Hebrews 5:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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”;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, To day have I begotten thee.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ So too Christ (the Messiah) did not exalt Himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed and exalted by Him Who said to Him, You are My Son; today I have begotten You; [Ps. 2:7.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ So Christ also glorified not himself to be made a high priest, but he that spake unto him, Thou art my Son, This day have I begotten thee:

Common English Bible

⁵ In the same way Christ also didn’t promote himself to become high priest. Instead, it was the one who said to him, “You are my Son. ” “Today I have become your Father”,

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ Thus, even Christ did not glorify himself, so as to become High Priest, but instead, it was God who said to him: "You are my Son. Today I have begotten you."

Hebrews 5:5 Cross References

Psalm 2:7

I will tell of the decree of the Lord: He said to me, “You are my son; today I have begotten you.

John 8:54

Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, he of whom you say, ‘He is our God,’

Hebrews 1:5

For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are my Son; today I have begotten you”? Or again, “I will be his Father, and he will be my Son”?

John 7:18

Those who speak on their own seek their own glory, but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and there is nothing unjust in him.

Acts 13:33

he has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising Jesus; as also it is written in the second psalm, ‘You are my Son; today I have begotten you.’

Romans 8:3

For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do: by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and to deal with sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

Hebrews 1:1

Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets,

Micah 5:2

But you, O Bethlehem of Ephrathah, who are one of the little clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to rule in Israel, whose origin is from of old, from ancient days.

John 3:16

“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.

Hebrews 2:17

Therefore he had to become like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make a sacrifice of atonement for the sins of the people.

Hebrews 3:1

Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partners in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession,

Hebrews 5:10

having been designated by God a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.