Hebrews 2:14 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 2:14-18

Here we have stated the sublime results of the incarnation and death of Christ in their influence upon the present temptation and death of believers. Our Lord did not assume an angelic nature, which would have necessarily set him at some distance from us, since the experiences of those sinless and exalted beings would have been to some degree inconceivable by us. He took hold of the seed of Abraham, and enshrined his Divine nature in human flesh and blood, and felt all the innocent... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 2:14

Forasmuch then - Since; or because.As the children - Those who were to become the adopted children of God; or who were to sustain that relation to him.Are partakers of flesh and blood - Have a human and not an angelic nature. Since they are men, he became a man. There was a fitness or propriety that he should partake of their nature; see the 1 Corinthians 15:50 note; Matthew 16:17 note.He also himself, ... - He also became a man, or partook of the same nature with them; see the notes at John... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 2:14-15

Hebrews 2:14-15. Forasmuch then as the children Believers, who are Christ’s spiritual seed; are partakers of flesh and blood Of human nature with all its infirmities; he also took part of the same See on Philippians 2:8; that through his own death, he might destroy the tyranny of him that had By God’s permission; the power of death The power of bringing death on all mankind by tempting our first parents to sin. Hence he is called a murderer from the beginning, and a liar, and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hebrews 2:5-18

Christ’s humanity and suffering (2:5-18)Jews considered that human beings were inferior to angels. They therefore wondered how Jesus Christ could be superior to angels when in fact he was a man.The writer points out that this human status of inferiority to angels is only temporary. God’s original purpose was that human beings should rule over all things, but because of sin they lost this authority and are themselves in need of salvation (5-8). Jesus Christ, in order to save them, took their... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hebrews 2:14

flesh and blood. The texts read "blood and flesh". In Hebrews flesh is never used in the moral sense of Romans 7:18 , but always of natural body. He, &c . = Himself also. likewise . Greek. paraplesios. Only here. Compare Philippians 1:2 , Philippians 1:27 . took part . Greek. metecho. See 1 Corinthians 9:10 . the same . The same (things), i.e. flesh and blood, not the same flesh and blood, which had become corrupted by Adam's sin. "This same Jesus" was a direct creation of God.... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hebrews 2:14

Since the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner partook of the same; that through death he might bring to naught him that had the power of death, that is, the devil.The superiority of mortal man to the animal kingdom is implicit in the word that they are sharers in flesh and blood, indicating some higher element in man's existence. Milligan and Lenski agree in this interpretation of "sharers."This implies that "flesh and blood" is not, as in the case of the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 2:10-15

Hebrews 2:10-15. For it became him, &c.— Very different are the explanations given of this passage; that which appears to me the plainest and most just, is as follows: Hebrews 2:10. "Such has been the conduct of God in the great affair of our redemption; and the beauty and harmony of it will be apparent in proportion to the degree in which it is examined. For, though the Jews dream of a temporal Messiah, as a scheme conducive to the divine glory, it well became him,—it was expedient that,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 2:14

14. 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]. the children—before mentioned (Hebrews 2:13); those existing in His eternal purpose, though not in actual being. are partakers of—literally, "have (in His purpose) been partakers" all in common. flesh and blood—Greek oldest manuscripts have "blood and flesh."... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 2:10-18

E. The Son’s Solidarity with Humanity 2:10-18The writer next emphasized the future glory that the Son will experience to heighten his readers’ appreciation for Him and for their own future with Him. He did this by reflecting on Psalms 8. He wanted his readers to appreciate these things so they would continue to live by faith rather than departing from God’s will (cf. James 1; 1 Peter 1). This section concludes the first major part of the writer’s address and prepares his audience for the next... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 2:14

We children share in flesh and blood with one another; we share the limitations of humanity. To free us from these limitations the Son had to assume the same limitations, which He did at the Incarnation. Jesus Christ broke Satan’s power over believers by His death. Obviously Satan still exercises great power, but Jesus Christ broke his power to enslave believers (cf. Romans 6:1-14). Furthermore Jesus Christ defeated Satan in the area of his greatest strength: his power to inflict death. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 2:14-18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 2:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 2:14-15

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hebrews 2:5-18

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hebrews 2:14

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hebrews 2:14

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 2:10-15

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 2:14

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 2:10-18

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 2:14

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