1 FOR every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:

2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.

3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.

4 And no man taketh this honour [ The honor of holding priesthood power. ] unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.

5 so also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my son, to day have I begotten thee.

6 As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. [ "tzedek" means righteousness and rightness, "malki" means king in Hebrew. So when you put them together, the words malki and tzedek mean king of righteousness or king of righteousness. Christ was then ordained a priest after an order that includes kingship right in the title? Here Christ is given the epitaph, King of Tzedek, King of Righteousness. ]

7 Who in the days of his flesh, [ Melchisedec's mortality. From Joseph's handwritten note in the actual manuscript, as follows: “Note—the seventh and eighth verses of this chapter are a parenthesis alluding to Melchisedec and not to Christ.” (JST manuscript, NT 2, folio 4, p. 139.) ] when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, [ It would appear strongly probable that Melchizedec and many of his people were also translated. Revelation does not state this in so many words, but the inference to be drawn from what is said, points clearly in that direction.” [John Taylor, The Mediation and Atonement (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1882; reprint, 1975), 203.] The author of Hebrews said that Melchizedek “offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him [God] that was able to save him [Melchizedek] from death, and was heard” (Hebrews 5:7). A note on the manuscript of the Joseph Smith Translation indicates that this verse indeed refers to Melchizedek (see Hebrews 5:7a). The statement “to save him from death” could refer to salvation from spiritual death by means of the Atonement or to salvation from physical death by means of translation. The author of Hebrews may have had both interpretations in mind. Melchizedek and his people wanted to enjoy the same blessings Enoch’s society had received. As a result, Melchizedek sought after the Zion of Enoch, and eventually Melchizedek and his society were also translated and received into the heavenly Zion. ] and was heard in that he feared; [ Christ begged the father to let the cup pass if it was possible. It was the moment when the rubber would meet the road was Christ just slightly concerned that he would be able to accomplish all that was asked of him? When I saw the dream is was as if Christ was excited to exclaim to me that he had and was able to do what was asked of him, that it was a relief to him to have finished. ]

8 Though he were a son, [ Literally a son of God - but ] yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; [ What do you suppose Jesus learned from his suffering? What are we to learn from our trails? The second part is obedience - the hard part the fact that Jesus was perfect was that first and foremost he was obedient - an example for us. THIS IS HOW WE QUALIFY: by obdeience. ]

9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

10 Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.

11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.

12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.

13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.

14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.