Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Hebrews 5:5

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5. οὕτως καὶ ὁ Χριστός. “So even the Christ.” Jesus, the Messiah, the true Anointed Priest, possessed both these qualifications.

οὐχ ἑαυτὸν ἐδόξασεν. He has already called the High Priesthood “an honour,” but of Christ’s Priesthood he uses a still stronger word “glory” (Heb 2:9; Joh 12:28; Joh 13:31).

γενηθῆναι. The inf. of consequence. Comp. Col 4:6, ὁ λόγος … ἠρτυμένος, εἰδέναι κ.τ.λ.

ἀλλʼ ὁ λαλήσας πρὸς αὐτόν. God glorified Him, and the writer again offers the admitted Messianic Prophecies of Psa 2:7; Psa 110:4, as a sufficient illustration of this. The fact of His Sonship demonstrates that His call to the Priesthood was a call of God. “Jesus said, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing; it is my Father that honoureth me, of whom ye say that He is your God,” Joh 8:54.