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

2For if the word spoken through angels proved unalterable, and every violation and act of disobedience received a just punishment, 3how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? After it was at first spoken through the Lord, it was confirmed to us by those who heard, God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders, and by various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit according to His own will. 5For He did not subject to angels the world to come, about which we are speaking. 6But someone has testified somewhere, saying, “What is man, that You think of him? Or a son of man, that You are concerned about 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

• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• also testifyingμαρτυρέωmartureō · to testifyG3140
• with them, bothτεte · and/bothG5037
• signsσημεῖονsēmeion · signG4592
• and wondersτέραςteras · wondersG5059
• variousποικίλοςpoikilos · variousG4164
• miraclesδύναμιςdunamis · powerG1411
• giftsμερισμόςmerismos · divisionG3311
• of the Holyἅγιοςhagios · holyG40
• Spiritπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
• accordingκατάkata · according toG2596
• to His own 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 signs that followed.]] [[And they promptly reported all these instructions to Peter and his companions. And after that, Jesus Himself also sent out through them from east to west the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation.]]
• John 15:26“When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, namely, the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father, He will testify about Me,
• Acts 2:32It is this Jesus whom God raised up, a fact to which we are all witnesses.
• Acts 3:15but put to death the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, a fact to which we are witnesses.
• Acts 4:10let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead--by this name this man stands here before you in good health.
• Acts 14:3Therefore they spent a long time there speaking boldly with reliance upon the Lord, who was testifying to the word of His grace, granting that signs and wonders be performed by their hands.
• Acts 19:11God was performing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,
• Romans 15:18For I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me, resulting in the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed,
• 1 Corinthians 12:4Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit.
• Ephesians 4:8Therefore it says, “When He ascended on high, He led captive the captives, And He gave gifts to people.”
• Daniel 4:35All the inhabitants of the earth are of no account, But He does according to His will among the army of heaven And among the inhabitants of earth; And no one can fend off His hand Or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’
• Ephesians 1:5He predestined us to adoption as sons and daughters through Jesus Christ to 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

Topics related to Hebrews 2:4

• Holy Spirit
• Miracles

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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