Hebrews 2:14

2:14 Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in ¹  their humanity, ²  so that through death he could destroy ³  the one who holds the power of death (that is, the devil),

Hebrews 4:7

4:7 So God ⁴  again ordains a certain day, “Today,” speaking through David ⁵  after so long a time, as in the words quoted before, ⁶  “O, that today you would listen as he speaks! ⁷  Do not harden your hearts.”

Hebrews 6:7

6:7 For the ground that has soaked up the rain that frequently falls on ⁸  it and yields useful vegetation for those who tend it receives a blessing from 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. ⁹ 

Hebrews 7:5

7:5 And those of the sons of Levi who receive the priestly office ¹⁰  have authorization according to the law to collect a tithe from the people, that is, from their fellow countrymen, ¹¹  although they too are descendants of Abraham. ¹² 

Hebrews 7:27

7:27 He has no need to do every day what those priests do, to offer sacrifices first for their own sins and then for the sins of the people, since he did this in offering himself once for all.

Hebrews 9:15

9:15 And so he is the mediator ¹³  of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance he has promised, ¹⁴  since he died ¹⁵  to set them free from the violations committed under the first covenant.

Hebrews 11:12-13

11:12 So in fact children ¹⁶  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 ¹⁷  on the seashore. ¹⁸  11:13 These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, ¹⁹  but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners ²⁰  on the earth.

Hebrews 12:1

The Lord’s Discipline

12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, ²¹  we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,

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?

[2:14]  ¹ tn Or “partook of” (this is a different word than the one in v. 14a).

[2:14]  ² tn Grk “the same.”

[2:14]  ³ tn Or “break the power of,” “reduce to nothing.”

[4:7]  ⁴ tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:7]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ tn Grk “as it has been said before” (see Heb 3:7).

[4:7]  ⁷ tn Grk “today if you hear his voice.”

[6:7]  ⁷ tn Grk “comes upon.”

[7:1]  ¹⁰ sn A series of quotations from Gen 14:17-19.

[7:5]  ¹³ tn Or “the priesthood.”

[7:5]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “from their brothers.” See BDAG 18-19 s.v. ἀδελφός 2.b.

[7:5]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “have come from the loins of Abraham.”

[9:15]  ¹⁶ 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]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “the promise of the eternal inheritance.”

[9:15]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “a death having occurred.”

[11:12]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “these”; in the translation the referent (children) has been specified for clarity.

[11:12]  ²⁰ tn Grk a collective “the sand.”

[11:12]  ²¹ sn An allusion to Gen 22:17 (which itself goes back to Gen 15:5).

[11:13]  ²² tn Grk “the promises,” referring to the things God promised, not to the pledges themselves.

[11:13]  ²³ tn Or “sojourners.”

[12:1]  ²⁵ tn Grk “having such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us.”