Verse Lens · Context pointer
Hebrews 5:3 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 3. 3And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
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Role in This Section
This verse notes that shared weakness required the high priest to offer for his own sins as well as the people's.
Read It With
- Hebrews 5:1–10
Read Hebrews 5:3 with 5:1–10. This verse notes that shared weakness required the high priest to offer for his own sins as well as the people's. The complete unit establishes this movement: A high priest must represent people with gentle solidarity and divine appointment; Christ did not glorify himself but was addressed in Psalms 2 and 110, offered tearful prayers in mortal life, learned obedience through suffering, reached priestly completion, and became the source of eternal salvation for those who obey him.
Why It Needs Context
This verse notes that shared weakness required the high priest to offer for his own sins as well as the people's. That contribution depends on Hebrews 5:1–10; isolated teaching would detach the line from the sermon's complete movement.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Hebrews 5:1–10 — God Appoints the Suffering Son as High PriestSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing Scripture wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: Hebrews 5:1–10, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording, clause relationships, discourse features, quotations, and original-language discussion.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text file Heb.txt, 5:1–10
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