RCL reading for Sunday, March 29, 2009:
Excerpt from The New Revised Standard Version
via Oremus (http://bible.oremus.org)
Hebrews 5:5-10
5 So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming a high priest, but was appointed by the one who said to him,
‘You are my Son,
today I have begotten you’;
6 as he says also in another place,
‘You are a priest for ever,
according to the order of Melchizedek.’
7 In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers 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 reverent submission.
8 Although he was a Son, he learned obedience through what he suffered;
9 and having been made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him,
10 having been designated by God a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.
QUESTIONS
Where does the quote come from in verse 5?
What Greek proverb does verse 8 refer to?
In verse 9, what does it mean that Jesus was “made perfect”?
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The quotes in vs 5 and 6 are from the Psalms, 2 and 110. I don't know the Greek proverb but the whole idea of a "perfect" got a bad name with the Cathars and the Manachaeans. I suppose the author of Hebrews could not have known about them so he must have meant the Risen Lord, freed of his human frailities. (But without sin?)
ReplyDeleteAccording to The Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary, the Greek adage in verse 8 is: "Pathemata mathemata." Which can be translated as "sufferings, disciplinings" or the snappier "Praying and obeying."
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