be, &c.--rather as Greek, "that He might become High Priest"; He was called so, when He was "made perfect by the things which He suffered" ( Hebrews 2:10 , Hebrews 5:8-10 ). For in that--that is, "For in that" God saith in the eighth Psalm, "He put the all things (so the Greek, the all things just mentioned) in subjection under him (man), He left nothing . his); then at Hebrews 2:9 , first JESUS is introduced as fulfilling, as man, all the conditions of the prophecy, and passing through death Himself; and so consequently bringing us men, His "brethren," to "glory and honor." that through death--which He could not have undergone as God but only by becoming man. "Signs" and miracles, or other facts regarded as proofs of a divine mission; "wonders" are miracles viewed as prodigies, causing astonishment ( Acts 2:22 Acts 2:33 ); "powers" are miracles viewed as evidences of superhuman power. are partakers of--literally, "have (in His purpose) been partakers" all in common. Though Paul had a special and independent revelation of Christ ( Galatians 1:16 Galatians 1:17 Galatians 1:19 ), yet he classes himself with those Jews whom he addresses, "unto us"; for like them in many particulars (for example, the agony in Gethsemane, Hebrews 5:7 ), he was dependent for autoptic information on the twelve apostles. spoken." Sin is not, in the original constitution of man, a necessary attendant of manhood, so He had no sin. This scheme of redemption was altogether such a one as harmonizes with the love, justice, and wisdom of God. So the function of angels is in the area of revelation. Hebrews 7:1-2 “For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the … Christ, the antitypical Prophet, similarly, instead of the human confidences of His age, Himself, and with Him GOD THE FATHER'S children (who are therefore His children, and so antitypical to Isaiah's children, though here regarded as His "brethren," compare Isaiah 9:6 ; "Father" and "His seed," Isaiah 53:10 ) led by Him, trust wholly in God for salvation. Hebrews 12:1-2 – Running the Race with Perseverance Summary The saints from Israel's history inspire believers to persevere in faith. and even individuals ( Matthew 18:10 ). of death--implying that death itself is a power which, though originally foreign to human nature, now reigns over it ( Romans 5:12 , 6:9 ). Hebrews 2:1-18 . That's the short version, at least. 2 For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and 10. sons--no longer children as under the Old Testament law, but sons by adoption. The Lord was angry with that particular generation because they did not listen to the Lord. 2 For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution, 3 how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? of Translate in the Greek order, to bring out the proper emphasis, "Not the angels hath He," &c. the world to come--implying, He has subjected to angels the existing world, the Old Testament dispensation (then still partly existing as to its framework), Hebrews 2:2 , the political kingdom of the earth ( Daniel 4:13 , Daniel 10:13 Daniel 10:20 Daniel 10:21 , 12:1 ), and the natural elements ( Revelation 9:11 , 16:4 ). also--Greek, "in a somewhat similar manner"; not altogether in a like manner. I prefer, with CALVIN, understanding, "to make perfect as a completed sacrifice": legal and official, not moral, perfection is meant: "to consecrate" (so the same Greek is translated Hebrews 7:28 ; compare Margin) by the finished expiation of His death, as our perfect High Priest, and so our "Captain of salvation" ( Luke 13:32 ). ( 1 Corinthians 15:27 .) For the Saviour's participation in the lowness of our humanity is not mentioned till Hebrews 2:14 , and then as a consequence of what precedes. which--"inasmuch as it is a salvation which began," &c. spoken by the Lord--as the instrument of proclaiming it. He uses for "God," the periphrasis, "Him for whom . Preceding others by His example, as well as the originator of our salvation. Hence greater reverence was paid to angels by men in the Old Testament than is permitted in the New Testament. In Colossians 1:16 the same is said of Christ. the children--before mentioned ( Hebrews 2:13 ); those existing in His eternal purpose, though not in actual being. 