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 4:14

Jesus Our Compassionate High Priest

4:14 Therefore since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.

Hebrews 12:23

12:23 and congregation of the firstborn, who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous, who have been made perfect,

Hebrews 7:26

7:26 For it is indeed fitting for us to have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

Hebrews 8:1

The High Priest of a Better Covenant

8:1 Now the main point of what we are saying is this: ²  We have such a high priest, one who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, ³ 

Hebrews 9:23-24

9:23 So it was necessary for the sketches ⁴  of the things in heaven to be purified with these sacrifices, ⁵  but the heavenly things themselves required ⁶  better sacrifices than these. 9:24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands – the representation ⁷  of the true sanctuary ⁸  – but into heaven itself, and he appears now in God’s presence for us.

Hebrews 12:26

12:26 Then his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “I will once more shake not only the earth but heaven too.” ⁹ 

Hebrews 11:12

11:12 So in fact children ¹⁰  were fathered by one man – and this one as good as dead – like the number of stars in the sky and like the innumerable grains of sand ¹¹  on the seashore. ¹² 

Hebrews 12:25

12:25 Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven?

[1:10]  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.

[8:1]  ² tn Grk “the main point of the things being said.”

[8:1]  ³ sn An allusion to Ps 110:1; see Heb 1:3, 13.

[9:23]  ³ tn Or “prototypes,” “outlines,” referring to the earthly sanctuary. See Heb 8:5 above for the prior use of this term.

[9:23]  ⁴ tn Grk “with these”; in the translation the referent (sacrifices) has been specified for clarity.

[9:23]  ⁵ tn Grk “the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.”

[9:24]  ⁴ tn Or “prefiguration.”

[9:24]  ⁵ tn The word “sanctuary” is not in the Greek text at this point, but has been supplied for clarity.

[12:26]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Hag 2:6.

[11:12]  ⁶ tn Grk “these”; in the translation the referent (children) has been specified for clarity.

[11:12]  ⁷ tn Grk a collective “the sand.”

[11:12]  ⁸ sn An allusion to Gen 22:17 (which itself goes back to Gen 15:5).