Discovery BoxHebrews 2:10--4:16
Context2:10 For it was fitting for him, for whom and through whom all things exist, 1 in bringing many sons to glory, to make the pioneer 2 of their salvation perfect through sufferings. 2:11 For indeed he who makes holy and those being made holy all have the same origin, 3 and so 4 he is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters, 5 2:12 saying, “I will proclaim your name to my brothers; 6 in the midst of the assembly I will praise you.” 7 2:13 Again he says, 8 “I will be confident in him,” and again, “Here I am, 9 with 10 the children God has given me.” 11 2:14 Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in 12 their humanity, 13 so that through death he could destroy 14 the one who holds the power of death (that is, the devil), 2:15 and set free those who were held in slavery all their lives by their fear of death. 2:16 For surely his concern is not for angels, but he is concerned for Abraham’s descendants. 2:17 Therefore he had 15 to be made like his brothers and sisters 16 in every respect, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make atonement 17 for the sins of the people. 2:18 For since he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.
3:1 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, 18 partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess, 19 3:2 who is faithful to the one who appointed him, as Moses was also in God’s 20 house. 21 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! 3:4 For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God. 3:5 Now Moses was faithful in all God’s 22 house 23 as a servant, to testify to the things that would be spoken. 3:6 But Christ 24 is faithful as a son over God’s 25 house. We are of his house, 26 if in fact we hold firmly 27 to our confidence and the hope we take pride in. 28
3:7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, 29
“Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! 30
3:8 “Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness.
3:9 “There your fathers tested me and tried me, 31 and they saw my works for forty years.
3:10 “Therefore, I became provoked at that generation and said, ‘Their hearts are always wandering 32 and they have not known my ways.’
3:11 “As I swore in my anger, ‘They will never enter my rest!’” 33
3:12 See to it, 34 brothers and sisters, 35 that none of you has 36 an evil, unbelieving heart that forsakes 37 the living God. 38 3:13 But exhort one another each day, as long as it is called “Today,” that none of you may become hardened by sin’s deception. 3:14 For we have become partners with Christ, if in fact we hold our initial confidence 39 firm until the end. 3:15 As it says, 40 “Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! 41 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.” 42 3:16 For which ones heard and rebelled? Was it not all who came out of Egypt under Moses’ leadership? 43 3:17 And against whom was God 44 provoked for forty years? Was it not those who sinned, whose dead bodies fell in the wilderness? 45 3:18 And to whom did he swear they would never enter into his rest, except those who were disobedient? 3:19 So 46 we see that they could not enter because of unbelief.
4:1 Therefore we must be wary 47 that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it. 4:2 For we had good news proclaimed to us just as they did. But the message they heard did them no good, since they did not join in 48 with those who heard it in faith. 49 4:3 For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, “As I swore in my anger, ‘They will never enter my rest!’” 50 And yet God’s works 51 were accomplished from the foundation of the world. 4:4 For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works,” 52 4:5 but to repeat the text cited earlier: 53 “They will never enter my rest!” 4:6 Therefore it remains for some to enter it, yet those to whom it was previously proclaimed did not enter because of disobedience. 4:7 So God 54 again ordains a certain day, “Today,” speaking through David 55 after so long a time, as in the words quoted before, 56 “O, that today you would listen as he speaks! 57 Do not harden your hearts.” 4:8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God 58 would not have spoken afterward about another day. 4:9 Consequently a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God. 4:10 For the one who enters God’s 59 rest has also rested from his works, just as God did from his own works. 4:11 Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience. 4:12 For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart. 4:13 And no creature is hidden from God, 60 but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account.
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. 4:15 For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin. 4:16 Therefore let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need help. 61
[2:10] 1 tn Grk “for whom are all things and through whom are all things.”
[2:10] 2 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).
[2:11] 3 tn Grk “are all from one.”
[2:11] 4 tn Grk “for which reason.”
