Hebrews 2:9

2:9 but we see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, ¹  now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, ²  so that by God’s grace he would experience ³  death on behalf of everyone.

Hebrews 3:6

3:6 But Christ ⁴  is faithful as a son over God’s ⁵  house. We are of his house, ⁶  if in fact we hold firmly ⁷  to our confidence and the hope we take pride in. ⁸ 

Hebrews 4:3

4:3 For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, “As I swore in my anger, ‘They will never enter my rest!’” ⁹  And yet God’s works ¹⁰  were accomplished from the foundation of the world.

Hebrews 5:12

5:12 For though you should in fact be teachers by this time, ¹¹  you need someone to teach you the beginning elements of God’s utterances. ¹²  You have gone back to needing ¹³  milk, not ¹⁴  solid food.

Hebrews 9:24

9:24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands – the representation ¹⁵  of the true sanctuary ¹⁶  – but into heaven itself, and he appears now in God’s presence for us.

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¹ tn Or “who was made a little lower than the angels.”

² tn Grk “because of the suffering of death.”

³ tn Grk “would taste.” Here the Greek verb does not mean “sample a small amount” (as a typical English reader might infer from the word “taste”), but “experience something cognitively or emotionally; come to know something” (cf. BDAG 195 s.v. γεύομαι 2).

⁴ sn The Greek makes the contrast between v. 5 and v. 6a more emphatic and explicit than is easily done in English.

⁵ tn Grk “his”; in the translation the referent (God) has been specified for clarity.

⁶ tn Grk “whose house we are,” continuing the previous sentence.

⁷ tc The reading adopted by the translation is found in Ì^13,46 B sa, while the vast majority of mss (א A C D Ψ 0243 0278 33 1739 1881 Ï latt) add μέχρι τέλους βεβαίαν (mecri telou" bebaian, “secure until the end”). The external evidence for the omission, though minimal, has excellent credentials. Considering the internal factors, B. M. Metzger (TCGNT 595) finds it surprising that the feminine adjective βεβαίαν should modify the neuter noun καύχημα (kauchma, here translated “we take pride”), a fact that suggests that even the form of the word was borrowed from another place. Since the same phrase occurs at Heb 3:14, it is likely that later scribes added it here at Heb 3:6 in anticipation of Heb 3:14. While these words belong at 3:14, they seem foreign to 3:6.

⁸ tn Grk “the pride of our hope.”

⁹ sn A quotation from Ps 95:11.

¹⁰ tn Grk “although the works,” continuing the previous reference to God. The referent (God) is specified in the translation for clarity.

¹¹ tn Grk “because of the time.”

¹² tn Grk “the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God.”

¹³ tn Grk “you have come to have a need for.”

¹⁴ tc ‡ Most texts, including some early and important ones (א² A B* D Ψ 0122 0278 1881 Ï sy Cl), have καί (kai, “and”) immediately preceding οὐ (ou, “not”), but other equally significant witnesses (Ì⁴⁶ א* B² C 33 81 1739 lat Or Did) lack the conjunction. As it was a natural tendency for scribes to add a coordinating conjunction, the καί appears to be a motivated reading. On balance, it is probably best to regard the shorter reading as authentic. NA²⁷ has καί in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.

¹⁵ tn Or “prefiguration.”

¹⁶ tn The word “sanctuary” is not in the Greek text at this point, but has been supplied for clarity.