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 6:8
Context6:8 But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is useless and about to be cursed; 3 its fate is to be burned.
Hebrews 11:3
Context11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds 4 were set in order at God’s command, 5 so that the visible has its origin in the invisible. 6
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 tn Grk “near to a curse.”
4 tn Grk “ages.” The temporal (ages) came to be used of the spatial (what exists in those time periods). See Heb 1:2 for same usage.
5 tn Grk “by God’s word.”
6 sn The Greek phrasing emphasizes this point by negating the opposite: “so that what is seen did not come into being from things that are visible.”
