Hebrews 2:15

Hebrews 2:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
• New International Version (NIV)and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

Context of Hebrews 2:15

13Again, I will trust in him. And again, Here I am with the children God gave me. 14Now since the children have flesh and blood in common, Jesus also shared in these, so that through his death he might destroy the one holding the power of death — that is, the devil — and free those who were held in slavery all their lives by the fear of death. 16For it is clear that he does not reach out to help angels, but to help Abraham’s offspring. 17Therefore, he had to be like his brothers and sisters in every way, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in matters pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.

Hebrews 2:15 word by word

καὶ ἀπαλλάξῃ τούτους ὅσοι φόβῳ θανάτου διὰ παντὸς τοῦ ζῆν ἔνοχοι ἦσαν δουλείας.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• deliverἀπαλλάσσωapallassō · to releaseG525
• themοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• whoὅσοςhosos · just as/how muchG3745
• through fearφόβοςphobos · fearG5401
• of deathθάνατοςthanatos · deathG2288
• wereεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• ·διάdia · through/because ofG1223
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• theirὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• lifetimeζάωzaō · to liveG2198
• subjectἔνοχοςenochos · liable forG1777
• to bondageδουλείαdouleia · slaveryG1397

Cross-references for Hebrews 2:15

• Job 33:21His flesh wastes away to nothing, and his unseen bones stick out.
• Psalms 33:19to rescue them from death and to keep them alive in famine.
• Psalms 56:13For you rescued me from death, even my feet from stumbling, to walk before God in the light of life.
• Psalms 89:48What courageous person can live and never see death? Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?Selah
• Luke 1:74having been rescued from the hand of our enemies, would serve him without fear
• 2 Corinthians 1:10He has delivered us from such a terrible death, and he will deliver us. We have put our hope in him that he will deliver us again
• Job 18:11Terrors frighten him on every side and harass him at every step.
• Job 24:17For the morning is like darkness to them. Surely they are familiar with the terrors of darkness!
• Psalms 55:4My heart shudders within me; terrors of death sweep over me.
• Psalms 73:19How suddenly they become a desolation! They come to an end, swept away by terrors.
• 1 Corinthians 15:50What I am saying, brothers and sisters, is this: Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor can corruption inherit incorruption.
• Romans 8:15For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear. Instead, you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father!”
• Galatians 4:21Tell me, you who want to be under the law, don’t you hear the law?
• 2 Timothy 1:7For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but one of power, love, and sound judgment.

Commentaries on Hebrews 2:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15And deliver them who through fear of death - It is very likely that the apostle has the Gentiles here principally in view. As they had no revelation, and no certainty of immortality, they were continually in bondage to the fear of death. They preferred life in any state, with the most grievous evils, to death, because they had no hope beyond the grave. But it is also true that all men naturally fear death; even those that have the fullest persuasion and…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15And deliver them - Not all of them “in fact,” though the way is open for all. This deliverance relates: (1) to the dread of death. He came to free them from that. (2) from death itself - that is, ultimately to bring them to a world where death shall be unknown. The dread of death may be removed by the work of Christ, and they who had been subject to constant alarms on account of it may be brought to look on it with calmness and peace; and ultimately they…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-18Verses 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 an atoning sacrifice for the sin of man. Here is a price paid, enough for all, and suitable to all, for it was in our nature. Here the wonderful love of God appeared, that, when Christ knew what he must suffer in our nature, and how he must die in it…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-15The death of the Son of God as a sacrifice for sin weakened the devil's power. It made the devil's power over death ineffective (1 Corinthians 15:56). Philo, a first-century Jewish philosopher, wrote that "nothing enslaves the mind like fearing death" (Philo, That Every Good Person Is Free 3.22). Through his sacrificial death, Christ freed those who were slaves to the fear of dying.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. fear of death--even before they had experienced its actual power. all their lifetime--Such a life can hardly be called life. subject to bondage--literally, "subjects of bondage"; not merely liable to it, but enthralled in it (compare Ro 8:15; Ga 5:1). Contrast with this bondage, the glory of the "sons" (He 2:10). "Bondage" is defined by Aristotle, "The living not as one chooses"; "liberty," "the living as one chooses." Christ by delivering us from the…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 2:15

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Death
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Righteous
• Salvation
• War

In the dictionaries

• Adoption
• Bondage
• Heed
• Neglect
• Recompense
• Reconciliation
• Taste
• Congregation
• Death
• Ebionism; Ebionites

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