Discovery BoxHebrews 2:9 
Context2:9 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 11:4
Context11:4 By faith Abel offered God a greater sacrifice than Cain, and through his faith 4 he was commended as righteous, because God commended him for his offerings. And through his faith 5 he still speaks, though he is dead.
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 Or “through his sacrifice”; Grk “through which.”
5 tn Or “through his sacrifice”; Grk “through it.”
