Hebrews 2:5

Exposition of Psalm 8: Jesus and the Destiny of Humanity

2:5 For he did not put the world to come, about which we are speaking, under the control of angels.

Hebrews 2:16

2:16 For surely his concern is not for angels, but he is concerned for Abraham’s descendants.

Hebrews 3:18

3:18 And to whom did he swear they would never enter into his rest, except those who were disobedient?

Hebrews 5:3

5:3 and for this reason he is obligated to make sin offerings for himself as well as for the people.

Hebrews 5:9

5:9 And by being perfected in this way, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,

Hebrews 5:13

5:13 For everyone who lives on milk is inexperienced in the message of righteousness, because he is an infant.

Hebrews 6:20

6:20 where Jesus our forerunner entered on our behalf, since he became a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.

Hebrews 7:4

7:4 But see how great he must be, if Abraham the patriarch gave him a tithe of his plunder.

Hebrews 10:20

10:20 by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,

Hebrews 10:38

10:38 But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.

Hebrews 11:10

11:10 For he was looking forward to the city with firm foundations, 10  whose architect and builder is God.

Hebrews 11:24

11:24 By faith, when he grew up, Moses refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,

sn The phrase the world to come means “the coming inhabited earth,” using the Greek term which describes the world of people and their civilizations.

sn See the previous reference to the world in Heb 1:6.

sn A quotation from Ps 110:4, picked up again from Heb 5:6, 10.

tn Grk “to whom.”

tn Or “a tenth part.”

tn Grk “that he inaugurated for us as a fresh and living way,” referring to the entrance mentioned in v. 19.

sn Through his flesh. In a bold shift the writer changes from a spatial phrase (Christ opened the way through the curtain into the inner sanctuary) to an instrumental phrase (he did this through [by means of] his flesh in his sacrifice of himself), associating the two in an allusion to the splitting of the curtain in the temple from top to bottom (Matt 27:51; Mark 15:38; Luke 23:45). Just as the curtain was split, so Christ’s body was broken for us, to give us access into God’s presence.

tn Grk “my soul.”

sn A quotation from Hab 2:4.

10 tn Grk “that has foundations.”