¹ tc The words “like a garment” (ὡς ἱμάτιον, Jw" Jimation) are found in excellent and early mss (Ì⁴⁶ א A B D* 1739) though absent in a majority of witnesses (D¹ Ψ 0243 0278 33 1881 Ï lat sy bo). Although it is possible that longer reading was produced by overzealous scribes who wanted to underscore the frailty of creation, it is much more likely that the shorter reading was produced by scribes who wanted to conform the wording to that of Ps 102:26 (101:27 LXX), which here lacks the second “like a garment.” Both external and internal considerations decidedly favor the longer reading, and point to the author of Hebrews as the one underscoring the difference between the Son and creation.

sn The phrase like a garment here is not part of the original OT text (see tc note above); for this reason it has been printed in normal type.

² sn A quotation from Ps 102:25-27.

³ sn A quotation from Ps 95:11.

⁴ tn Grk “although the works,” continuing the previous reference to God. The referent (God) is specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Or “have fallen away.”

⁶ tn Or “while”; Grk “crucifying…and holding.” The Greek participles here (“crucifying…and holding”) can be understood as either causal (“since”) or temporal (“while”).

⁷ tn Grk “recrucifying the son of God for themselves.”

⁸ tn Or “the priesthood.”

⁹ tn Grk “from their brothers.” See BDAG 18-19 s.v. ἀδελφός 2.b.

¹⁰ tn Grk “have come from the loins of Abraham.”

¹¹ tn Grk “they will not teach, each one his fellow citizen…” The Greek makes this negation emphatic: “they will certainly not teach.”

¹² tn Grk “from the small to the great.”

¹³ tn Grk “now.”

¹⁴ tn Or “as ones who will give an account”; Grk “as giving an account.”

¹⁵ tn Grk “that they may do this.”