Discovery BoxHebrews 2:2 
Context2:2 For if the message spoken through angels 1 proved to be so firm that every violation 2 or disobedience received its just penalty,
Hebrews 2:5
ContextExposition of Psalm 8: Jesus and the Destiny of Humanity
2:5 For he did not put the world to come, 3 about which we are speaking, 4 under the control of angels.
1 sn The message spoken through angels refers to the OT law, which according to Jewish tradition was mediated to Moses through angels (cf. Deut 33:2; Ps 68:17-18; Acts 7:38, 53; Gal 3:19; and Jub. 1:27, 29; Josephus, Ant. 15.5.3 [15.136]).
2 tn Grk “through angels became valid and every violation.”
3 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.
