Scofield's Bible Commentary
Hebrews 2:14
took part
The word translated, "took part" is not the same as the translated, "partakers," but implies taking part in something outside one's self.
took part
The word translated, "took part" is not the same as the translated, "partakers," but implies taking part in something outside one's self.
Verse 14. _THE CHILDREN ARE PARTAKERS OF FLESH AND BLOOD_] Since those children of God, who have fallen and are to be redeemed, are _human beings_; in order to be qualified to redeem them by sufferin...
FORASMUCH THEN - Since; or because. AS THE CHILDREN - Those who were to become the adopted children of God; or who were to sustain that relation to him. ARE PARTAKERS OF FLESH AND BLOOD - Have a huma...
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)...
FLESH AND BLOOD. The texts read "blood and flesh". In _Hebrews_ flesh is never used in the moral sense of Romans 7:18, but always of natural body. HE, &C. = Himself also. LIKEWISE. Greek. _paraplesio...
A fuller statement of the moral fitness of Christ's participation in human sufferings 14. _are partakers of flesh and blood_ Rather, "have shared (and do share) in blood and flesh," i.e. are human. T...
A FULLER STATEMENT OF THE MORAL FITNESS OF CHRIST’S PARTICIPATION IN HUMAN SUFFERINGS...
ΑἽΜΑΤΟΣ ΚΑῚ ΣΑΡΚΌΣ. This less usual sequence is supported by אABCDEM. 14. ΚΕΚΟΙΝΏΝΗΚΕΝ, “_have shared_ (and do share) _in blood and flesh_,” i.e. are human. They are all inheritors of this common mys...
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...
_HOW TOUCHED WE SHOULD BE BY THE SUFFERING OF THE SAVIOUR -- HEBREWS 2:10-15:_ The Hebrew writer refers to Jesus with many wonderful terms. Among then, he calls Him "the captain of our salvation." (He...
ΈΠΕΊ (G1893) так как. ΠΑΙΔΊΑ _pl._ (4086) дети (_см._ Hebrews 2:13). Это относится к мужчинам и женщинам, существам из плоти и крови (Bruce), ΚΕΚΟΙΝΏΝΗΚΕΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΚΟΙΝΩΝΈΩ (G2841) разде...
DISCOURSE: 2276 THE ENDS OF CHRIST’S INCARNATION Hebrews 2:14. _Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he...
FOR IT BECAME HIM, &C.— Very different are the explanations given of this passage; that which appears to me the plainest and most just, is as follows: Hebrews 2:10. "Such has been the conduct of God i...
_The necessity of Christ's becoming a human being in order to accomplish this: Hebrews 2:10-18_. a. _To demonstrate His power over Satan: Hebrews 2:10-15_. _TEXT_ Hebrews 2:10-15
CHRIST SUPERIOR TO ANGELS. (Hebrews 2:14-16) The closing verses of Hebrews 2 are so rich and full in their contents and the subjects with which they deal are of such importance that we feel the more...
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devi...
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...
2:14 partake (o-5) _ Koinoneo_ . that is, they are in that condition, as their common lot. manner, (p-14) 'In like manner' is strictly 'near to,' as Philippians 2:27 , 'close to.' in (q-17) There is...
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...
DESTROY] RV 'bring to nought,' i.e. render powerless. Death and the devil still exist, but their power is broken. THE POWER OF DEATH] Death being the direct consequence of sin (Romans 5:12; Romans 6:2...
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...
FORASMUCH THEN... — The two members of this verse directly recall the thoughts of Hebrews 2:10; Hebrews 2:9. (1) It was the will of God that salvation should be won by the Son for sons; (2) this salva...
(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...
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...
This saving brotherhood involved incarnation and death. For, as it has ever been the common lot of the παιδία to live under the conditions imposed by flesh and blood, subject to inevitable dissolution...
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...
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...
“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...
THE MAN WHO CONQUERED DEATH In 2:13, the writer quotes from Isaiah 8:17-18. Jesus was a man, as the first quote would indicate. As such, He put His trust in God. The second verse indicates Christ and...
Forasmuch then as the children are (x) partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the (y) power of death, that is, t...
