Discovery BoxHebrews 4:14 
Context4:14 Therefore since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.
Hebrews 5:11
Context5:11 On this topic we have much to say 1 and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish 2 in hearing.
Hebrews 8:4
Context8:4 Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer 3 the gifts prescribed by the law.
Hebrews 8:6
Context8:6 But 4 now Jesus 5 has obtained a superior ministry, since 6 the covenant that he mediates is also better and is enacted 7 on better promises. 8
Hebrews 9:17
Context9:17 For a will takes effect only at death, since it carries no force while the one who made it is alive.
Hebrews 10:2
Context10:2 For otherwise would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers would have been purified once for all and so have 9 no further consciousness of sin?
Hebrews 12:28
Context12:28 So since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us give thanks, and through this let us offer worship pleasing to God in devotion and awe.
1 tn Grk “concerning which the message for us is great.”
2 tn Or “dull.”
3 tn Grk “there are those who offer.”
4 sn The Greek text indicates a contrast between vv. 4-5 and v. 6 that is difficult to render in English: Jesus’ status in the old order of priests (vv. 4-5) versus his superior ministry (v. 6).
5 tn Grk “he”; in the translation the referent (Jesus) has been specified for clarity.
6 tn Grk “to the degree that.”
7 tn Grk “which is enacted.”
8 sn This linkage of the change in priesthood with a change in the law or the covenant goes back to Heb 7:12, 22 and is picked up again in Heb 9:6-15 and 10:1-18.
9 tn Grk “the worshipers, having been purified once for all, would have.”
