Hebrews 2:4 BSB

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 2:1-5

INTERPOSED EXHORTATION as explained above. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 2:3-4

The completeness with which the great salvation is made known. The justness of God's visitation on those who neglect the great salvation lies in this, that the salvation has been so fully and variously proclaimed. Certainly this held in the instance of all to whom this Epistle was addressed; certainly it holds of all who can read the New Testament. With the Testament before us, it is our business, as prudent people, to make ourselves acquainted with the explanations, assurances,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 2:4

God also bearing them witness ; rather, God attesting with them. The word is συνεπιμαρτυροῦντος , a double compound, meaning to attest jointly with others. The idea is that the hearers of "the Lord" testified, and God attested their testimony by the signs that accompanied their ministry. The passage is instructive as expressing the grounds of acceptance of the gospel. Its truth was already "confirmed" to believers by the testimony of unimpeachable witnesses to that which, so... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 2:4

God also bearing them witness - By miracles. Giving them the sanction of his authority, or showing that they were sent by him. No man can work a miracle by his own power. When the dead are raised, the deaf made to hear and the blind to see by a word, it is the power of God alone that does it. He thus becomes a “witness” to the divine appointment of him by whose instrumentality the miracle is performed; or furnishes an attestation that what he says is true; see notes on Acts 14:3.With signs and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 2:2-4

Hebrews 2:2-4. For if the word spoken by angels The law delivered by their ministry. It is nowhere affirmed that the law was given by angels, but that the people received it, εις διαταγας αγγελων , by the disposition, administration, or deputation of angels, Acts 7:53; and that it was διαταγεις , ordained, appointed, or promulgated, by angels, (Galatians 3:19,) and here that it was spoken by them. From hence it is evident, that not the original, authoritative giving of the law,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hebrews 2:1-4

Warning against rejecting Christ (2:1-4)God’s law was announced to Moses by angels, but his salvation was made known to all humankind by his own Son. This is the more reason why people should not turn away from the gospel, but believe it (2:1-3a). Those who saw and heard Jesus Christ bore testimony to the divine origin of the gospel. Their testimony was confirmed by the miracles and other evidences of the Holy Spirit’s power that accompanied the early apostolic preaching (3b-4; cf. Acts 2:43;... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hebrews 2:4

God. App-98 . bearing . . . witness = bearing witness with. Greek. sunepimartureo. Only here. signs, wonders, miracles . See App-176Hebrews 3:2 , Hebrews 3:1 . gifts = distributions. Greek. merismos. Only here and Hebrews 4:12 . Holy Ghost . App-101 . according to . Greek. kata. App-104 . will . Greek. thelesis. Only here. Compare App-102 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hebrews 2:4

God also bearing witness with them, both by signs and wonders, and by manifold powers, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will.CONCERNING MIRACLESThe signs, wonders, and powers mentioned in this verse are a plain reference to the miracles by which God throughout history consented to authenticate his message to man. Moses appeared before Pharaoh in a series of astounding miracles; Gideon tested the word with the fleece; Elijah raised the son of the widow; Elijah healed the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 2:4

4. them—rather, "God also [as well as Christ, Hebrews 2:3] bearing witness to it," c., joining in attestation of it." signs and wonders—performed by Christ and His apostles. "Signs" and miracles, or other facts regarded as proofs of a divine mission "wonders" are miracles viewed as prodigies, causing astonishment (Acts 2:22; Acts 2:33); "powers" are miracles viewed as evidences of superhuman power. divers miracles—Greek, "varied (miraculous) powers" (Acts 2:33- :) granted to the apostles after... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 2:1-4

C. The Danger of Negligence (The First Warning) 2:1-4Having just encouraged his readers with a reminder of God’s help for the faithful (Hebrews 1:14), the writer next urged his readers to be faithful. He did so to warn them of the possibility of retrogressing spiritually and consequently losing part of their inheritance. Jacob’s sons Reuben, Simeon, and Levi had done this."The second step in the argument for Jesus’ superiority shows him to be infinitely great because of the nature of the... read more