Hebrews 4:16
Context4:16 Therefore let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need help. 1
Hebrews 9:12
Context9:12 and he entered once for all into the most holy place not by the blood of goats and calves but by his own blood, and so he himself secured 2 eternal redemption.
Hebrews 12:17
Context12:17 For you know that 3 later when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no opportunity for repentance, although he sought the blessing 4 with tears.


[4:16] 1 tn Grk “for timely help.”
[9:12] 2 tn This verb occurs in the Greek middle voice, which here intensifies the role of the subject, Christ, in accomplishing the action: “he alone secured”; “he and no other secured.”
[12:17] 3 tn Or a command: “for understand that.”
[12:17] 4 tn Grk “it,” referring either to the repentance or the blessing. But the account in Gen 27:34-41 (which the author appeals to here) makes it clear that the blessing is what Esau sought. Thus in the translation the referent (the blessing) is specified for clarity.