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Hebrews 2:4
4At the same time, God also testified by signs and wonders, various miracles, and distributions of gifts from the Holy Spirit according to his will.
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 through angels was legally binding and every transgression and disobedience received a just punishment, 3how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation had its beginning when it was spoken of by the Lord, and it was confirmed to us by those who heard him. At the same time, God also testified by signs and wonders, various miracles, and distributions of gifts from the Holy Spirit according to his will. 5For he has not subjected to angels the world to come that we are talking about. 6But someone somewhere has testified: What is man that you remember him, or the son of man that you care for him?
Read all of Hebrews 2Hebrews 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
Words taken from the KJV.
- God alsoὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- God alsoθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- bearingσυνεπιμαρτυρέωsunepimartureō · to testify withG4901
- bothτεte · and/bothG5037
- with signsσημεῖονsēmeion · signG4592
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- wondersτέραςteras · wondersG5059
- with diversποικίλοςpoikilos · variousG4164
- miraclesδύναμιςdunamis · powerG1411
- giftsμερισμόςmerismos · divisionG3311
- of theπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
- Holyἅγιοςhagios · holyG40
- according toκατάkata · according toG2596
- his ownαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- willθέλησιςthelēsis · willG2308
Cross-references for Hebrews 2:4
- Mark 16:20And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word by the accompanying signs.]
- John 15:26“When the Counselor comes, the one I will send to you from the Father — the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father — he will testify about me.
- Acts 2:32“God has raised this Jesus; we are all witnesses of this.
- Acts 3:15You killed the source of life, whom God raised from the dead; we are witnesses of this.
- Acts 4:10let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified and whom God raised from the dead — by him this man is standing here before you healthy.
- Acts 14:3So they stayed there a long time and spoke boldly for the Lord, who testified to the message of his grace by enabling them to do signs and wonders.
- Acts 19:11God was performing extraordinary miracles by Paul’s hands,
- Romans 15:18For I would not dare say anything except what Christ has accomplished through me by word and deed for the obedience of the Gentiles,
- 1 Corinthians 12:4Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit.
- Ephesians 4:8For it says: When he ascended on high, he took the captives captive; he gave gifts to people.
- Daniel 4:35All the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing, and he does what he wants with the army of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth. There is no one who can block his hand or say to him, “What have you done?”
- Ephesians 1:5He predestined us to be adopted as sons through Jesus Christ for himself, 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
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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
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