Hebrews 3:16

3:16 For which ones heard and rebelled? Was it not all who came out of Egypt under Moses’ leadership? ¹ 

Hebrews 5:6

5:6 as also in another place God ²  says, “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.” ³ 

Hebrews 6:20

6:20 where Jesus our forerunner entered on our behalf, since he became a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek. ⁴ 

Hebrews 9:24-25

9:24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands – the representation ⁵  of the true sanctuary ⁶  – but into heaven itself, and he appears now in God’s presence for us. 9:25 And he did not enter to offer ⁷  himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the sanctuary year after year with blood that is not his own,

John 11:25-26

11:25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live ⁸  even if he dies, 11:26 and the one who lives and believes in me will never die. ⁹  Do you believe this?”

John 14:6

14:6 Jesus replied, ¹⁰  “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. ¹¹  No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 14:19

14:19 In a little while ¹²  the world will not see me any longer, but you will see me; because I live, you will live too.

Revelation 1:18

1:18 and the one who lives! I ¹³  was dead, but look, now I am alive – forever and ever – and I hold the keys of death and of Hades! ¹⁴ 

¹ tn Grk “through Moses.”

² tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ sn A quotation from Ps 110:4.

⁴ sn A quotation from Ps 110:4, picked up again from Heb 5:6, 10.

⁵ tn Or “prefiguration.”

⁶ tn The word “sanctuary” is not in the Greek text at this point, but has been supplied for clarity.

⁷ tn Grk “and not that he might offer,” continuing the previous construction.

⁸ tn That is, will come to life.

⁹ tn Grk “will never die forever.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “Jesus said to him.”

¹¹ tn Or “I am the way, even the truth and the life.”

¹² tn Grk “Yet a little while, and.”

¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

¹⁴ tn Concerning “Hades” BDAG 19 s.v. ᾅδης 1 and 2 states: “Orig. proper noun, god of the nether world, ‘Hades’, then the nether world, Hades as place of the dead, Ac 2:27, 31 (Ps 15:10; Eccl 9:10; PGM 1, 179; 16, 8; Philo, Mos. 1, 195; Jos., Bell. 1, 596, Ant. 6, 332). Of Jonah’s fish ἐκ τοῦ κατωτάτου ᾅδου. In the depths, contrasted w. heaven ἕως (τοῦ) ᾅδου Mt 11:23; Lk 10:15 (PsSol 15:10; cp.; Is 14:11, 15); ἐν τῷ ᾅδῃ 16:23; ἐν ῝Αιδου ApcPt Rainer. Accessible by gates (but the pl. is also used [e.g. Hom., X., Ael. Aristid. 47, 20 K.=23 p. 450 D.] when only one gate is meant), hence πύλαι ᾅδου (Il. 5, 646; Is 38:10; Wsd 16:13; 3 Macc 5:51; Pss. Sol. 16:2. – Lucian, Menipp. 6 the magicians can open τοῦ ῝Αιδου τὰς πύλας and conduct people in and out safely) Mt 16:18…locked ἔχω τὰς κλεῖς τοῦ θανάτου καὶ τοῦ ᾅδου Rv 1:18 (the genitives are either obj. [Ps.-Apollod. 3, 12, 6, 10 Aeacus, the son of Zeus holds the κλεῖς τοῦ ῝Αιδου; SEG VIII, 574, 3 (III ad) τῷ τὰς κλεῖδας ἔχοντι τῶν καθ᾿ ῝Αιδου (restored)] or possess.; in the latter case death and Hades are personif.; s. 2)…Hades personif.…w. θάνατος (cp. Is 28:15; Job 38:17…) Rv 6:8; 20:13f.”