Hebrews 2:5
Exposition of Psalm 8: Jesus and the Destiny of Humanity
2:5 For he did not put the world to come, 1 about which we are speaking, 2 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. 3
Hebrews 7:4
7:4 But see how great he must be, if 4 Abraham the patriarch gave him a tithe 5 of his plunder.
Hebrews 10:20
10:20 by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us 6 through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 7
Hebrews 10:38
10:38 But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I 8 take no pleasure in him. 9
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,
1 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.
2 sn See the previous reference to the world in Heb 1:6.
3 sn A quotation from Ps 110:4, picked up again from Heb 5:6, 10.
4 tn Grk “to whom.”
5 tn Or “a tenth part.”
6 tn Grk “that he inaugurated for us as a fresh and living way,” referring to the entrance mentioned in v. 19.
7 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.
8 tn Grk “my soul.”
9 sn A quotation from Hab 2:4.
10 tn Grk “that has foundations.”