Hebrews 1:12

1:12 and like a robe you will fold them up

and like a garment ¹  they will be changed,

but you are the same and your years will never run out.” ² 

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 4:1

God’s Promised Rest

4:1 Therefore we must be wary ³  that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.

Hebrews 4:13

4:13 And no creature is hidden from God, ⁴  but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account.

Hebrews 6:4

6:4 For it is impossible in the case of those who have once been enlightened, tasted the heavenly gift, become partakers of the Holy Spirit,

Hebrews 6:19

6:19 We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, sure and steadfast, which reaches inside behind the curtain, ⁵ 

Hebrews 9:5

9:5 And above the ark ⁶  were the cherubim ⁷  of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Now is not the time to speak of these things in detail.

Hebrews 9:22

9:22 Indeed according to the law almost everything was purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

Hebrews 11:11

11:11 By faith, even though Sarah herself was barren and he was too old, ⁸  he received the ability to procreate, ⁹  because he regarded the one who had given the promise to be trustworthy.

Hebrews 11:17

11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He had received the promises, ¹⁰  yet he was ready to offer up ¹¹  his only son.

Hebrews 11:28

11:28 By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, ¹²  so that the one who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them.

Hebrews 11:35

11:35 and women received back their dead raised to life. ¹³  But others were tortured, not accepting release, to obtain resurrection to a better life. ¹⁴ 

Hebrews 12:24

12:24 and to Jesus, the mediator ¹⁵  of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks of something better than Abel’s does. ¹⁶ 

Hebrews 12:26-27

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.” ¹⁷  12:27 Now this phrase “once more” indicates the removal of what is shaken, that is, of created things, so that what is unshaken may remain.

Hebrews 13:4

13:4 Marriage must be honored among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.

[1:12]  ¹ tc The words “like a garment” (ὡς ἱμάτιον, Jw" Jimation) are found in excellent and early mss (Ì⁴⁶ א A B D* 1739) though absent in a majority of witnesses (D¹ Ψ 0243 0278 33 1881 Ï lat sy bo). Although it is possible that longer reading was produced by overzealous scribes who wanted to underscore the frailty of creation, it is much more likely that the shorter reading was produced by scribes who wanted to conform the wording to that of Ps 102:26 (101:27 LXX), which here lacks the second “like a garment.” Both external and internal considerations decidedly favor the longer reading, and point to the author of Hebrews as the one underscoring the difference between the Son and creation.

[1:12]  ² sn A quotation from Ps 102:25-27.

[4:1]  ³ tn Grk “let us fear.”

[4:13]  ⁵ tn Grk “him”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:19]  ⁷ sn The curtain refers to the veil or drape in the temple that separated the holy place from the holy of holies.

[9:5]  ⁹ tn Grk “above it”; in the translation the referent (the ark) has been specified for clarity.

[9:5]  ¹⁰ sn The cherubim (pl.) were an order of angels mentioned repeatedly in the OT but only here in the NT. They were associated with God’s presence, glory, and holiness. Their images that sat on top of the ark of the covenant are described in Exod 25:18-20.

[11:11]  ¹¹ tn Grk “past the time of maturity.”

[11:11]  ¹² tn Grk “power to deposit seed.” Though it is not as likely, some construe this phrase to mean “power to conceive seed,” making the whole verse about Sarah: “by faith, even though Sarah herself was barren and too old, she received ability to conceive, because she regarded the one who had given the promise to be trustworthy.”

[11:17]  ¹³ tn Here “received the promises” refers to the pledges themselves, not to the things God promised.

[11:17]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “he was offering up.” The tense of this verb indicates the attempt or readiness to sacrifice Isaac without the actual completion of the deed.

[11:28]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “the pouring out of the blood.”

[11:35]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “received back their dead from resurrection.”

[11:35]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “to obtain a better resurrection.”

[12:24]  ¹⁹ tn The Greek word μεσίτης (mesith", “mediator”) in this context does not imply that Jesus was a mediator in the contemporary sense of the word, i.e., he worked for compromise between opposing parties. Here the term describes his function as the one who was used by God to enact a new covenant which established a new relationship between God and his people, but entirely on God’s terms.

[12:24]  ²⁰ sn Abel’s shed blood cried out to the Lord for justice and judgment, but Jesus’ blood speaks of redemption and forgiveness, something better than Abel’s does (Gen 4:10; Heb 9:11-14; 11:4).

[12:26]  ²¹ sn A quotation from Hag 2:6.