Hebrews 2:4-6 ESV

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Hebrews 2:1-4

THE HIGHER RESPONSIBILITIES OF HIGHER REVELATIONSCRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESTHE rhetorical character of the epistle is indicated in the hortatory passages that are so freely inserted. The exhortation here, Hebrews 2:1-4, introduces the reason for the peril of apostasy. It was the temporary humiliation of the Son which, unless its purpose was clearly understood, might so easily be misapprehended, and lead to a denial of His pre-eminence and Divine dignity. This brings the writer again to his... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Hebrews 2:5-18

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESHebrews 2:5. World to come.—The new dispensation. Rabbinical teaching was divided under two heads: (1) hâ‘ôlâm hazzeh (the present world), and (2) hâ‘ôlâm habbâ (the world to come). The period referred to in this verse is that which succeeds the exaltation of Christ. But the word used by the writer strictly means “the inhabited earth.”Hebrews 2:6. The writer brings this quotation from the 8th Psalm to show that man is recognised as inferior to angels. This he admits... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Hebrews 2:4

Hebrews 1:5 ; Hebrews 2:4 . Why does the Apostle speak about the angels? He has shown from Psalm ii., from Psalm xcvii., from 2 Sam. vii., from Psalm cx., most clearly that the man Jesus is none other than God, and that therefore in His humanity also He is highly exalted above all angels. But what is the point of the comparison? The argument is simply this: the old dispensation, the law, was given under the mediation and administration of angels. If Jesus was above angels, then His... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Hebrews 2:5-10

Hebrews 2:5-10 Consider: I. What it is that the Son of man, humbling Himself for us, hath endured. There are two expressions used to suffer death and to taste death. Let us remember that between Jesus, as He was in Himself and death, there subsisted no connection. In Him Satan could find nothing. Death had no personal or direct relation unto Him. The Lord Jesus Christ, the Prince of Life, of His own power and will, laid down His life. The death of the Lord Jesus in this respect is different... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Hebrews 2:6

Hebrews 2:6 Faith. I. When man rises above the merely savage state, he begins to show some signs of faith; some evidences of his looking forward to a future; some reliance upon powers which are unseen. For, observe, the savage lives by his bow or his nets; the next step is to the pastoral or agricultural life. The shepherd must trust to the sun that warms and to the rains that moisten, and the ploughman must trust to the bounteous earth and the gracious season, and look forward to the harvest... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Hebrews 2:6-8

DISCOURSE: 2274CHRIST’S SUPERIORITY TO ANGELSHebrews 2:6-8. One in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him? Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands: thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet.OUR blessed Lord has said, “Search the Scriptures; for they are they which testify of me.” Hence it appears, that the... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Hebrews 2:5

world "oikoumene" = inhabited earth. (See Scofield " :-") . read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 2:1-18

Hebrews 2:1 . We ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard. The things relating to the glory of the person of Christ, and all his offices as mediator; these we ought to study, to weigh them in our minds, and see the old testament full of Christ, the Redeemer, the Angel of the covenant, the God of Bethel; for the Saviour of the patriarchs is our Saviour. Lest at any time, whether through prosperity or persecution, we should let them slip, or let the image... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Hebrews 2:1-4

Hebrews 2:1-4Give the more earnest heed.--This exhortation reveals the purpose of the foregoing comparison between Christ and the angels. It is to establish Christ’s superior claim to be heard when He speaks in God’s name to men. Law and gospel might have been compared on their own merits, as is done by Paul in 2 Corinthians 3:6 in a series of contrasts. But the power of appreciating the gospel being defective in the Hebrew Christians, it is the merit of the speakers that is insisted on, though... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Hebrews 2:4

Hebrews 2:4With signs and wonders, and with divers miraclesSigns, wonders, and miracles1.Signs, according to the notation of the word, imply such external visible things as signify and declare some memorable matter which otherwise could not be so well discerned, nor would be believed. “We would see a sign from Thee” say the Pharisees to Christ (Matthew 12:38). And they desired Him that He would “show them a sign” (Matthew 16:1). These two words, “see,” “show,” imply that a sign is of some... read more

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Hebrews 2:1-4

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Hebrews 2:5-18

Sermon Bible Commentary - Hebrews 2:4

Sermon Bible Commentary - Hebrews 2:5-10

Sermon Bible Commentary - Hebrews 2:6

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Hebrews 2:6-8

Scofield's Reference Notes - Hebrews 2:5

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 2:1-18

The Biblical Illustrator - Hebrews 2:1-4

The Biblical Illustrator - Hebrews 2:4

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