2 Samuel 23:2

23:2 The Lord’s spirit spoke through me;

his word was on my tongue.

Nehemiah 9:30

9:30 You prolonged your kindness ¹  with them for many years, and you solemnly admonished them by your Spirit through your prophets. Still they paid no attention, ²  so you delivered them into the hands of the neighboring peoples. ³ 

Matthew 22:43-45

22:43 He said to them, “How then does David by the Spirit call him ‘Lord,’ saying,

22:44 ‘The Lord said to my lord, ⁴ 

“Sit at my right hand,

until I put your enemies under your feet”’? ⁵ 

22:45 If David then calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?” ⁶ 

Acts 1:16

1:16 “Brothers, ⁷  the scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through ⁸  David concerning Judas – who became the guide for those who arrested Jesus –

Acts 28:25

28:25 So they began to leave, ⁹  unable to agree among themselves, after Paul made one last statement: “The Holy Spirit spoke rightly to your ancestors ¹⁰  through the prophet Isaiah

Acts 28:2

28:2 The local inhabitants ¹¹  showed us extraordinary ¹²  kindness, for they built a fire and welcomed us all because it had started to rain ¹³  and was cold.

Acts 3:16

3:16 And on the basis of faith in Jesus’ ¹⁴  name, ¹⁵  his very name has made this man – whom you see and know – strong. The ¹⁶  faith that is through Jesus ¹⁷  has given him this complete health in the presence ¹⁸  of you all.

Hebrews 3:7-8

Exposition of Psalm 95: Hearing God’s Word in Faith

3:7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, ¹⁹ 

“Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! ²⁰ 

3:8 “Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness.

Hebrews 4:7

4:7 So God ²¹  again ordains a certain day, “Today,” speaking through David ²²  after so long a time, as in the words quoted before, ²³  “O, that today you would listen as he speaks! ²⁴  Do not harden your hearts.”

Hebrews 4:1

God’s Promised Rest

4:1 Therefore we must be wary ²⁵  that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.

Hebrews 1:11

1:11 They will perish, but you continue.

And they will all grow old like a garment,

Hebrews 1:2

1:2 in these last days he has spoken to us in a son, ²⁶  whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he created the world. ²⁷ 

Hebrews 1:1

Introduction: God Has Spoken Fully and Finally in His Son

1:1 After God spoke long ago ²⁸  in various portions ²⁹  and in various ways ³⁰  to our ancestors ³¹  through the prophets,

[9:30]  ¹ tn The Hebrew expression here is elliptical. The words “your kindness” are not included in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[9:30]  ² tn Heb “did not give ear to.”

[9:30]  ³ tn Heb “the peoples of the lands.”

[22:44]  ⁴ sn The Lord said to my Lord. With David being the speaker, this indicates his respect for his descendant (referred to as my Lord). Jesus was arguing, as the ancient exposition assumed, that the passage is about the Lord’s anointed. The passage looks at an enthronement of this figure and a declaration of honor for him as he takes his place at the side of God. In Jerusalem, the king’s palace was located to the right of the temple to indicate this kind of relationship. Jesus was pressing the language here to get his opponents to reflect on how great Messiah is.

[22:44]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Ps 110:1.

[22:45]  ⁶ tn Grk “how is he his son?”

[1:16]  ⁷ tn Grk “Men brothers.” In light of the compound phrase ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί (andre" adelfoi, “Men brothers”) Peter’s words are best understood as directly addressed to the males present, possibly referring specifically to the twelve (really ten at this point – eleven minus the speaker, Peter) mentioned by name in v. 13.

[1:16]  ⁸ tn Grk “foretold by the mouth of.”

[28:25]  ⁹ tn The imperfect verb ἀπελύοντο (apeluonto) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.

[28:25]  ¹⁰ tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

[28:2]  ¹¹ tn Although this is literally βάρβαροι (barbaroi; “foreigners, barbarians”) used for non-Greek or non-Romans, as BDAG 166 s.v. βάρβαρος 2.b notes, “Of the inhabitants of Malta, who apparently spoke in their native language Ac 28:2, 4 (here β. certainly without derogatory tone…).”

[28:2]  ¹² tn BDAG 1019 s.v. τυγχάνω 2.d states, “δυνάμεις οὐ τὰς τυχούσας extraordinary miracles Ac 19:11. Cp. 28:2.”

[28:2]  ¹³ tn Or “because it was about to rain.” BDAG 418 s.v. ἐφίστημι 4 states, “διὰ τ. ὑετὸν τὸν ἐφεστῶτα because it had begun to rain Ac 28:2…But the mng. here could also be because it threatened to rain (s. 6).”

[3:16]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “in his name”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:16]  ¹⁵ sn Here is another example of appeal to the person by mentioning the name. See the note on the word name in 3:6.

[3:16]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “see and know, and the faith.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation and καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated.

[3:16]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:16]  ¹⁸ tn Or “in full view.”

[3:7]  ¹⁹ sn The following quotation is from Ps 95:7b-11.

[3:7]  ²⁰ tn Grk “today if you hear his voice.”

[4:7]  ²¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:7]  ²² sn Ps 95 does not mention David either in the text or the superscription. It is possible that the writer of Hebrews is attributing the entire collection of psalms to David (although some psalms are specifically attributed to other individuals or groups).

[4:7]  ²³ tn Grk “as it has been said before” (see Heb 3:7).

[4:7]  ²⁴ tn Grk “today if you hear his voice.”

[4:1]  ²⁵ tn Grk “let us fear.”

[1:2]  ²⁶ tn The Greek puts an emphasis on the quality of God’s final revelation. As such, it is more than an indefinite notion (“a son”) though less than a definite one (“the son”), for this final revelation is not just through any son of God, nor is the emphasis specifically on the person himself. Rather, the focus here is on the nature of the vehicle of God’s revelation: He is no mere spokesman (or prophet) for God, nor is he merely a heavenly messenger (or angel); instead, this final revelation comes through one who is intimately acquainted with the heavenly Father in a way that only a family member could be. There is, however, no exact equivalent in English (“in son” is hardly good English style).

[1:2]  ²⁷ tn Grk “the ages.” The temporal (ages) came to be used of the spatial (what exists in those time periods). See Heb 11:3 for the same usage.

[1:1]  ²⁸ tn Or “spoke formerly.”

[1:1]  ²⁹ tn Or “parts.” The idea is that God’s previous revelation came in many parts and was therefore fragmentary or partial (L&N 63.19), in comparison with the final and complete revelation contained in God’s Son. However, some interpret πολυμερῶς (polumerw") in Heb 1:1 to mean “on many different occasions” and would thus translate “many times” (L&N 67.11). This is the option followed by the NIV: “at many times and in various ways.” Finally, this word is also understood to refer to the different manners in which something may be done, and would then be translated “in many different ways” (L&N 89.81). In this last case, the two words πολυμερῶς and πολυτρόπως (polutropw") mutually reinforce one another (“in many and various ways,” NRSV).

[1:1]  ³⁰ tn These two phrases are emphasized in Greek by being placed at the beginning of the sentence and by alliteration.

[1:1]  ³¹ tn Grk “to the fathers.”