NT Text: Hebrews 5:7-9
OT Source(s):
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Typology
Significance: Draws on "prayers of the righteous sufferer" motif from Psalms. "Cries and tears" not in Gospel Gethsemane accounts but from these psalms. Psalm 116: "cords of death," "delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears." Establishes Christ learned obedience through suffering. The righteous sufferer psalms shape the author's understanding of Christ's passion as priestly preparation—through genuine human suffering and trust in God's deliverance, Christ was "made perfect" (teleioō) not morally but vocationally, fully equipped to be the source of eternal salvation for those who obey him.