_That, through death, he might destroy the power of him who had the empire of death, who, by tempting men to sin, had made them slaves to him and to eternal death; so that they lived always slaves to...
(14) Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the...
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,...
14._Forasmuch then as the children, etc._, or, _since then the children, etc. _This is an inference from the foregoing; and at the same time a fuller reason is given than what has been hitherto stated...
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...
FORASMUCH THEN AS THE CHILDREN ARE PARTAKERS OF FLESH AND BLOOD,.... By the children are meant, not the children of this world, or the men of it; nor the children of the flesh, or Abraham's natural se...
The union of Christ and the children, in their relation unto one common root and participation of the same nature, being asserted, the apostle proceeds to declare the ends, use, and necessity of that...
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil...
HEB. 2:14. FORASMUCH THEN AS THE CHILDREN ARE PARTAKERS OF FLESH AND BLOOD, HE ALSO HIMSELF LIKEWISE TOOK PART OF THE SAME; THAT THROUGH DEATH HE MIGHT DESTROY HIM THAT HAD THE POWER OF DEATH, THAT IS...
_Forasmuch then as the children_ Believers, who are Christ's spiritual seed; _are partakers of flesh and blood_ Of human nature with all its infirmities; _he also took part of the same_ See on Philipp...
THE CHILDREN; in allusion to the words just quoted: "Behold, I and the children which God hath given me." THROUGH DEATH-DESTROY; for it was through death that Jesus conquered and spoiled the prince of...
THE DELIVERANCE EFFECTED BY CHRIST. Hebrews 2:14...
Forasmuch, then, as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also Himself likewise took part of the same, that through death He might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the dev...
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; FORASMUCH THEN AS THE CHILDREN ARE PARTAKERS OF FLESH AND BLOOD: the Spirit having proved the children and brethren sanctified by Christ to be men, proceeds to prove, that the Sanctifier of th...
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book III Perish, then, the savage beasts whose food is blood! For it is unlawful for men, whose body is nothing but flesh elaborated of blood, to touch blood. For...
Hebrews 2:14 Inasmuch G1893 then G3767 children G3813 partaken G2841 (G5758) flesh G4561 and G2532 blood G129 He...
Hebrews 2:14. HE HIMSELF LIKEWISE. The Greek word here is not easily rendered. It implies great likeness without absolute identity; very closely like, and absolutely like so far as flesh and blood are...
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...
ARE SHARERS IN FLESH AND BLOOD (κεκοινωνηκεν αιματος κα σαρκος). The best MSS. read "blood and flesh." The verb is perfect active indicative of κοινωνεω, old verb with the regular genitive, elsewhe...
Hebrews 2:14 In Bondage to the Fear of Death. I. There is no real ambiguity in the passage before us, though it may appear so at the first glance, in the use of the word _death._Our Lord is said, by...
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._ We have heard them; do not let us forget them. Let them no...
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...
JESUS HIMSELF. As mankind are all people of flesh and blood, Jesus the Logos shared the human nature that we all have in common. HE DID SO. He took flesh and blood, to destroy the Devil by means of hi...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 2:14 A human Savior was necessary, because human beings (CHILDREN) need a sacrifice that bears God’s wrath and turns it to favor (see note on v. 17). They also need a sympathet...
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...
_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)...
1 Corinthians 15:50; 1 Corinthians 15:54; 1 Corinthians 15:55; 1 John 3:8;...
The children [τ α π α ι δ ι α]. Children of men, the subjects of Christ's redemption. Are partakers of flesh and blood [κ ε κ ο ι ν ω ν η κ ε ν α ι μ α τ ο ς κ α ι σ α ρ κ ο ς]. For kekoinwnhken see...
Since then these children partake of flesh and blood — Of human nature with all its infirmities. He also in like manner took part of the same; that through his own death he might destroy the tyranny o...
Does the devil have the power of death or does God? PROBLEM: The writer of Hebrews speaks here about Christ’s coming so “that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, th...
Observe here, 1. The reality of Christ's assuming the human nature asserted: AS THE CHILDREN ARE PARTAKERS OF FLESH AND BLOOD, HE ALSO HIMSELF LIKEWISE TOOK PART OF THE SAME. Which is in effect the sa...