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 7:21
Context7:21 but Jesus 4 did so 5 with a sworn affirmation by the one who said to him, “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest forever’” 6 –
Hebrews 13:20
ContextBenediction and Conclusion
13:20 Now may the God of peace who by the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus Christ,
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 Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn The words “did so” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.
6 sn A quotation from Ps 110:4 (see Heb 5:6, 6:20, and 7:17).
