14:13 Then 6 I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this:
‘Blessed are the dead,
those who die in the Lord from this moment on!’”
“Yes,” says the Spirit, “so they can rest from their hard work, 7 because their deeds will follow them.” 8
1 tn Grk “who being…and sustaining.” Heb 1:1-4 form one skillfully composed sentence in Greek, but it must be broken into shorter segments to correspond to contemporary English usage, which does not allow for sentences of this length and complexity.
2 tn Grk “by the word of his power.”
3 sn An allusion to Ps 110:1, quoted often in Hebrews.
4 tn Grk “this one.” This pronoun refers to Jesus, but “this priest” was used in the translation to make the contrast between the Jewish priests in v. 11 and Jesus as a priest clearer in English.
5 sn An allusion to Ps 110:1.
6 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
7 tn Or “from their trouble” (L&N 22.7).
8 tn Grk “their deeds will follow with them.”