9. spoken by angels--the Mosaic law spoken by the ministration of angels ( Deuteronomy 33:2 , Psalms 68:17 , Acts 7:53 , Galatians 3:19 ). "He who suffers for another, not only benefits him, but becomes himself the brighter and more perfect" [CHRYSOSTOM]. Jesus Is Able to Help Those Who Are Tempted . transgression--by doing evil; literally, overstepping its bounds: a positive violation of it. 17. The chapter includes additional Old Testament quotes in order to make these points. Christ's Sonship (by generation) in relation to God is reflected in the sonship (by adoption) of His brethren. (Read all of Hebrews 2) This is the reason why it is so much the more needful to hearken t the word spoken, in order that they should not let it pass away form life and memory. Contrast with this bondage, the glory of the "sons" ( Hebrews 2:10 ). For He, unlike them, was conceived and born not in sin ( Hebrews 4:15 ). perfect--"to consummate"; to bring to consummated glory through sufferings, as the appointed avenue to it. ( 1 Corinthians 15:27 .) The verb is literally, to help by taking one by the hand, as in Hebrews 8:9 , "When I took them by the hand," &c. Thus it answers to "succor," Hebrews 2:18 , and "deliver," Hebrews 2:15 . or the son of … (Compare Hebrews 2:3 .) Messiah declares the name of the Father, not known fully as Christ's Father, and therefore their Father, till after His crucifixion ( John 20:17 ), among His brethren ("the Church," that is, the congregation), that they in turn may praise Him ( Psalms 22:23 ). The same Greek is in Hebrews 12:2 , "Author of our faith." I will put my trust in him--from the Septuagint, Isaiah 8:17 , which immediately precedes the next quotation, "Behold, I and the children," &c. The only objection is the following words, "and again," usually introduce a new quotation, whereas these two are parts of one and the same passage. The official words and acts of all the prophets find their antitype in the Great Prophet ( Revelation 19:10 ), just as His kingly office is antitypical to that of the theocratic kings; and His priestly office to the types and rites of the Aaronic priesthood. We, like them, still pray, "Thy kingdom come"; for its manifestation in glory is yet future. Hebrews 2 Do Not Neglect Salvation 1 Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. "Not angels," who have no flesh and blood, but "the children," who have "flesh and blood," He takes hold of to help by "Himself taking part of the same" ( Hebrews 2:14 ). The power which death has Satan wields. Christ by delivering us from the curse of God against our sin, has taken from death all that made it formidable. Hebrews 2:3 is one reason some believe the Apostle Paul did not write Hebrews. Hebrews 2 – Jesus, Our Elder Brother A. 16. Hebrews 2:5, KJV: "For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak." 2 We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. Therefore--Because Christ the Mediator of the new covenant is so far ( Hebrews 1:5-14 ) above all angels, the mediators of the old covenant. Compare "power of the enemy" ( Luke 10:19 ). will I sing--as leader of the choir ( Psalms 8:2 ). The ground of His exaltation is "on accoumt of His having suffered death" ( Hebrews 2:10 , Philippians 2:8 Philippians 2:9 ). Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. 5. Verse 2. Hebrews Chapter 2. visitest--lookest after him, as one present. Angels recognize Him as "the Lord" ( Matthew 28:6 , Luke 2:11 ). Found in Paul's speech, Acts 26:19 . This is why it is important to have a clean and pure heart, to listen to the Word of God, and to heed His commands. 11. he that sanctifieth--Christ who once for all consecrates His people to God ( Jude 1:1 , bringing them nigh to Him as the consequence) and everlasting glory, by having consecrated Himself for them in His being made "perfect (as their expiatory sacrifice) through sufferings" ( Hebrews 2:10 , Hebrews 10:10 Hebrews 10:14 Hebrews 10:29 , John 17:17 John 17:19 ). and didst set him over the works of thy hands--omitted in some of the oldest manuscripts; but read by others and by oldest versions: so Psalms 8:6 , "Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands.". Acts 3:15 , "Prince of life" ( Acts 5:31 ). by whom are all things," to mark the becomingness of Christ's suffering as the way to His being "perfected" as "Captain of our salvation," seeing that His is the way that pleased Him whose will and whose glory are the end of all things, and by whose operation all things exist. of the people--"the seed of Abraham" ( Hebrews 2:16 ); the literal Israel first, and then (in the design of God), through Israel, the believing Gentiles, the spiritual Israel ( 1 Peter 2:10 ). Hebrews 2:5, ESV: "For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking." reality. For verily--Greek, "For as we all know"; "For as you will doubtless grant." (1) The lesson of the first chapter is applied: listen and don’t drift away. they who are sanctified--Greek, "they that are being sanctified" (compare the use of "sanctified," 1 Corinthians 7:14 ). Coming to redeem mankind, Christ made Himself a sort of hook to destroy the devil; for in Him there was His humanity to attract the devourer to Him, His divinity to pierce him, apparent weakness to provoke, hidden power to transfix the hungry ravisher. Being Human. his brethren--( Hebrews 2:11 ); "the seed of Abraham" ( Hebrews 2:16 ), and so also the spiritual seed, His elect out of all mankind. it behooved him--by moral necessity, considering what the justice and love of God required of Him as Mediator (compare Hebrews 5:3 ), the office which He had voluntarily undertaken in order to "help" man ( Hebrews 2:16 ). Behold I and the children, &c.