Christ . App-98 . a Son = Son. App-108 . See Hebrews 1:2 . own . Omit. if . Greek. ean . App-118 . hold fast. Greek. katecho. See 2 Thessalonians 2:6 . confidence . Greek. parrhesia. See Acts 4:13 ; Acts 28:31 . rejoicing . Greek. kauchema. See Romans 4:2 . firm . Same as "stedfast", Hebrews 3:14 . read more
DIVISION IIHebrews 3:1-4:13CHRIST IS BETTER THAN MOSES;CHRIST GREATER THAN MOSES;BOTH CHRIST AND MOSES ARE FAITHFUL;CHRIST TO RECEIVE GREATER GLORY;EXHORTATION AGAINST APOSTASY;WARNING FROM THE FATE OF ISRAELWherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, even Jesus. (Hebrews 3:1)Holy brethren is the third term of endearment already used in this epistle to describe God's people, the other two being "sanctified" and "sons"... read more
Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also was Moses in all his house.In Hebrews 2:17, Jesus had already been mentioned as a merciful and faithful high priest, and it is his "faithfulness" that needed stress here. Note how delicately the inspired writer defers to the deserved honor of Moses, whom he did not belittle or diminish in any way. Both Moses and Jesus were faithful to deliver God's message to people, each in his own way, and each in his own capacity. A more detailed study of... read more
For he hath been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by so much as he that hath built the house hath more honor than the house.This singles out the principal superiority of Christ over Moses and affords another glimpse of the deity and Godhead of Christ, making Christ to be the builder of the house in which Moses served. This is then a reiteration of those immense claims on behalf of Jesus Christ which were outlined in the first paragraph of the epistle. It was long centuries after God had... read more
For every house is builded by some one; but he that built all things is God.This verse is engraved in letters of stone over the principal portal of the Central Church of Christ, Houston, Texas. The thought expressed is a teleological thunderbolt; it is the ancient and indestructible argument from design, bluntly and unequivocally stated, first in the truism that every house has a builder, and secondly in the deduction that the far greater house of the whole universe likewise has its builder who... read more
And Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, as a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken.This designation of Moses as a servant is founded on the word of God himself (Numbers 12:7); and this entitled the author of Hebrews to conclude that Moses was not the great lawgiver through any power and ability of himself alone, but that it was his capacity as God's representative and as a vessel for the conveyance of God's message that his noble work was achieved.... read more
But Christ as a son, over his house; whose house we are, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end.Reiterating the supremacy of Christ, the author, on the basis of a bold deduction, names Christians themselves as components of God's house, "whose house we are"! The old Israel is no more. The Son having been revealed, men are no longer under a servant, even so true and faithful a servant as Moses (Romans 2:28; 9:6-8; Galatians 6:15; John 8:39). Think of the... read more
Hebrews 3:1. Wherefore, holy brethren, &c.— Holy brethren may refer to what he said of those who were sanctified in Christ, ch. Hebrews 2:11. Partakers of the heavenly calling signifies,"Partakersof the call given us in the gospel to pursue immortality and glory." See Hebrews 3:14. The word apostle is, by way of eminence, put for "one sent of God;" and our Saviour has frequently, in St. John's Gospel, spoken of himself as sent by the Father. St. Paul therefore exhorts the Hebrews to... read more
Hebrews 3:2. That appointed him,— Heylin reads, who constituted him [in that office]. The next words are taken from Numbers 12:7. The word house is used, not only for a building, but for such as dwell in it;—a family, a people: And as God is said to dwell among the children of Israel, hence they are called his house; that is, his servants, his people. When the apostle says his house, he does not mean Moses's, but his house who appointed Moses; that is, God's house. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hebrews 3:5
servant . Greek. therapon. App-190 . Used of Moses. EX. Heb 14:31 (Septuagint) to be spoken after = about to be spoken. Greek. laleo. App-121 . read more