Hebrews 1:6

1:6 But when he again brings ¹  his firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all the angels of God worship him!” ² 

Hebrews 2:4

2:4 while God confirmed their witness ³  with signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed ⁴  according to his will.

Hebrews 3:5

3:5 Now Moses was faithful in all God’s ⁵  house ⁶  as a servant, to testify to the things that would be spoken.

Hebrews 3:18

3:18 And to whom did he swear they would never enter into his rest, except those who were disobedient?

Hebrews 4:1

God’s Promised Rest

4:1 Therefore we must be wary ⁷  that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.

Hebrews 4:6

4:6 Therefore it remains for some to enter it, yet those to whom it was previously proclaimed did not enter because of disobedience.

Hebrews 6:11

6:11 But we passionately want each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of your hope until the end,

Hebrews 6:16

6:16 For people ⁸  swear by something greater than themselves, ⁹  and the oath serves as a confirmation to end all dispute. ¹⁰ 

Hebrews 7:6

7:6 But Melchizedek ¹¹  who does not share their ancestry ¹²  collected a tithe ¹³  from Abraham and blessed ¹⁴  the one who possessed the promise.

Hebrews 9:5

9:5 And above the ark ¹⁵  were the cherubim ¹⁶  of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Now is not the time to speak of these things in detail.

Hebrews 10:20

10:20 by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us ¹⁷  through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, ¹⁸ 

Hebrews 11:19

11:19 and he reasoned ¹⁹  that God could even raise him from the dead, and in a sense ²⁰  he received him back from there.

Hebrews 11:22

11:22 By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, ²¹  mentioned the exodus of the sons of Israel ²²  and gave instructions about his burial. ²³ 

Hebrews 12:19

12:19 and the blast of a trumpet and a voice uttering words ²⁴  such that those who heard begged to hear no more. ²⁵ 

Hebrews 13:3

13:3 Remember those in prison as though you were in prison with them, ²⁶  and those ill-treated as though you too felt their torment. ²⁷ 

[1:6]  ¹ tn Or “And again when he brings.” The translation adopted in the text looks forward to Christ’s second coming to earth. Some take “again” to introduce the quotation (as in 1:5) and understand this as Christ’s first coming, but this view does not fit well with Heb 2:7. Others understand it as his exaltation/ascension to heaven, but this takes the phrase “into the world” in an unlikely way.

[1:6]  ² sn A quotation combining themes from Deut 32:43 and Ps 97:7.

[2:4]  ³ tn Grk “God bearing witness together” (the phrase “with them” is implied).

[2:4]  ⁴ tn Grk “and distributions of the Holy Spirit.”

[3:5]  ⁵ tn Grk “his”; in the translation the referent (God) has been specified for clarity.

[3:5]  ⁶ sn A quotation from Num 12:7.

[4:1]  ⁷ tn Grk “let us fear.”

[6:16]  ⁹ tn The plural Greek term ἄνθρωποι (anqrwpoi) is used here in a generic sense, referring to both men and women, and is thus translated “people.”

[6:16]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “by something greater”; the rest of the comparison (“than themselves”) is implied.

[6:16]  ¹¹ tn Grk “the oath for confirmation is an end of all dispute.”

[7:6]  ¹¹ tn Grk “the one”; in the translation the referent (Melchizedek) has been specified for clarity.

[7:6]  ¹² tn Grk “is not descended from them.”

[7:6]  ¹³ tn Or “a tenth part.”

[7:6]  ¹⁴ sn The verbs “collected…and blessed” emphasize the continuing effect of the past actions, i.e., Melchizedek’s importance.

[9:5]  ¹³ tn Grk “above it”; in the translation the referent (the ark) has been specified for clarity.

[9:5]  ¹⁴ 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.

[10:20]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “that he inaugurated for us as a fresh and living way,” referring to the entrance mentioned in v. 19.

[10:20]  ¹⁶ sn Through his flesh. In a bold shift the writer changes from a spatial phrase (Christ opened the way through the curtain into the inner sanctuary) to an instrumental phrase (he did this through [by means of] his flesh in his sacrifice of himself), associating the two in an allusion to the splitting of the curtain in the temple from top to bottom (Matt 27:51; Mark 15:38; Luke 23:45). Just as the curtain was split, so Christ’s body was broken for us, to give us access into God’s presence.

[11:19]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “having reasoned,” continuing the ideas of v. 17.

[11:19]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “in/by a symbol.”

[11:22]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “coming to an end,” “dying.”

[11:22]  ²⁰ sn Joseph’s prophecy about the exodus of the sons of Israel is found in Gen 50:24.

[11:22]  ²¹ tn Grk “about his bones,” which refers by metonymy to the disposition of his bones, i.e., his burial.

[12:19]  ²¹ tn Grk “a voice of words.”

[12:19]  ²² tn Grk “a voice…from which those who heard begged that a word not be added to them.”

[13:3]  ²³ tn Grk “as being imprisoned together.”

[13:3]  ²⁴ tn Or “since you too are vulnerable”; Grk “you also being in the body.”