and being made perfect Having been brought to the goal and consummation in the glory which followed this mediatorial work. See Hebrews 2:10 and comp. Luke 13:32, "the third day I shall be perfected."

he became the author Literally, "the cause."

of eternal salvation It is remarkable that the epithet aioniosis here alone applied to the substantive "salvation."

salvation unto all them that obey him In an author so polished and rhetorical there seems to be an intentional force and beauty in the repetition in this verse of the two leading words in the last. Christ prayed to God who was able to "save" Him out of death, and He became the cause of "eternal salvation" from final death; Christ learnt "obedience" by His life of self-sacrifice, and He became a Saviour to them that "obey" Him.

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