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Hebrews 2:2
2For if the word which was spoken by angels was firm, and every transgression and disobedience received just retribution,
Hebrews 2:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
- New International Version (NIV)For since the message spoken through angels was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment,
- English Standard Version (ESV)For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution,
- New King James Version (NKJV)For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward,
Context of Hebrews 2:2
1For this reason we should give heed more abundantly to the things [we have] heard, lest in any way we should slip away. For if the word which was spoken by angels was firm, and every transgression and disobedience received just retribution, 3how shall we escape if we have been negligent of so great salvation, which, having had its commencement in being spoken [of] by the Lord, has been confirmed to us by those who have heard; 4God bearing, besides, witness with [them] to [it], both by signs and wonders, and various acts of power, and distributions of [the] Holy Spirit, according to his will?
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Εἰ γὰρ ὁ δι᾽ ἀγγέλων λαληθεὶς λόγος ἐγένετο βέβαιος, καὶ πᾶσα παράβασις καὶ παρακοὴ ἔλαβεν ἔνδικον μισθαποδοσίαν,Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Hebrews 2:2
- Deuteronomy 32:2My doctrine shall drop as rain, My speech flow down as dew, As small rain upon the tender herb, And as showers on the grass.
- Psalms 68:17The chariots of God are twenty thousand, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them: it is a Sinai in holiness.
- Acts 7:53who have received the law as ordained by [the] ministry of angels, and have not kept [it].
- Galatians 3:19Why then the law? It was added for the sake of transgressions, until the seed came to whom the promise was made, ordained through angels in [the] hand of a mediator.
- Hebrews 10:28Any one that has disregarded Moses' law dies without mercy on [the testimony of] two or three witnesses:
- Exodus 32:27And he said to them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Put every man his sword upon his hip; go and return from gate to gate through the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his friend, and every man his neighbour.
- Leviticus 10:1And the sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, took each of them his censer, and put fire in it, and put incense on it, and presented strange fire before Jehovah, which he had not commanded them.
- Leviticus 24:14Lead the reviler outside the camp; and all that heard [him] shall lay their hands upon his head, and the whole assembly shall stone him.
- Numbers 11:33The flesh was yet between their teeth, before it was chewed, when the wrath of Jehovah was kindled against the people, and Jehovah smote the people with a very great plague.
- Numbers 14:28Say unto them, As surely as I live, saith Jehovah, if I do not do unto you as ye have spoken in mine ears!
- Numbers 15:30But the soul that doeth ought with a high hand, whether born in the land, or a stranger, he reproacheth Jehovah; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
- Numbers 16:31And it came to pass when he had ended speaking all these words, that the ground clave apart that was under them.
- Numbers 20:11And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his staff smote the rock twice, and much water came out, and the assembly drank, and their beasts.
- Numbers 21:6Then Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, which bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
- Numbers 25:9And those that died in the plague were twenty-four thousand.
- Deuteronomy 4:3Your eyes have seen what Jehovah did because of Baal-Peor; for all the men that followed Baal-Peor, Jehovah thy God hath destroyed them from among you;
Commentaries on Hebrews 2:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2If the word spoken by angels - The law, (according to some), which was delivered by the mediation of angels, God frequently employing these to communicate his will to men. See Acts 7:53; and Galatians 3:19. But the apostle probably means those particular messages which God sent by angels, as in the case of Lot, Genesis 19:, and such like. Was steadfast - Was so confirmed by the Divine authority, and so strict, that it would not tolerate any offense, but…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2For if the word spoken by angels - The revelation in the Old Testament. It was indeed given by Yahweh, but it was the common opinion of the Hebrews that it was by the ministry of angels; see Acts 7:38, Acts 7:53 notes, and Galatians 3:19 note, where this point is fully considered. As Paul was discoursing here of the superiority of the Redeemer to the angels, it was to the point to refer to the fact that the Law had been given by the ministry of angels…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2According to Jewish tradition, God gave the law on Mount Sinai through angelss (see Acts 7:38; Galatians 3:19). Breaking the law led to punishment (see Exodus 22:19; Leviticus 20:10; Numbers 35:16–21). The punishment could not be escaped (see Proverbs 1:24–31; Jeremiah 11:11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. (Compare He 2:3.) Argument a fortiori. spoken by angels--the Mosaic law spoken by the ministration of angels (De 33:2; Psa 68:17; Ac 7:53; Ga 3:19). When it is said, Ex 20:1, "God spake," it is meant He spake by angels as His mouthpiece, or at least angels repeating in unison with His voice the words of the Decalogue; whereas the Gospel was first spoken by the Lord alone. was steadfast--Greek, "was made steadfast," or "confirmed": was enforced by…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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