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Hebrews 2:15
15and might set free all those who through fear of death through the whole of their life were subject to bondage.
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
13And again, I will trust in him. And again, Behold, I and the children which God has given me. 14Since therefore the children partake of blood and flesh, he also, in like manner, took part in the same, that through death he might annul him who has the might of death, that is, the devil; and might set free all those who through fear of death through the whole of their life were subject to bondage. 16For he does not indeed take hold of angels [by the hand], but he takes hold of the seed of Abraham. 17Wherefore it behoved him in all things to be made like to [his] brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people;
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καὶ ἀπαλλάξῃ τούτους ὅσοι φόβῳ θανάτου διὰ παντὸς τοῦ ζῆν ἔνοχοι ἦσαν δουλείας.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Hebrews 2:15
- Job 33:21His flesh is consumed away from view, and his bones that were not seen stick out;
- Psalms 33:19To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
- Psalms 56:13For thou hast delivered my soul from death; [wilt thou] not [keep] my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
- Psalms 89:48What man liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.
- Luke 1:74to give us, that, saved out of the hand of our enemies, we should serve him without fear
- 2 Corinthians 1:10who has delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver; in whom we confide that he will also yet deliver;
- Job 18:11Terrors make him afraid on every side, and chase him at his footsteps.
- Job 24:17For the morning is to them all [as] the shadow of death; for they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death.
- Psalms 55:4My heart is writhing within me, and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
- Psalms 73:19How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors.
- 1 Corinthians 15:50But this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit God's kingdom, nor does corruption inherit incorruptibility.
- Romans 8:15For ye have not received a spirit of bondage again for fear, but ye have received a spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
- Galatians 4:21Tell me, ye who are desirous of being under law, do ye not listen to the law?
- 2 Timothy 1:7For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power, and of love, and of wise discretion.
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
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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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