[2:11] 5 tn Grk “brothers,” but the Greek word may be used for “brothers and sisters” as here (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 1, where considerable nonbiblical evidence for the plural ἀδελφοί [adelfoi] meaning “brothers and sisters” is cited). The context here also indicates both men and women are in view; note especially the collective τὰ παιδία (ta paidia) in v. 14.
[2:12] 6 tn Here, because of its occurrence in an OT quotation, τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς (tois adelfois) has been translated simply as “brothers” rather than “brothers and sisters” (see the note on the latter phrase in the previous verse).
[2:12] 7 sn A quotation from Ps 22:22.
[2:13] 8 tn Grk “and again,” as a continuation of the preceding.
[2:13] 9 tn Grk “behold, I,” but this construction often means “here is/there is” (cf. BDAG 468 s.v. ἰδού 2).
[2:13] 11 sn A quotation from Isa 8:17-18.
[2:14] 12 tn Or “partook of” (this is a different word than the one in v. 14a).
[2:14] 14 tn Or “break the power of,” “reduce to nothing.”
[2:17] 15 tn Or “he was obligated.”
[2:17] 16 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 2:11.
[2:17] 17 tn Or “propitiation.”
[3:1] 18 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 2:11.
[3:1] 19 tn Grk “of our confession.”
[3:2] 20 tn Grk “his”; in the translation the referent (God) has been specified for clarity.
[3:2] 21 tc ‡ The reading adopted by the translation follows a few early
[3:5] 22 tn Grk “his”; in the translation the referent (God) has been specified for clarity.
[3:5] 23 sn A quotation from Num 12:7.
[3:6] 24 sn The Greek makes the contrast between v. 5 and v. 6a more emphatic and explicit than is easily done in English.
[3:6] 25 tn Grk “his”; in the translation the referent (God) has been specified for clarity.
[3:6] 26 tn Grk “whose house we are,” continuing the previous sentence.
[3:6] 27 tc The reading adopted by the translation is found in Ì13,46 B sa, while the vast majority of
[3:6] 28 tn Grk “the pride of our hope.”
[3:7] 29 sn The following quotation is from Ps 95:7b-11.
[3:7] 30 tn Grk “today if you hear his voice.”
[3:9] 31 tn Grk “tested me by trial.”
[3:10] 32 tn Grk “they are wandering in the heart.”
[3:11] 33 tn Grk “if they shall enter my rest,” a Hebrew idiom expressing an oath that something will certainly not happen.
[3:12] 35 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 2:11.
[3:12] 36 tn Grk “that there not be in any of you.”
[3:12] 37 tn Or “deserts,” “rebels against.”
[3:12] 38 tn Grk “in forsaking the living God.”
[3:14] 39 tn Grk “the beginning of the confidence.”
[3:15] 40 tn Grk “while it is said.”
[3:15] 41 tn Grk “today if you hear his voice.”
[3:15] 42 sn A quotation from Ps 95:7b-8.
[3:16] 43 tn Grk “through Moses.”
[3:17] 44 tn Grk “he”; in the translation the referent (God) has been specified for clarity.
[3:17] 45 sn An allusion to God’s judgment pronounced in Num 14:29, 32.
[3:19] 46 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “So” to indicate a summary or conclusion to the argument of the preceding paragraph.
[4:1] 47 tn Grk “let us fear.”
[4:2] 48 tn Or “they were not united.”
[4:2] 49 tc A few
[4:3] 50 sn A quotation from Ps 95:11.
[4:3] 51 tn Grk “although the works,” continuing the previous reference to God. The referent (God) is specified in the translation for clarity.
[4:4] 52 sn A quotation from Gen 2:2.
[4:5] 53 tn Grk “and in this again.”
[4:7] 54 tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[4:7] 55 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] 56 tn Grk “as it has been said before” (see Heb 3:7).
[4:7] 57 tn Grk “today if you hear his voice.”
[4:8] 58 tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[4:10] 59 tn Grk “his”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[4:13] 60 tn Grk “him”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
