Hebrews 1:3

1:3 The Son is ¹  the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word, ²  and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. ³ 

Hebrews 2:9-10

2:9 but we see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, ⁴  now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, ⁵  so that by God’s grace he would experience ⁶  death on behalf of everyone. 2:10 For it was fitting for him, for whom and through whom all things exist, ⁷  in bringing many sons to glory, to make the pioneer ⁸  of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

Hebrews 2:17

2:17 Therefore he had ⁹  to be made like his brothers and sisters ¹⁰  in every respect, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make atonement ¹¹  for the sins of the people.

Hebrews 3:6

3:6 But Christ ¹²  is faithful as a son over God’s ¹³  house. We are of his house, ¹⁴  if in fact we hold firmly ¹⁵  to our confidence and the hope we take pride in. ¹⁶ 

Hebrews 6:1

6:1 Therefore we must progress beyond ¹⁷  the elementary ¹⁸  instructions about Christ ¹⁹  and move on ²⁰  to maturity, not laying this foundation again: repentance from dead works and faith in God,

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. ²¹ 

Hebrews 7:5

7:5 And those of the sons of Levi who receive the priestly office ²²  have authorization according to the law to collect a tithe from the people, that is, from their fellow countrymen, ²³  although they too are descendants of Abraham. ²⁴ 

Hebrews 7:11

Jesus and the Priesthood of Melchizedek

7:11 So if perfection had in fact been possible through the Levitical priesthood – for on that basis ²⁵  the people received the law – what further need would there have been for another priest to arise, said to be in the order of Melchizedek and not in Aaron’s order?

Hebrews 8:5

8:5 The place where they serve is ²⁶  a sketch ²⁷  and shadow of the heavenly sanctuary, just as Moses was warned by God as he was about to complete the tabernacle. For he says, “See that you make everything according to the design ²⁸  shown to you on the mountain.” ²⁹ 

Hebrews 9:15

9:15 And so he is the mediator ³⁰  of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance he has promised, ³¹  since he died ³²  to set them free from the violations committed under the first covenant.

Hebrews 10:16

10:16 “This is the covenant that I will establish with them after those days, says the Lord. I will put ³³  my laws on their hearts and I will inscribe them on their minds,” ³⁴ 

Hebrews 11:4-5

11:4 By faith Abel offered God a greater sacrifice than Cain, and through his faith ³⁵  he was commended as righteous, because God commended him for his offerings. And through his faith ³⁶  he still speaks, though he is dead. 11:5 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death, and he was not to be found because God took him up. For before his removal he had been commended as having pleased God.

Hebrews 11:7

11:7 By faith Noah, when he was warned about things not yet seen, with reverent regard ³⁷  constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family. Through faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

Hebrews 12:2

12:2 keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God. ³⁸ 

Hebrews 12:15

12:15 See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, that no one be like a bitter root springing up ³⁹  and causing trouble, and through him many become defiled.

[1:3]  ¹ tn Grk “who being…and sustaining.” Heb 1:1-4 form one skillfully composed sentence in Greek, but it must be broken into shorter segments to correspond to contemporary English usage, which does not allow for sentences of this length and complexity.

[1:3]  ² tn Grk “by the word of his power.”

[1:3]  ³ sn An allusion to Ps 110:1, quoted often in Hebrews.

[2:9]  ⁴ tn Or “who was made a little lower than the angels.”

[2:9]  ⁵ tn Grk “because of the suffering of death.”

[2:9]  ⁶ tn Grk “would taste.” Here the Greek verb does not mean “sample a small amount” (as a typical English reader might infer from the word “taste”), but “experience something cognitively or emotionally; come to know something” (cf. BDAG 195 s.v. γεύομαι 2).

[2:10]  ⁷ tn Grk “for whom are all things and through whom are all things.”

[2:10]  ⁸ sn The Greek word translated pioneer is used of a “prince” or leader, the representative head of a family. It also carries nuances of “trailblazer,” one who breaks through to new ground for those who follow him. It is used some thirty-five times in the Greek OT and four times in the NT, always of Christ (Acts 3:15; 5:31; Heb 2:10; 12:2).

