Hebrews 2:4

Hebrews 2:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
• New International Version (NIV)God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.
• English Standard Version (ESV)while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.
• New King James Version (NKJV)God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?

Context of Hebrews 2:4

2For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment, 3how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him, and was affirmed by God through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will. 5For it is not to angels that He has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking. 6But somewhere it is testified in these words: “What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

Hebrews 2:4 word by word

συνεπιμαρτυροῦντος τοῦ θεοῦ σημείοις τε καὶ τέρασιν καὶ ποικίλαις δυνάμεσιν καὶ πνεύματος ἁγίου μερισμοῖς κατὰ τὴν αὐτοῦ θέλησιν.Read the interlinear

• was affirmedσυνεπιμαρτυρέωsunepimartureō · to testify withG4901
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• by Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• throughτεte · and/bothG5037
• signsσημεῖονsēmeion · signG4592
• ·καίkai · andG2532
• wondersτέραςteras · wondersG5059
• variousποικίλοςpoikilos · variousG4164
• miraclesδύναμιςdunamis · powerG1411
• of the Holyἅγιοςhagios · holyG40
• Spiritπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
• distributedμερισμόςmerismos · divisionG3311
• according toκατάkata · according toG2596
• Hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• willθέλησιςthelēsis · willG2308

Cross-references for Hebrews 2:4

• Mark 16:20And they went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked through them, confirming His word by the signs that accompanied it.
• John 15:26When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.
• Acts 2:32God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.
• Acts 3:15You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of this fact.
• Acts 4:10then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.
• Acts 14:3So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who affirmed the message of His grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.
• Acts 19:11God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,
• Romans 15:18I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,
• 1 Corinthians 12:4There are different gifts, but the same Spirit.
• Ephesians 4:8This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”
• Daniel 4:35All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”
• Ephesians 1:5He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,

Commentaries on Hebrews 2:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4God also bearing them witness - He did not leave the confirmation of these great truths to the testimony of men; he bore his own testimony to them by signs, wonders, various miracles, and distributions of the Holy Ghost, ' . And all these were proved to come from himself; for no man could do those miracles at his own pleasure, but the power to work them was given according to God's own will; or rather, God himself wrought them, in order to accredit the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4God also bearing them witness - By miracles. Giving them the sanction of his authority, or showing that they were sent by him. No man can work a miracle by his own power. When the dead are raised, the deaf made to hear and the blind to see by a word, it is the power of God alone that does it. He thus becomes a “witness” to the divine appointment of him by whose instrumentality the miracle is performed; or furnishes an attestation that what he says is…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4affirmed by God: God himself proved the truth of Christ's message and his followers. He provided signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit (see Acts 2:22; Romans 15:19; 2 Corinthians 12:12).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. them--rather, "God also [as well as Christ, He 2:3] bearing witness to it," &c., joining in attestation of it." signs and wonders--performed by Christ and His apostles. "Signs" and miracles, or other facts regarded as proofs of a divine mission; "wonders" are miracles viewed as prodigies, causing astonishment (Ac 2:22, 33); "powers" are miracles viewed as evidences of superhuman power. divers miracles--Greek, "varied (miraculous) powers" (2Co 12:12)…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 2:4

• Holy Spirit
• Miracles

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• God
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• Holy Ghost
• Bondage
• Heed
• Neglect
• Recompense
• Reconciliation
• Taste
• Congregation

Commentaries on Hebrews 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings