So also Christ (A)did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him,

(B)“You are my Son,
    today I have begotten you”;

as he says also in another place,

(C)“You are a priest forever,
    after the order of Melchizedek.”

In the days of his flesh, (D)Jesus[a] offered up prayers and supplications, (E)with loud cries and tears, to him (F)who was able to save him from death, and (G)he was heard because of his reverence.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 5:7 Greek he

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