2:17 him (b-4) He speaks, I apprehend, historically; it was necessary for him to do this by the alleged reason, not his present judgment of divine necessity or purpose. 'Has behoved' would speak more of continuance. It behoved him when he became a man. It is what he became as man, not what he took on him.
Verse 17. _WHEREFORE IN ALL THINGS_] Because he thus _laid hold_ on man in order to redeem him, it was necessary that he should in all things become like to man, that he might suffer in his stead, and...
WHEREFORE IN ALL THINGS - In respect to his body; his soul; his rank and character. There was a propriety that he should be like them, and should partake of their nature. The meaning is, that there wa...
II. CHRIST, SON OF MAN, HIS GLORY AND HIS SALVATION CHAPTER 2:5-18 _ 1. The Man crowned with glory and honor (Hebrews 2:5)_ 2. His humiliation, suffering and the results (Hebrews 2:10) Hebrews 2:5...
HEBREWS 1:5 TO HEBREWS 2:18. THE SON IS SUPERIOR TO THE ANGELS. For this theme the way has been prepared in the closing words of Hebrews 1:14. The section may possibly be directed against angel-worshi...
Resuming his argument, the writer deals with the objection that Christ cannot be ranked above the angels in view of His earthly humiliation. This objection is answered by conclusions drawn from _Psalm...
For, in his work of bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting that he for whom everything exists and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of salvation fully adequate for his desti...
THE SALVATION WE DARE NOT NEGLECT (Hebrews 2:1-4)...
IN. according to, as in Hebrews 2:4. BE. become. FAITHFUL. Greek. _pistos_. App-150. HIGH PRIEST. Occurs very frequently in Gospels and Acts; seventeen times in Hebrews; and nowhere else after Acts...
_Wherefore_ The Greek word ὅθεν, "_whence_," common in this Epistle, does not occur once in St Paul, but is found in Acts 26:19, in a report of his speech, and in 1 John 2:18. _in all things_ These w...
CH. 2. A SOLEMN WARNING AND EXHORTATION (1–4). CHRIST’S TEMPORARY HUMILIATION FOR THE REDEMPTION AND GLORIFICATION OF MANKIND DOES NOT DISPARAGE HIS PRE-EMINENCE OVER ANGELS (5–13), BUT WAS NECESSARY...
A FULLER STATEMENT OF THE MORAL FITNESS OF CHRIST’S PARTICIPATION IN HUMAN SUFFERINGS...
ὍΘΕΝ. This word “_whence_,” common in this Epistle, does not occur once in St Paul, but is found in Acts 26:19, in a report of his speech, and in 1 John 2:18. ὬΦΕΙΛΕΝ. He was morally bound, stronger t...
_HOW THE SAVIOUR IS ABLE TO SUCCOR THOSE THAT ARE TEMPTED -- HEBREWS 2:16-18:_ Christ did not take upon himself the nature of angles because the angels sinned without a tempter. There was no one who s...
ΟΘΕΝ (G3606) отсюда, следовательно, посему. Это любимое слово автора данного послания (Riggenbach). ΏΦΕΙΛΕΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΟΦΕΊΛΩ (G3793) быть вынужденным ("надо"). Это слово часто обозначает м...
WHEREFORE IN ALL THINGS, &C.— In taking flesh and blood, in sufferings, in death; for the next clause, see Romans 8:3.Philippians 2:7. The following words may be rendered, _that he might be merciful,...
b. _It was necessary for Christ to become human in order to sympathise with men through experience. Hebrews 2:16-18_ _TEXT_ Hebrews 2:16-18 16 For verily not to angels doth He give help, but He giv...
CHRIST SUPERIOR TO ANGELS. (Hebrews 2:17, Hebrews 2:18) The verses which are now to be before us complete the second main division of the Epistle, in which the apostle has set forth the superiority o...
Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the...
11 The destruction of the earth and the heavens is but a crisis in their change (12), for they are not to be made non-existent, but created anew. All things are in a state of flux until the consummati...
JESUS EXALTED IN HUMILIATION 1-4. The former dispensation, even though mediated by comparatively inferior beings such as the angels, was yet so sacred that all neglect of it was severely punished. Th...
IN ALL THINGS] i.e. in participation of flesh and blood and experience of death. THAT HE MIGHT BE] Gk. 'might become.' Christ became High Priest when He offered His sacrifice, which He did by His deat...
HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN? HEBREWS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 2 JESUS IS SUPERIOR TO *ANGELS IN HIS MESSAGE 2:1-4 V1 That is why we must take in what we have heard. We must do this so that we do not...
(5-18) It was needful that Jesus, as Author of salvation to man, should in all points be made like to those whom He saves, and in their likeness suffer and die; thus He becomes for them a merciful and...
WHEREFORE. — Since it is “the seed of Abraham,” His brethren, that He would help. IN ALL THINGS. — These words must be taken with “made like.” In all respects (the single exception does not come into...
CHAPTER II THE SON AND THE ANGELS Hebrews 1:4 - Hebrews 2:18 The most dangerous and persistent error against which the theologians of the New Testament had to contend was the doctrine of emanations....
to Hebrews 2:18. _The Son and the Angels_. Hebrews 1:4, although forming part of the sentence 1 3, introduces a subject which continues to be more or less in view throughout chaps 1 and 2. The exaltat...
Having sufficiently brought out the permanence and sovereignty of the Son by contrasting them with the fleeting personality and ministerial function of angels, the author now proceeds to bring the sup...
The humiliation of the Son justified; “a condensed and pregnant view of the theory of the whole work of Christ, which subsequent Chapter s develop, eludicate, and justify dialectically, in contrast or...
ὅθεν [six times in this Epistle; not used by Paul, but _cf._ Acts 26:19] ‘wherefore,' because He makes the seed of Abraham the object of His saving work, ὤφειλεν, “He was under obligation”. ὀφείλω is...
“MADE LIKE UNTO HIS BRETHREN” Hebrews 2:10 _ Captain_ reminds us of Acts 3:15. It means _file-leader_. The Church follows its Leader, Jesus Christ, in single file through this world, the cross and th...
Here we have the first of a series of warnings uttered in connection with the arguments. If the ministrations of angels had been of so steadfast a character, how much more the speech of the Son. The d...
WHY DID JESUS COME TO EARTH? Jesus' purpose on earth was not to release angels from slavery, but man (2:16). Lightfoot says, "The entire thought is that He laid hold of men in order to help them out...
(16) Wherefore in (d) all things it behoved him to be made like unto [his] brethren, that he might be a (e) merciful and (f) faithful high priest in things [pertaining] to God, to make reconciliation...
_To be made like to his brethren in all things; (sin always excepted) i.e. to be tempted, to suffer, to die, that having the true nature of a suffering man, he might become a merciful high priest, fit...
(16) For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. (17) Wherefore in all things it behooved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merc...
The epistle to the Hebrews differs in some important respects from all those which have been before us; so much so that many have questioned whether it be the writing of the apostle Paul, of Apollos,...
17._Wherefore in all things it behooved him to be made like unto his brethren, _or, _to be like his brethren, etc. _In Christ’s human nature there are two things to be considered, the real flesh and t...
This is the reason why it is so much the more needful to hearken t the word spoken, in order that they should not let it pass away form life and memory. God had maintained the authority of the word th...
WHEREFORE IN ALL THINGS IT BEHOVED HIM TO BE MADE LIKE UNTO HIS BRETHREN,.... The adopted sons of God, who were brethren before Christ's incarnation, being from all eternity predestinated to the adopt...
Having declared the general reasons why the Son or Messiah was for a little while to be made lower than the angels, in his incarnation and sufferings, and showed the ends thereof, the apostle proceeds...
Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto _his_ brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things _pertaining_ to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of t...
HEB. 2:17-18. WHEREFORE IN ALL THINGS IT BEHOOVED HIM TO BE MADE LIKE UNTO (HIS) BRETHREN, THAT HE MIGHT BE A MERCIFUL AND FAITHFUL HIGH PRIEST IN THINGS (PERTAINING) TO GOD, TO MAKE RECONCILIATION F...
_Wherefore in all things_ That essentially pertain to our nature, and in all sufferings and temptations; _it behooved him_ In respect of the office, duty, and employment he had taken upon him; or it w...
IT BEHOOVED HIM; it was proper for him. HIS BRETHREN; of the human race. TO MAKE RECONCILIATION FOR THE SINS; more exactly, to make propitiation for the sins, which was the office of the Jewish high...
THE DELIVERANCE EFFECTED BY CHRIST. Hebrews 2:14...
