Hebrews 2:4-6 ESV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 2:1-4

The apostle proceeds in the plain profitable method of doctrine, reason, and use, through this epistle. Here we have the application of the truths before asserted and proved; this is brought in by the illative particle therefore, with which this chapter begins, and which shows its connection with the former, where the apostle having proved Christ to be superior to the angels by whose ministry the law was given, and therefore that the gospel dispensation must be more excellent than the legal,... read more

Matthew Henry

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 2:1-4

2:1-4 We must, therefore, with very special intensity pay attention to the things that we have heard. For, if the word which was spoken through the medium of the angels proved itself to be certified as valid, and if every transgression and disobedience of it received its just recompense, how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, a salvation of such a kind that it had its origin in the words of the Lord, and was then guaranteed to us by those who had heard it from his lips, while... 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 2:4

God also bearing them witness ,.... The apostles of Christ; God testifying to their mission and commission, and the truth of the doctrine they preached: both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles ; such as taking up serpents without hurt, healing the sick, causing the lame to walk, and raising the dead, and casting out devils, and the like; all which were for the confirmation of the Gospel preached by them: a sign, wonder, or miracle, for these signify the same thing, is a... 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 2:6

But one in a certain place testified ,.... That is, David, for he is the penman of the psalm, out of which the following words are taken; and though his name is not mentioned by the apostle, nor the particular place, or the psalm pointed at, as in Acts 13:33 yet this was not through ignorance of either, nor out of disrespect to the penman; but because the apostle is writing to Jews, who were conversant with the Scriptures, and knew full well who said the words, and where they were: and it... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 2:4

God also bearing them witness - He did not leave the confirmation of these great truths to the testimony of men; he bore his own testimony to them by signs, wonders, various miracles, and distributions of the Holy Ghost, Πνευματος ' Αγιου μερισμοις . And all these were proved to come from himself; for no man could do those miracles at his own pleasure, but the power to work them was given according to God's own will; or rather, God himself wrought them, in order to accredit the ministry... 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 2:6

But one in a certain place - This one is David; and the certain place, Psalm 8:4 , Psalm 8:5 , Psalm 8:6 . But why does the apostle use this indeterminate mode of quotation? Because it was common thus to express the testimony of any of the inspired writers; ההוא אמר amar hahu kethab , thus saith a certain scripture. So Philo, De Plant. Noe: Ειπε γαρ που , he saith somewhere; ειπε γαρ τις , a certain person saith. Thus even the heathens were accustomed to quote high authorities;... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 2:1-4

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

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 2:1-4

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 2:4

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 2:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 2:4

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 2:6

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