Hebrews 5

For every high priest, being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God1, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. 2The high priest can deal gently with those who are ignorant and going astray, because he himself is also surrounded with weakness. 3Because of this, he must offer sacrifices for sins for the people, as well as for himself. 4Nobody takes this honour on himself, but he is called by God, just like Harun2 was. 5So also AL-MASIH3 didn’t glorify himself to be made a high priest, but it was he who said to him,

“You are my Son. Today I have become your Father.” 4

6As he says also in another place,

“You are a priest forever in the order of Malki-Siddiq5.” 6

7He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear, 8though he was a Son7, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered. 9Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation, 10named by God a high priest in the order of Malki-Siddiq. 11About him we have many words to say, and hard to explain, seeing you have become dull of hearing. 12For when by reason of the time you ought to be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of God’s words. You have come to need milk, and not solid food. 13For everyone who lives on milk is not experienced in the word of righteousness, for he is a baby. 14But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.

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  1. 5:1 God, English translation of theos. It is the Greek equivalent of elohim and eloah (Hebrew) which are related to allah (Arabic) and alaha (Syriac), all of which translate as “God,” and refer to the one true God. ↩︎
  2. 5:4 Harun, or Aaron, the first high priest of Bani-Israel and the brother of Prophet Musa. ↩︎
  3. 5:5 AL-MASIH – an Arabic title equivalent to the Messiah (Hebrew) or Christ (Greek), all of which mean the Anointed One, that is, God’s Chosen One. In ancient times, divinely-appointed kings, priests and prophets were anointed with oil to signify their appointment to office. All of them point ahead to God’s ultimate Anointed One, the Messiah, AL-MASIH.  Al-Kitab unanimously points to ‘ISA Ibn Maryam as the only person worthy to bear the title AL-MASIH. He is the one whom God sent into this world to save people from sin, and to usher in God’s Kingdom at his Second Coming. ↩︎
  4. 5:5 Quoting the Zabur 2:7 which says: “I will tell of the decree. YAHWEH said to me,
    ‘You are my SON. Today I have become your FATHER.'” ↩︎
  5. 5:6 Malki-Siddiq, or Melchizedek. His story is related in the Taurat, Genesis 14:18-20. ↩︎
  6. 5:6 Quoting the Zabur 110:4 which says: “YAHWEH has sworn, and will not change his mind: ‘You are a priest forever in the order of Malki-Siddiq.'” ↩︎
  7. 5:8 Son, a title of the Messiah, ‘ISA AL-MASIH, revealed through Prophet Dawud in the Zabur 2:7-9, which says: I will tell of the decree. YAHWEH said to me, “You are my SON. Today I have become your FATHER. Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance, The ends of the earth for your possession. You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.” ↩︎