Christ offered both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion.  [[#Verse 08.]] Although he was a son, he learned obedience through the things he suffered.  [[#Verse 09.]] And by being perfected in this way, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,  [[#Verse 10.]] and he was designated by God as high priest **_in_** **_the order of Melchizedek_**. ### The Need to Move on to Maturity **Principle**: It is vital for leaders to continue to preach God's Word. [[#Verse 11.]] On this topic we have much to say and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish in hearing.  [[#Verse 12.]] For though you should in fact be teachers by this time, you need someone to teach you the beginning elements of God’s utterances. You have gone back to needing milk, not solid food.  [[#Verse 13.]] For everyone who lives on milk is inexperienced in the message of righteousness, because he is an infant.  [[#Verse 14.]] But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil. ## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights 1. Israel's high priests were chosen from among the people (5:1) and came from Aaron's family line. 2. Aaron was called by God to serve as priest (Exodus 28:1), just as Christ was appointed by God (5:4-5). 3. Hebrews 5:5-6 joins Psalm 2:7 and Psalm 110:4. 4. Melchizedek first appears in Genesis 14:18-20, when he blesses Abram. 5. The "loud cries and tears" (5:7) likely refer to Jesus' prayers in Gethsemane. 6. There is a wordplay in 5:8: "learned" (*emathen*) and "suffered" (*epathen*) sound alike in Greek. 7. "Deal compassionately" (5:2) translates a word for controlling one's emotions, neither too harsh nor too lenient. 8. "The beginning elements" (5:12) uses the same word Paul uses for basic principles in Galatians 4:3. 9. Paul also uses the picture of milk and solid food in 1 Corinthians 3:2. 10. "Trained" (5:14) comes from the athletic word that gives us "gymnasium." ## 🧠 Chapter Summary > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter Christ is the Son who did not glorify Himself but was appointed by God as a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek (5:5-6). He learned obedience through suffering, praying "not My will" in Gethsemane (Luke 22:42), and became the source of eternal salvation. ## 🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## 💬 Discussion Questions 1. A high priest is able to deal compassionately with the ignorant and erring (5:2). How does Jesus' compassion affect the way you come to Him? 2. Jesus learned obedience through what He suffered (5:8). How has God used suffering to shape you? 3. The readers needed milk instead of solid food (5:12-14). What helps believers move toward maturity? ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - 📖 verses 5-6: Christ was appointed by God as a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek. - 📖 verses 7-8: Jesus offered prayers with loud cries and tears and learned obedience through suffering. - 📖 verse 9: He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him. - 📖 verse 14: Solid food is for the mature, whose senses are trained to discern good and evil. ## 🔗 Related Passages - 🔗 [[Exodus 28#Verse 01.|Exodus 28:1]] - Aaron called to serve as priest. - 🔗 [[Psalm 110#Verse 04.|Psalm 110:4]] - A priest forever in the order of Melchizedek. - 🔗 [[Genesis 14#Verse 18.|Genesis 14:18-20]] - Melchizedek blesses Abram. - 🔗 [[Luke 22#Verse 41.|Luke 22:41-44]] - Jesus prays in agony in Gethsemane. - 🔗 [[1 Corinthians 03#Verse 01.|1 Corinthians 3:1-2]] - Milk, not solid food. ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection 📝 SOAP: [[Hebrews 05 - SOAP|Obedience is Learned]] ## 📂 Internal Notes