¹ tn Grk “God bearing witness together” (the phrase “with them” is implied).

² tn Grk “and distributions of the Holy Spirit.”

³ tn Grk “let us fear.”

⁴ sn A quotation from Gen 2:2.

⁵ sn Honor refers here to the honor of the high priesthood.

⁶ tn Grk “by himself, on his own.”

⁷ tn Grk “being called by God.”

⁸ tn Grk “in which.”

⁹ tn Or “immutable” (here and in v. 18); Grk “the unchangeableness of his purpose.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “to whom,” continuing the description of Melchizedek. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

¹¹ tn Or “a tenth part.”

¹² sn A quotation from Gen 14:20.

¹³ tn Grk “first being interpreted,” describing Melchizedek.

¹⁴ sn A quotation from Deut 32:35.

¹⁵ sn A quotation from Deut 32:36.

¹⁶ tn Here “received the promises” refers to the pledges themselves, not to the things God promised.

¹⁷ tn Grk “he was offering up.” The tense of this verb indicates the attempt or readiness to sacrifice Isaac without the actual completion of the deed.

¹⁸ tn Grk “worshiped on the top of his staff,” a quotation from Gen 47:31 (LXX).

¹⁹ tn Grk “the abuse [or ‘reproach’] of Christ.”

²⁰ tn Grk “he was looking away to.”

²¹ tn Grk “that there not be any,” continuing from v. 15.

²² sn An allusion to Gen 27:34-41.

²³ sn A quotation from Hag 2:6.

²⁴ tc Some mss (C P Ψ 6 629* 630 1505 pm latt sy^h) read ὑμῖν (Jumin, “in you”) here, but ἡμῖν (Jhmin) has stronger external support (Ì⁴⁶ א A D^vid K 0243 0285 33 81 104 326 365 629^c 1175 1739 1881 pm sy^p co). It is also more likely that ἡμῖν would have been changed to ὑμῖν in light of the “you” which occurs at the beginning of the verse than vice versa.

²⁵ tc ‡ Most mss (א A [C*] 0243 0285 33 1739 1881 Ï latt) include the words “and ever” here, but the shorter reading (supported by Ì⁴⁶ C³ D Ψ 6 104 365 1505 al) is preferred on internal grounds. It seemed more likely that scribes would assimilate the wording to the common NT doxological expression “for ever and ever,” found especially in the Apocalypse (cf., e.g., 1 Tim 1:17; 2 Tim 4:18; Rev 4:9; 22:5) than to the “forever” of Heb 13:8. Nevertheless, a decision is difficult here. NA²⁷ places the phrase in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.