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 4:7

4:7 So God ⁴  again ordains a certain day, “Today,” speaking through David ⁵  after so long a time, as in the words quoted before, ⁶  “O, that today you would listen as he speaks! ⁷  Do not harden your hearts.”

Hebrews 9:26

9:26 for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the consummation of the ages to put away sin by his sacrifice.

Hebrews 11:8

11:8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, and he went out without understanding where he was going.

Hebrews 13:17

13:17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work. ⁸  Let them do this ⁹  with joy and not with complaints, for this would be no advantage for you.

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

⁵ sn Ps 95 does not mention David either in the text or the superscription. It is possible that the writer of Hebrews is attributing the entire collection of psalms to David (although some psalms are specifically attributed to other individuals or groups).

⁶ tn Grk “as it has been said before” (see Heb 3:7).

⁷ tn Grk “today if you hear his voice.”

⁸ tn Or “as ones who will give an account”; Grk “as giving an account.”

⁹ tn Grk “that they may do this.”