WHEREFORE IN ALL THINGS IT BEHOOVED HIM TO BE MADE LIKE UNTO HIS BRETHREN, THAT HE MIGHT BE A MERCIFUL AND FAITHFUL HIGH PRIEST IN THINGS PERTAINING TO GOD, TO MAKE RECONCILIATION FOR THE SINS OF THE...
The first four verses of this chapter now press upon us the appropriate conclusions that must be drawn from so transcendent a revelation of the glory of God. "For this reason we should give heed more...
14-18 The angels fell, and remained without hope or help. Christ never designed to be the Saviour of the fallen angels, therefore he did not take their nature; and the nature of angels could not be a...
OLBGrk; IT BEHOVED HIM: the last reason why God the Son assumed and united the human nature in the seed of Abraham to his person, and was by it made like his brethren, and for a little while lower tha...
Hebrews 2:17 Therefore G3606 in G2596 things G3956 had G3784 (G5707) like G3666 (G5683) brethren G80 that...
Hebrews 2:17. IT BEHOVED HIM. The word expresses moral fitness and consequent obligation, as in Hebrews 5:3; Hebrews 5:12, based on the nature of His mediatorial work. IN ALL THINGS LIKE, _i.e_ all t...
DOCTRINAL HINTS. In this Epistle, as in the Gospel of John, the doctrine is based on the Divine nature of Christ, and on His incarnation. As in the Gospel (John 1:1-18) it is said that the Word was Go...
WHEREFORE (οθεν). Old relative adverb (ο and enclitic θεν, whence of place (Matthew 12:44), of source (1 John 2:18), of cause as here and often in Hebrews (Hebrews 3:1;...
RECONCILIATION (Greek, "hilaskomai", "propitiation"). (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:25). _...
Hebrews 2:11 I. The first truth which is brought before us in these verses is, that Jesus, who is not ashamed to call Himself brother, and us His brethren, is one with us. We who are sanctified by Him...
Hebrews 2:1. _Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip._ It is well to give heed to what you are now hearing, but i...
Hebrews 2:1. _Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip._ That is to say, because Jesus is so great, because the tru...
CONTENTS: Warning against neglecting so great a salvation. Earth to be put under Christ. Jesus temporarily lower than angels to work out salvation for man. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Satan...
Hebrews 2:1. _We ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard._ The things relating to the glory of the person of Christ, and all his offices as mediator; these we ought to st...
THIS MEANS. He had to share completely our human nature and experience. See Hebrews 4:15; Romans 8:3. WOULD BE FORGIVEN. See Hebrews 2:14. As High Priest, he offered the sacrifice of his own death so...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 2:5 Jesus is also superior to angels since, as Son of Man, the world is subjected to him, though this has yet to be fully revealed (vv. Hebrews 2:5). Jesus’ sacrificial sufferi...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 2:17 HAD TO BE. Unless Jesus became fully human in EVERY RESPECT (except for sin), he could not represent believers as their high priest. Jesus must be human in order to serve...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 2:5. WORLD TO COME.—The new dispensation. Rabbinical teaching was divided under two heads: (1) _hâ‘ôlâm hazzeh_ (the present world), and (2) _hâ‘ôlâm habbâ_ ...
EXPOSITION HEBREWS 2:1 INTERPOSED EXHORTATION as explained above. HEBREWS 2:1 ON THIS ACCOUNT (_i.e. _on account of what has been seen of the SON'S superiority to the angels)...
2 Chronicles 29:24; 2 Corinthians 5:18; Colossians 1:21; Daniel 9:24;...
Wherefore [ο θ ε ν]. o P. Often in Hebrews. In all things to be made like unto his brethren [κ α τ α π α ν τ α τ ο ι ς α δ ε λ φ ο ι ς ο μ ο ι ω θ η ν α ι]. Comp. Philippians 2:7, ejn oJmoiwmati ajnqr...
Wherefore it behoved him — It was highly fit and proper, yea, necessary, in order to his design of redeeming them. To be made in all things — That essentially pertain to human nature, and in all suffe...
Was it possible for Christ to have sinned? PROBLEM: The writer of Hebrews says that Christ “had to be made like His brethren in all things… For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffe...
In these two verses our apostle illustrates what he had taught before, and confirms his foregoing proposition concerning Christ's participating of flesh and blood, and acquaints us here with one speci...