--( Isaiah 8:18 ). Strictly divine justice is "propitiated"; but God's love is as much from everlasting as His justice; therefore, lest Christ's sacrifice, or its typical forerunners, the legal sacrifices, should be thought to be antecedent to God's grace and love, neither are said in the Old or New Testament to have propitiated God; otherwise Christ's sacrifices might have been thought to have first induced God to love and pity man, instead of (as the fact really is) His love having originated Christ's sacrifice, whereby divine justice and divine love are harmonized. This verse implies that the Hebrews of the churches of Palestine and Syria (or those of them dispersed in Asia Minor [BENGEL], 1 Peter 1:1 , or in Alexandria) were primarily addressed in this Epistle; for of none so well could it be said, the Gospel was confirmed to them by the immediate hearers of the Lord: the past tense, "was confirmed," implies some little time had elapsed since this testification by eye-witnesses. all their lifetime--Such a life can hardly be called life. Sins bring death and "the fear of death" ( Hebrews 2:15 ). captain of, &c.--literally, Prince-leader: as Joshua, not Moses, led the people into the Holy Land, so will our Joshua, or Jesus, lead us into the heavenly inheritance ( Acts 13:39 ). ( Hebrews 2:14 Hebrews 2:15 ). . But mainly "in like manner"; not in mere semblance of a body, as the Docetæ heretics taught. The gift of the Holy Spirit was given to Christ without measure ( John 3:34 ), but to us it is distributed in various measures and operations ( Romans 12:3 Romans 12:6 , &c. 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 ). "Jesus suffering death overcame; Satan wielding death succumbed" [BENGEL]. Paul mentions what they had heard, rather than what they had seen, conformably with what he began with, Hebrews 1:1 Hebrews 1:2 , "spake . For--explanation of how His being made like His brethren in all things has made Him a merciful and faithful High Priest for us ( Hebrews 2:17 ). Buy The Complete Bible Summary … merciful--to "the people" deserving wrath by "sins." Thus, this and the following verses are meant to justify his having said, "many sons" ( Hebrews 2:10 ). He who has thus been shown to be the "Captain (Greek, 'Leader') of salvation" to the "many sons," by trusting and suffering like them, must therefore become man like them, in order that His death may be efficacious for them [ALFORD]. him . "Sons" ( Hebrews 2:10 ), "brethren" ( Hebrews 2:12 ), and "children," imply His right and property in them from everlasting. "The life of the flesh is in the blood; it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul" ( Leviticus 17:11 Leviticus 17:14 ). Appropriately also in his Epistles to Gentiles, he dwells on his independent call to the apostleship of the Gentiles; in his Epistle to the Hebrews, he appeals to the apostles who had been long with the Lord (compare Acts 1:21 , 10:41 ): so in his sermon to the Jews in Antioch of Pisidia ( Acts 13:31 ); and "he only appeals to the testimony of these apostles in a general way, in order that he may bring the Hebrews to the Lord alone" [BENGEL], not to become partisans of particular apostles, as Peter, the apostle of the circumcision, and James, the bishop of Jerusalem. all things--Greek, "the universe of things," "the all things." 14. Nowhere, except in Psalms 110:4 , Zechariah 6:13 , and in this Epistle, is Christ expressly called a priest. one . art mindful--as of one absent. in that--rather as Greek, "wherein He suffered Himself; having been tempted, He is able to succor them that are being tempted" in the same temptation; and as "He was tempted (tried and afflicted) in all points," He is able (by the power of sympathy) to succor us in all possible temptations and trials incidental to man ( Hebrews 4:16 , 5:2 ). The same Greek verb is used in 2 Timothy 1:10 , "abolished death." . 