Hebrews 1:10

1:10 And,

“You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord, ¹ 

and the heavens are the works of your hands.

Hebrews 1:14

1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to serve those ²  who will inherit salvation?

Hebrews 2:15

2:15 and set free those who were held in slavery all their lives by their fear of death.

Hebrews 3:12

3:12 See to it, ³  brothers and sisters, ⁴  that none of you has ⁵  an evil, unbelieving heart that forsakes ⁶  the living God. ⁷ 

Hebrews 8:6

8:6 But ⁸  now Jesus ⁹  has obtained a superior ministry, since ¹⁰  the covenant that he mediates is also better and is enacted ¹¹  on better promises. ¹² 

Hebrews 8:12

8:12 “For I will be merciful toward their evil deeds, and their sins I will remember no longer.” ¹³ 

Hebrews 9:5

9:5 And above the ark ¹⁴  were the cherubim ¹⁵  of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Now is not the time to speak of these things in detail.

Hebrews 10:20

10:20 by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us ¹⁶  through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, ¹⁷ 

Hebrews 13:3

13:3 Remember those in prison as though you were in prison with them, ¹⁸  and those ill-treated as though you too felt their torment. ¹⁹ 

¹ sn You founded the earth…your years will never run out. In its original setting Ps 102:25-27 refers to the work of God in creation, but here in Hebrews 1:10-12 the writer employs it in reference to Christ, the Lord, making a strong argument for the essential deity of the Son.

² tn Grk “sent for service for the sake of those.”

³ tn Or “take care.”

⁴ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 2:11.

⁵ tn Grk “that there not be in any of you.”

⁶ tn Or “deserts,” “rebels against.”

⁷ tn Grk “in forsaking the living God.”

⁴ sn The Greek text indicates a contrast between vv. 4-5 and v. 6 that is difficult to render in English: Jesus’ status in the old order of priests (vv. 4-5) versus his superior ministry (v. 6).

⁵ tn Grk “he”; in the translation the referent (Jesus) has been specified for clarity.

⁶ tn Grk “to the degree that.”

⁷ tn Grk “which is enacted.”

⁸ sn This linkage of the change in priesthood with a change in the law or the covenant goes back to Heb 7:12, 22 and is picked up again in Heb 9:6-15 and 10:1-18.

⁵ sn A quotation from Jer 31:31-34.

⁶ tn Grk “above it”; in the translation the referent (the ark) has been specified for clarity.

⁷ sn The cherubim (pl.) were an order of angels mentioned repeatedly in the OT but only here in the NT. They were associated with God’s presence, glory, and holiness. Their images that sat on top of the ark of the covenant are described in Exod 25:18-20.

⁷ tn Grk “that he inaugurated for us as a fresh and living way,” referring to the entrance mentioned in v. 19.

⁸ sn Through his flesh. In a bold shift the writer changes from a spatial phrase (Christ opened the way through the curtain into the inner sanctuary) to an instrumental phrase (he did this through [by means of] his flesh in his sacrifice of himself), associating the two in an allusion to the splitting of the curtain in the temple from top to bottom (Matt 27:51; Mark 15:38; Luke 23:45). Just as the curtain was split, so Christ’s body was broken for us, to give us access into God’s presence.

⁸ tn Grk “as being imprisoned together.”

⁹ tn Or “since you too are vulnerable”; Grk “you also being in the body.”