Hebrews 2:5 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 2:5-9

The apostle, having made this serious application of the doctrine of the personal excellency of Christ above the angels, now returns to that pleasant subject again, and pursues it further (Heb. 2:5): For to the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak. I. Here the apostle lays down a negative proposition, including a positive one?That the state of the gospel-church, which is here called the world to come, is not subjected to the angels, but under the special... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 2:5-9

2:5-9 It was not to angels that he subjected the order of things to come of which we are speaking. Somewhere in scripture someone bears this witness to that fact: "What is man that you remember him? Or the son of man that you visit him? For a little time you made him lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honour; you set him over the work of your hands; you subjected all things beneath his feet." The fact that all things have been subjected to him means that nothing has been... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 2:5

For unto the angels ,.... Though angels were concerned in the giving of the law, and were frequently employed under the former dispensation, in messages to men, and in making revelations of God's mind and will to them, yet to them hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak : by which is meant, not the future state of eternal glory and happiness in heaven, as opposed to this world, and the present state of things; though there may be much truth in this sense, as... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 2:5

The world to come - That הבא עולם olam habba , the world to come, meant the days of the Messiah among the Jews, is most evident, and has been often pointed out in the course of these notes; and that the administration of this kingdom has not been intrusted to angels, who were frequently employed under the law, is also evident, for the government is on the shoulder of Jesus Christ; he alone has the keys of death and hell; he alone shuts, and no man opens; opens, and no man shuts; he alone... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 2:5

Verse 5 5.For unto the angels, etc. He again proves by another argument that Christ ought to be obeyed; for the Father has conferred on him the sovereignty of the whole world, while the angels are wholly destitute of such an honor. It hence follows that none of the angels should stand in the way of his preeminence who alone possesses supremacy. But first, the Psalm which he quotes must be examined, for it seems to be unfitly applied to Christ. David there mentions the benefits which God... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 2:1-5

INTERPOSED EXHORTATION as explained above. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 2:5

Here the second division of the first section of the argument, according to the summary given above ( Hebrews 1:2 ), begins. But it is also connected logically with the interposed exhortation, the sequence of thought being as follows: "How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation?"— For (as an additional reason) not to angels (but to the Sou, as will be seen) did he (God) subject the world to come, whereof we speak , "The world to come ( ἡ οἰκουμένη ἡ μέλλουσα )"... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 2:5-9

The royalty of man. The apostle, in beginning to touch upon the humiliation and death of Christ, shows that these arrangements brought him no dishonor. God had subordinated the new dispensation, not to angels, but to man ( Hebrews 2:5 ); and human nature, restored in Christ to its imperial dignity, is destined to ultimate exaltation above angelic nature. I. MAN 'S NATIVE SOVEREIGNTY . The writer cites, in illustration of this, the testimony of Psalms 8:1-9 . ( Psalms 8:6-8 ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 2:5-9

The Divine destiny for man. "For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection," etc. The writer now resumes the subject of the exaltation of the Son of God over the holy angels. He proceeds to show that in that human nature in which he suffered death, he is raised to supreme glory and authority, and that man also is exalted in and through him. Notice— I. THE DESTINY FOR WHICH MAN WAS CREATED . In certain aspects of his being man seems to be an insignificant creature, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 2:5-9

The human nature of our Lord foreshadowed and his sovereignty over all things realized through his sufferings and death. The author pursues his argument, which is to show the indisputable superiority of our Lord to the angels, unto whom the kingdom of grace is not made subject. In the quotation from the eighth psalm there is declared the condescension and goodness of God towards man in appointing him to be the lord and ruler of creation. When Jehovah pronounced the blessing upon Noah and... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 2:5-9

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 2:5-9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 2:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 2:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 2:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 2:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 2:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 2:5-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 2:5-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 2:5-9

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