1. Thus Paul proves that it is to MAN, not to angels, that God has subjected the "world to come." For--confirming the assertion, Hebrews 2:2 Hebrews 2:3 , that the new covenant was spoken by One higher than the mediators of the old covenant, namely, angels. A summary of Hebrews 2 from @biblesummary. John Piper Jun 23, 1996 42 Shares God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him Learn more about Desiring God Not as the law, spoken by the instrumentality of angels ( Hebrews 2:2 ). Scripture: Hebrews 2:9–13. There is no more death for believers. Mercy is a prime requisite in a priest, since his office is to help the wretched and raise the fallen: such mercy is most likely to be found in one who has a fellow-feeling with the afflicted, having been so once Himself ( Hebrews 4:15 ); not that the Son of God needed to be taught by suffering to be merciful, but that in order to save us He needed to take our manhood with all its sorrows, thereby qualifying Himself, by experimental suffering with us, to be our sympathizing High Priest, and assuring us of His entire fellow-feeling with us in every sorrow. Each fresh aid given Him assured Him, as it does them, of aid for the future, until the complete victory was obtained over death and hell Philippians 1:16 [BENGEL]. 2 Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. Okay, so God's Son is super important—that's why his followers need to pay really close attention to what they've been taught about him. It paints a wonderful … Basically, God created the world and then made an agreement with the people living in it: if they put their faith in him, he would be their God. Study Guide. "As a physician first tastes his medicines to encourage his sick patient to take them, so Christ, when all men feared death, in order to persuade them to be bold in meeting it, tasted it Himself. by them that heard him--(Compare Luke 1:2 ). ( Psalms 22:22 .) Psalms 8:5-7 praises Jehovah for exalting MAN, so as to subject all the works of God on earth to him: this dignity having been lost by the first Adam, is realized only in Christ the Son of man, the Representative Man and Head of our redeemed race. 7. a little--not as BENGEL, "a little time." Paul probably alludes to Isaiah 41:8 , Jeremiah 31:32 , Septuagint, from which all Jews would know well that the fact here stated as to Messiah was what the prophets had led them to expect. Hebrews 2:2 refers to this law as "the word spoken through angels." Christ plants in them an undying seed, the germ of heavenly immortality, though believers have to pass through natural death. Hebrews 2:2-4. "The Church" ( Hebrews 2:12 ), "the general assembly" ( Hebrews 12:23 ). As David cut off the head of Goliath with the giant's own sword wherewith the latter was wont to win his victories. Whatever effect Christ's work may have on angels, He is not taking hold to help them by suffering in their nature to deliver them from death, as in our case. For man's nature is exalted in Christ now, so that angels are our "fellow servants" ( Revelation 22:9 ). Satan has acquired over man (by God's law, Genesis 2:17 , Romans 6:23 ) the power of death by man's sin, death being the executioner of sin, and man being Satan's "lawful captive." He speaks of them as "children" of God, though not yet in being, yet considered as such in His purpose, and presents them before God the Father, who has given Him them, to be glorified with Himself. The second chapter of Hebrews continues the comparison of Jesus and the angels –in regard to their messages –and to the functions they perform. took not on him, &c.--rather, "It is not angels that He is helping (the present tense implies duration); but it is the seed of Abraham that He is helping." though unseen by us, save by faith; hereafter all things shall be subjected to Him visibly and fully. It is the same argument for Jesus being the Christ which Matthew, writing his Gospel for the Hebrews, uses, tracing the genealogy of Jesus from Abraham, the father of the Jews, and the one to whom the promises were given, on which the Jews especially prided themselves (compare Romans 9:4 Romans 9:5 ). Your email address will not be published. power--Satan is "strong" ( Matthew 12:29 ). Jesus, "the pioneer and perfecter of our faith," provides the ultimate model and inspiration. But--It is not to angels the Gospel kingdom is subject, BUT . We are "brethren" of Christ in a nearness not enjoyed even by angels ( Hebrews 2:10-12 Hebrews 2:16 ). "This world" is used in contrast to express the present fallen condition of the world ( Ephesians 2:2 ). All Rights Reserved. testified--the usual way of quoting Scripture to readers familiar with it. The Hebrew writer wants to show that Jesus, as God's messenger "in these last days", is superior to the angels, who were His messengers with the Old Law. In addition, the writer of Hebrews warns against the dangers of ignoring the message of Christ and refers to the way Jesus became human in order to perfectly serve as our ultimate high priest. 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