[2:17]  ¹⁰ tn Or “he was obligated.”

[2:17]  ¹¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 2:11.

[2:17]  ¹² tn Or “propitiation.”

[3:6]  ¹³ sn The Greek makes the contrast between v. 5 and v. 6a more emphatic and explicit than is easily done in English.

[3:6]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “his”; in the translation the referent (God) has been specified for clarity.

[3:6]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “whose house we are,” continuing the previous sentence.

[3:6]  ¹⁶ tc The reading adopted by the translation is found in Ì^13,46 B sa, while the vast majority of mss (א A C D Ψ 0243 0278 33 1739 1881 Ï latt) add μέχρι τέλους βεβαίαν (mecri telou" bebaian, “secure until the end”). The external evidence for the omission, though minimal, has excellent credentials. Considering the internal factors, B. M. Metzger (TCGNT 595) finds it surprising that the feminine adjective βεβαίαν should modify the neuter noun καύχημα (kauchma, here translated “we take pride”), a fact that suggests that even the form of the word was borrowed from another place. Since the same phrase occurs at Heb 3:14, it is likely that later scribes added it here at Heb 3:6 in anticipation of Heb 3:14. While these words belong at 3:14, they seem foreign to 3:6.

[3:6]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “the pride of our hope.”

[6:1]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “Therefore leaving behind.” The implication is not of abandoning this elementary information, but of building on it.

[6:1]  ¹⁷ tn Or “basic.”

[6:1]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “the message of the beginning of Christ.”

[6:1]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “leaving behind…let us move on.”

[7:1]  ¹⁹ sn A series of quotations from Gen 14:17-19.

[7:5]  ²² tn Or “the priesthood.”

[7:5]  ²³ tn Grk “from their brothers.” See BDAG 18-19 s.v. ἀδελφός 2.b.

[7:5]  ²⁴ tn Grk “have come from the loins of Abraham.”

[7:11]  ²⁵ tn Grk “based on it.”

[8:5]  ²⁸ tn Grk “who serve in,” referring to the Levitical priests, but focusing on the provisional and typological nature of the tabernacle in which they served.

[8:5]  ²⁹ tn Or “prototype,” “outline.” The Greek word ὑπόδειγμα (Jupodeigma) does not mean “copy,” as it is often translated; it means “something to be copied,” a basis for imitation. BDAG 1037 s.v. 2 lists both Heb 8:5 and 9:23 under the second category of usage, “an indication of someth. that appears at a subsequent time,” emphasizing the temporal progression between the earthly and heavenly sanctuaries.

[8:5]  ³⁰ tn The word τύπος (tupos) here has the meaning “an archetype serving as a model, type, pattern, model” (BDAG 1020 s.v. 6.a). This is in keeping with the horizontal imagery accepted for this verse (see sn on “sketch” earlier in the verse). Here Moses was shown the future heavenly sanctuary which, though it did not yet exist, became the outline for the earthly sanctuary.

[8:5]  ³¹ sn A quotation from Exod 25:40.

[9:15]  ³¹ 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.

[9:15]  ³² tn Grk “the promise of the eternal inheritance.”

[9:15]  ³³ tn Grk “a death having occurred.”

[10:16]  ³⁴ tn Grk “putting…I will inscribe.”

[10:16]  ³⁵ sn A quotation from Jer 31:33.

[11:4]  ³⁷ tn Or “through his sacrifice”; Grk “through which.”

[11:4]  ³⁸ tn Or “through his sacrifice”; Grk “through it.”

[11:7]  ⁴⁰ tn Cf. BDAG 407 s.v. εὐλαβέομαι 2, “out of reverent regard (for God’s command).”

[12:2]  ⁴³ sn An allusion to Ps 110:1.

[12:15]  ⁴⁶ tn Grk “that there not be any root of bitterness,” but referring figuratively to a person who causes trouble (as in Deut 29:17 [LXX] from which this is quoted).