Text -- Hebrews 3:1-5 (NET)

Jesus and Moses

3:1 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess, 3:2 who is faithful to the one who appointed him, as Moses was also in God’s house. 3:3 For he has come to deserve greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house deserves greater honor than the house itself! 3:4 For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God. 3:5 Now Moses was faithful in all God’s house as a servant, to testify to the things that would be spoken.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Heb 3:1

¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 2:11.

² tn Grk “of our confession.”

NET Notes: Heb 3:2

¹ tn Grk “his”; in the translation the referent (God) has been specified for clarity.

² tc ‡ The reading adopted by the translation follows a few early mss and some versions (Ì^13,46vid B vg^ms co Ambr). The majority of mss (א A C D Ψ 0243 0278 33 1739 1881 Ï lat sy) insert “all” (“in all his house”), apparently in anticipation of Heb 3:5 which quotes directly from Num 12:7. On balance, the omission better explains the rise of ὅλῳ ({olw, “all”) than vice versa. NA²⁷ puts ὅλῳ in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.

NET Notes: Heb 3:5

¹ tn Grk “his”; in the translation the referent (God) has been specified for clarity.

² sn A quotation from Num 12:7.