Hebrews 2:4-6 ESV

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Hebrews 2:6

2:6 saying, (b-6) See Psalms 8:4-6 . rememberest (c-12) An active recollection, because the object is cared for. so ch. 13.3. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 2:1-18

Jesus Exalted in Humiliation1-4. The former dispensation, even though mediated by comparatively inferior beings such as the angels, was yet so sacred that all neglect of it was severely punished. This being so, a far more terrible fate must now be theirs who neglect the revelation brought by the Son of God Himself, delivered to us by eye-witnesses, and authenticated by miracles and gifts of the Holy Ghost.1. Let them slip] RV ’drift away from them,’ as a ship from its moorings. This was what... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Hebrews 2:1-4

II.(1-4) These verses must be closely joined with the first chapter. Before advancing to the next step in his argument, the writer pauses to enforce the duty which results from what has been already established. But (as in Hebrews 4:14-16) the exhortation does not interrupt the thought, but rather serves as a connecting link. (See Note on Hebrews 2:5.) read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Hebrews 2:4

(4) God also bearing them witness.—That is, bearing witness with them to the truth they preached. Mark 16:20 is a striking parallel; see also Acts 4:30. The divine attestation was given by miracles and by “gifts” (literally, distributions, as in the margin; see 1 Corinthians 12:11) “of the Holy Ghost.” We have here, as in Acts 2:22 and 2 Corinthians 12:12 (see the Notes), the full threefold description of miracles, as “signs” and “wonders” and “powers”; as wonderful works that are wrought by... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Hebrews 2:5

(5) For.—There is a very clear connection between this verse and Hebrews 1:14. “Angels are but ministering spirits, serving God in the cause of those who shall inherit salvation; for not to angels is the world to come made subject.” But the connection with Hebrews 2:2-3, is equally important: “the salvation that is now given has been proclaimed not by angels but by the Lord, and it is God Himself who works with the messengers of the Lord; for not unto angels,” &c. The word “salvation” binds... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Hebrews 2:5-18

(5-18) It was needful that Jesus, as Author of salvation to man, should in all points be made like to those whom He saves, and in their likeness suffer and die; thus He becomes for them a merciful and faithful High Priest. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Hebrews 2:6

(6) But one in a certain place.—Better, somewhere. The expression is perfectly indefinite (comp. Hebrews 4:4). As a rule, the words of Scripture are in this Epistle quoted as God’s own utterances; and though the nature of the quotation (which is an address to God) made this impossible here, the writer seems gladly to avoid the mention of the human prophet, perhaps as distracting the thought from the divine prophecy. This studious indefiniteness in citation is common in Philo, and sometimes... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Hebrews 2:1-18

Hebrews 2:1 There is nothing I so hardly beleeve to be in man as constancie, and nothing so easie to be found in him, as inconstancy.... Our ordinary manner is to follow the inclination of our appetite this way and that way, on the left or on the right hand; upward and downe-ward, according as the winde of occasions doth transport us; we never thinke on what we would have, but at the instant we would have it: and change as that beast that takes the colour of the place wherein it is laid. What... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Hebrews 2:1-18

CHAPTER IITHE SON AND THE ANGELSHebrews 1:4 - Hebrews 2:18The most dangerous and persistent error against which the theologians of the New Testament had to contend was the doctrine of emanations. The persistence of this error lay in its affinity with the Christian conception of mediation between God and men; its danger sprang from its complete inconsistency with the Christian idea of the person and work of the Mediator. For the Hebrew conception of God, as the "I AM," tended more and more in... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Hebrews 2:1-4

Analysis and Annotations I. CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD AND His GLORY CHAPTER 1-2:4 1. The Son in whom God hath spoken (Hebrews 1:1-4 ) 2. So much better than the angels (Hebrews 1:5-14 ) 3. Admonition and warning (Hebrews 2:1-4 ) Hebrews 1:1-6 Sublime is the beginning of this precious document. God who in many measures and in many ways spake of old to the fathers in the prophets, at the end of these days hath spoken to us in a Son, whom He constituted heir of all things, by whom also He made... read more

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Hebrews 2:6

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 2:1-18

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Hebrews 2:1-4

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Hebrews 2:4

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Hebrews 2:5

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Hebrews 2:5-18

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Hebrews 2:6

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Hebrews 2:1-18

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Hebrews 2:1-18

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Hebrews 2:1-4

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