Hebrews 2:4

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

2After all, the message that the angels brought was reliable, and every violation and act of disobedience was properly punished. 3So how will we escape punishment if we reject the important message, the message that God saved us? First, the Lord told this saving message. Then those who heard him confirmed that message. God verified what they said through miraculous signs, amazing things, other powerful acts, and with other gifts from the Holy Spirit as he wanted. 5He didn’t put the world that will come (about which we are talking) under the angels’ control. 6Instead, someone has declared this somewhere in Scripture: “What is a mortal that you should remember him, or the Son of Man that you take care of him?

Hebrews 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 16:20The disciples spread ⌞the Good News⌟ everywhere. The Lord worked with them. He confirmed his word by the miraculous signs that accompanied it.
• John 15:26“The helper whom I will send to you from the Father will come. This helper, the Spirit of Truth who comes from the Father, will declare the truth about me.
• Acts 2:32“God brought this man Jesus back to life. We are all witnesses to that.
• Acts 3:15and you killed the source of life. But God brought him back to life, and we are witnesses to that.
• Acts 4:10You and all the people of Israel must understand that this man stands in your presence with a healthy body because of the power of Jesus Christ from Nazareth. You crucified Jesus Christ, but God has brought him back to life.
• Acts 14:3Paul and Barnabas stayed in the city of Iconium for a long time. They spoke boldly about the Lord, who confirmed their message about his good will by having them perform miracles and do amazing things.
• Acts 19:11God worked unusual miracles through Paul.
• Romans 15:18I’m bold enough to tell you only what Christ has done through me to bring people who are not Jewish to obedience. By what I have said and done,
• 1 Corinthians 12:4There are different spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit gives them.
• Ephesians 4:8That’s why the Scriptures say: “When he went to the highest place, he took captive those who had captured us and gave gifts to people.”
• Daniel 4:35Everyone who lives on earth is nothing compared to him. He does whatever he wishes with the army of heaven and with those who live on earth. There is no one who can oppose him or ask him, “What are you doing?”
• Ephesians 1:5Because of his love he had already decided to adopt us through Jesus Christ. He freely chose to do this

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

Topics related to Hebrews 2:4

• Holy Spirit
• Miracles

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Holy Ghost
• Bondage
• Heed
• Neglect
• Recompense
• Reconciliation
• Taste
• Congregation

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