Hebrews 4:14

Hebrews 4:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
• New International Version (NIV)Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
• New Living Translation (NLT)So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe.

Context of Hebrews 4:14

12For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account. Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. 16Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Hebrews 4:14 word by word

Ἔχοντες οὖν ἀρχιερέα μέγαν διεληλυθότα τοὺς οὐρανούς, Ἰησοῦν τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ, κρατῶμεν τῆς ὁμολογίας.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Seeing thenοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• that we haveἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• aἀρχιερεύςarchiereus · high-priestG749
• greatμέγαςmegas · greatG3173
• that is passed intoδιέρχομαιdierchomai · to pass throughG1330
• the heavensὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the heavensοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• the Sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• let us hold fastκρατέωkrateō · to grasp/seizeG2902
• professionὁμολογίαhomologia · confessionG3671

Cross-references for Hebrews 4:14

• Hebrews 2:17Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
• Hebrews 3:1Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession,
• Hebrews 3:5Now Moses was faithful in all God's house as a servant, to testify to the things that were to be spoken later,
• Hebrews 1:3He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
• Hebrews 6:20where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
• Hebrews 7:25Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
• Hebrews 8:1Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,
• Hebrews 9:12he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.
• Hebrews 10:12But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God,
• Hebrews 12:2looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
• Mark 16:19So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
• Luke 24:51While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven.
• Acts 1:11and said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven."
• Acts 3:21whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago.
• Romans 8:34Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.
• Hebrews 1:2but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.

Commentaries on Hebrews 4:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Seeing then that we have a great high priest - It is contended, and very properly, that the particle , which we translate seeing, as if what followed was an immediate inference from what the apostle had been speaking, should be translated now; for the apostle, though he had before mentioned Christ as the High Priest of our profession, Hebrews 3:1, and as the High Priest who made reconciliation for the sins of the people, Hebrews 2:17, does not attempt to…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Seeing then that we have a great high priest - The apostle here resumes the subject which had been slightly hinted at in Hebrews 2:17; Hebrews 3:1, and pursues it to the end of Luke 1:5 note; Matthew 26:3 note. The name “great high priest” would designate him who actually held the office, and was at the head of all the other priests; and the idea here is, not merely that the Lord Jesus was “a priest,” but that he was at the head of all: in the Christian…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-16Verses 11-16 Observe the end proposed: rest spiritual and eternal; the rest of grace here, and glory hereafter; in Christ on earth, with Christ in heaven. After due and diligent labour, sweet and satisfying rest shall follow; and labour now, will make that rest more pleasant when it comes. Let us labour, and quicken each other to be diligent in duty. The Holy Scriptures are the word of God. When God sets it home by his Spirit, it convinces powerfully…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14This verse sums up the message and challenge of Hebrews. Jesus, the Son of God, is our high priest and the reason to stay strong in the Christian faith. a great high priest: Israel’s high priest was the main leader in worship and the mediator between God and the people (see Exodus 31:10; Leviticus 4:3; 2 Kings 12:10; 2 Chronicles 26:20). who has passed through the heavens: Earthly high priests entered God’s presence in the Most Holy Place once a year on…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. Seeing then--Having, therefore; resuming He 2:17. great--as being "the Son of God, higher than the heavens" (He 7:26): the archetype and antitype of the legal high priest. passed into the heavens--rather, "passed through the heavens," namely, those which come between us and God, the aerial heaven, and that above the latter containing the heavenly bodies, the sun, moon, &c. These heavens were the veil which our High Priest passed through into the…Read the comment

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• Example
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• Naked

Commentaries on Hebrews 4

• 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
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings