Hebrews 11:2

11:2 For by it the people of old ¹  received God’s commendation. ² 

Hebrews 11:39

11:39 And these all were commended ³  for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised. ⁴ 

Hebrews 13:2

13:2 Do not neglect hospitality, because through it some have entertained angels without knowing it. ⁵ 

Hebrews 7:4

7:4 But see how great he must be, if ⁶  Abraham the patriarch gave him a tithe ⁷  of his plunder.

Hebrews 10:12

10:12 But when this priest ⁸  had offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, he sat down at the right hand ⁹  of God,

Hebrews 3:3

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!

Hebrews 3:10

3:10 “Therefore, I became provoked at that generation and said, ‘Their hearts are always wandering ¹⁰  and they have not known my ways.’

Hebrews 9:11

Christ’s Service in the Heavenly Sanctuary

9:11 But now Christ has come ¹¹  as the high priest of the good things to come. He passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,

Hebrews 9:23

9:23 So it was necessary for the sketches ¹²  of the things in heaven to be purified with these sacrifices, ¹³  but the heavenly things themselves required ¹⁴  better sacrifices than these.

Hebrews 7:1

The Nature of Melchizedek’s Priesthood

7:1 Now this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, met Abraham as he was returning from defeating the kings and blessed him. ¹⁵ 

Hebrews 10:16

10:16 “This is the covenant that I will establish with them after those days, says the Lord. I will put ¹⁶  my laws on their hearts and I will inscribe them on their minds,” ¹⁷ 

Hebrews 11:13

11:13 These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, ¹⁸  but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners ¹⁹  on the earth.

Hebrews 8:10

8:10 “For this is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord. I will put ²⁰  my laws in their minds ²¹  and I will inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God and they will be my people. ²² 

¹ tn Or “the elders,” “the ancients.”

² tn Grk “were attested,” “received commendation”; and Heb 11:4-6 shows this to be from God.

³ sn The expression these all were commended forms an inclusio with Heb 11:2: The chapter begins and ends with references to commendation for faith.

⁴ tn Grk “the promise,” referring to the thing God promised, not to the pledge itself.

⁵ sn This is a vague allusion to people described in scripture and extra-biblical literature and may include Abraham and Sarah (Gen 18:2-15), Lot (Gen 19:1-14), Gideon (Judg 6:11-18), Manoah (Judg 13:3-22), and possibly Tobit (Tob 12:1-20).

⁷ tn Grk “to whom.”

⁸ tn Or “a tenth part.”

⁹ 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.

¹⁰ sn An allusion to Ps 110:1.

¹¹ tn Grk “they are wandering in the heart.”

¹³ tn Grk “But Christ, when he came,” introducing a sentence that includes all of Heb 9:11-12. The main construction is “Christ, having come…, entered…, having secured…,” and everything else describes his entrance.

¹⁵ tn Or “prototypes,” “outlines,” referring to the earthly sanctuary. See Heb 8:5 above for the prior use of this term.

¹⁶ tn Grk “with these”; in the translation the referent (sacrifices) has been specified for clarity.

¹⁷ tn Grk “the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.”

¹⁷ sn A series of quotations from Gen 14:17-19.

¹⁹ tn Grk “putting…I will inscribe.”

²⁰ sn A quotation from Jer 31:33.

²¹ tn Grk “the promises,” referring to the things God promised, not to the pledges themselves.

²² tn Or “sojourners.”

²³ tn Grk “putting…I will inscribe.”

²⁴ tn Grk “mind.”

²⁵ tn Grk “I will be to them for a God and they will be to me for a people,” following the Hebrew constructions of Jer 31.