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Verse Hebrews 2:2. _IF THE WORD SPOKEN BY ANGELS_] The _law_,
(according to some,) which was delivered by the _mediation of angels_,
God frequently employing these to communicate his will to men. See...
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FOR IF THE WORD SPOKEN BY ANGELS - The revelation in the Old
Testament. It was indeed given by Yahweh, but it was the common
opinion of the Hebrews that it was by the ministry of angels; see Acts
7:38...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD AND His GLORY
CHAPTER 1-2:4
_ 1. The Son in whom God hath spoken (Hebrews 1:1)_
2. So much better than the angels (Hebrews 1:5)
3. Admonition and...
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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...
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For the first time the writer discloses the practical aim which gives
force and meaning to his theological argument. Christian men ought to
realise the grandeur of their calling, and to hold fast to t...
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We must, therefore, with very special intensity pay attention to the
things that we have heard. For, if the word which was spoken through
the medium of the angels proved itself to be certified as vali...
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THE SALVATION WE DARE NOT NEGLECT (Hebrews 2:1-4)...
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WORD. Greek. _logos._ App-121.
SPOKEN. Greek. _laleo_. App-121.
STEDFAST. Greek. _bebaios._ See Romans 4:16. Compare Hebrews 2:3.
TRANSGRESSION. Greek. _parabasis._ See Romans 2:23. C
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_For_ An argument _a minori ad majus_, of which indeed the whole
Epistle is a specimen. It was the commonest form assumed by the
Rabbinic interpretation of Scripture, and was the first of the seven
ex...
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A SOLEMN WARNING AND EXHORTATION...
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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...
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ΕἸ ΓΆΡ. An argument _a minori ad majus_, of which indeed the
whole Epistle is a specimen. It was the commonest form assumed by the
Rabbinic interpretation of Scripture and was the first of the seven
e...
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_HOW SHALL WE ESCAPE IF WE NEGLECT SO GREAT SALVATION -- HEBREWS
2:1-4:_ We must give the more earnest heed to the things which we have
heard because Jehovah made them available. We must give the more...
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ΛΑΛΗΘΕΊΣ _aor. pass. part. от_ ΛΑΛΈΩ (G2980)
говорить. Subst. part., "то, что было
сказано". Относится к закону Моисея,
данному через ангелов (Weiss; _см._ Galatians
3:19; Acts 7:38).
ΈΓΈΝΕΤΟ _aor. i...
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FOR, IF THE WORD SPOKEN BY ANGELS— See Acts 7:53. Galatians 3:19 If
the law was given by _angels_ to _Moses,_ (though the _Logos_
undoubtedly presided among them and over them, on that solemn
occasion...
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_Hence, we see the certainty of punishment to those who neglect God's
revelation through His Son._
_TEXT_
Hebrews 2:1-4
Hebrews 2:1 Therefore we ought to give more earnest heed to the things
that we...
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CHRIST SUPERIOR TO ANGELS.
(Hebrews 2:1-4)
The title of this article is based upon the fact that the opening
verses of Hebrews 2 contains an exhortation based upon what has been
said in chapter 1. Th...
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For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every
transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
(Compare Hebrews 2:3) Argument a fortiori.
SPOKEN BY ANGELS - the Mosa...
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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...
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2:2 was (q-10) That is, was so when given; all is in the aorist here,
or a truth as to the past....
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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...
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SPOKEN BY ANGELS] RV 'through angels,' Angels were the mediators of
the Law: see Deuteronomy 33:2; Acts 7:53; Galatians 3:19.
WAS STEDFAST] RV' proved stedfast,' i.e. was authoritative while it
laste...
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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...
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II.
(1-4) These verses must be closely joined with the first chapter.
Before advancing to the next step in his argument, the writer pauses
to enforce the duty which results from what has been already...
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THE WORD SPOKEN BY ANGELS. — Or rather, _through angels_ (comp.
Hebrews 1:2): the word was God’s, but angels were the medium through
which it was given to men. In accordance with the tone of the whole...
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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....
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εἰ γὰρ ὁ διʼ ἀγγέλων λαληθεὶς
λόγος.… An _a fortiori_ argument derived from the notoriously
inevitable character of the punishment which overtook those who
disregarded the Law. “The word spoken throug...
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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...
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From this proved superiority of the Son to the angels the writer
deduces the warning that neglect of the salvation proclaimed by the
Lord Himself and attested by God in miracles and gifts of the Holy...
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THE AUTHOR OF OUR SALVATION
Hebrews 2:1
_ Drifting away_, Hebrews 2:1. The r.v. gives this solemn rendering.
Unless we watch, the strong currents of the world will drift us away
from God's great harb...
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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...
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GOD GIVES A JUST REWARD
The “word spoken through angels” is all of the Old Testament
revelation (Galatians 3:10; Acts 7:51:53). It can be considered
steadfast because God backed it up with His power....
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For if the (c) word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every
transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
(c) The Law which appointed punishment for the offenders: and which
P...
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_For if the word spoken by the Angels, &c. That is, if the law
delivered to Moses by Angels, became firm and was to be obeyed, and
the transgressors punished, how much more is this true of the new law...
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(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. (2) For
if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgre...
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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,...
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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...
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FOR IF THE WORD SPOKEN BY ANGELS WAS STEADFAST,.... This is a
description of the law, from whence the apostle argues to a stricter
regard to the Gospel, as from the lesser to the greater: this is
call...
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In these three verses the apostle follows on his exhortation, laid
down in that foregoing, and giveth many peculiar enforcements unto a
due compliance with it, as we shall see in our exposition of the...
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For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression
and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
Ver. 2. _For if the word, &c._] Moses' law, Galatians 3:19 .
_ Was stedf...
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HEB. 2:2. FOR IF THE WORD SPOKEN BY ANGELS WAS STEADFAST, AND EVERY
TRANSGRESSION AND DISOBEDIENCE RECEIVED A JUST RECOMPENSE OF REWARD;
This text is really part of the next and as such focuses Edwar...
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_For if the word spoken by angels_ The law delivered by their
ministry. It is nowhere affirmed that the law was _given_ by angels,
but that the people received it, εις διαταγας
αγγελων, _by the dispos...
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SPOKEN BY ANGELS; that is, by the ministration of angels. Acts 7:38;
Acts 7:53; GALATIANS 3:19.
WAS STEADFAST; firm, settled, established, and could not be violated
with impunity....
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FOR IF THE WORD SPOKEN BY ANGELS WAS STEADFAST, AND EVERY
TRANSGRESSION AND DISOBEDIENCE RECEIVED A JUST RECOMPENSE OF REWARD,...
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THE NEED OF CHEERFUL OBEDIENCE TO CHRIST.
The excellence of the Gospel-message:...
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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...
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1-4 Christ being proved to be superior to the angels, this doctrine
is applied. Our minds and memories are like a leaky vessel, they do
not, without much care, retain what is poured into them. This p...
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OLBGrk;
This and the following verse is a rational motive used by the Spirit
to enforce the foregoing duty, and shows the danger of their persons
by the neglect of it. FOR IF THE WORD SPOKEN BY ANGELS...
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Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV
and is appointed to afford an interval of rest to the souls of the
righteous, until the consummation of all things shall complete the
resurrection of all men with t...
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Hebrews 2:2 For G1063 if G1487 word G3056 spoken G2980 (G5685) through
G1223 angels G32 proved G1096 ...
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Hebrews 2:2. THE WORD SPOKEN BY (rather, through or in the midst of)
ANGELS. If the attendance of angels at the giving of the Law added
force and dignity to the precepts of that economy, how much grea...
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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...
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Hebrews 2:1-4. These verses are closely connected with the first
chapter, and scarcely less closely with the subsequent verses of the
second. It is characteristic of these warnings and exhortations th...
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FOR IF... PROVED STEADFAST
(ε γαρ... εγενετο βεβαιος). Condition of first
class, assumed as true.THROUGH ANGELS
(δι' αγγελων). Allusion to the use of angels by God at Sinai
as in Acts 7:38; Acts 7...
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TRANSGRESSION/DISOBEDIENCE
SIN
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
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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...
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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._
We have heard them; do not let us forget them. Let them no...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THE MESSAGE GIVEN BY ANGELS. This is the Law of Moses. See note on
Hebrews 1:4. Those who did things which the Law prohibited, or who
failed to do all that the Law commanded, were severely punished!...
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_Give the more earnest heed._
--This exhortation reveals the purpose of the foregoing comparison
between Christ and the angels. It is to establish Christ’s superior
claim to be heard when He speaks in...
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_The Word spoken by angels:_
THE MINISTRY OF ANGELS
in the delivery of the law is directly asserted by St.
Galatians 3:19), and by Stephen (Acts 7:53), as well as here. It was
an article of faith am...
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HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 2:2 The MESSAGE DECLARED BY ANGELS is the
Mosaic law (see Deuteronomy 33:2;...
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HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 2:1 This warning calls the reader to pay
heed to the greater salvation which was declared by the Lord himself,
attested by human eyewitnesses, and authenticated by God’s power....
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THE HIGHER RESPONSIBILITIES OF HIGHER REVELATIONS
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
THE rhetorical character of the epistle is indicated in the hortatory
passages that are so freely inserted. The exhor...
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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)...
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1 Corinthians 10:5; Acts 7:53; Deuteronomy 17:12; Deuteronomy 17:2;...
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The word spoken by angels [ο δ ι α γ γ ε λ λ ω ν λ α λ
η θ ε ι ς λ ο γ ο ς]. The Mosaic legislation which was
conveyed through the mediation of angels. Comp. Deuteronomy 33:2; Acts
7:38; Acts 7:53;...
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In giving the law, God spoke by angels; but in proclaiming the gospel,
by his Son. Steadfast — Firm and valid. Every transgression —
Commission of sin. Every disobedience — Omission of duty....
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The apostle having set forth the transcendant dignity of Christ's
person and office, and shown that he was. more excellent priest than
Aaron,. more excellent king than Melchizedek, hereupon he infers,...