New English Translation
Hebrews 13:8
8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever!
Hebrews 13:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
- New International Version (NIV)Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Context of Hebrews 13:8
6So we can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper, and I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?” 7Remember your leaders, who spoke God’s message to you; reflect on the outcome of their lives and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever! 9Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings. For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals, which have never benefited those who participated in them. 10We have an altar that those who serve in the tabernacle have no right to eat from.
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Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς ἐχθὲς καὶ σήμερον ὁ αὐτὸς καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Hebrews 13:8
- Hebrews 1:12and like a robe you will fold them up and like a garment they will be changed, but you are the same and your years will never run out.”
- Psalms 90:2Even before the mountains came into existence, or you brought the world into being, you were the eternal God.
- Psalms 102:27But you remain; your years do not come to an end.
- Psalms 103:17But the Lord continually shows loyal love to his faithful followers, and is faithful to their descendants,
- Isaiah 41:4Who acts and carries out decrees? Who summons the successive generations from the beginning? I, the Lord, am present at the very beginning, and at the very end – I am the one.
- Isaiah 44:6This is what the Lord, Israel’s king, says, their protector, the Lord who commands armies: “I am the first and I am the last, there is no God but me.
- Malachi 3:6“Since, I, the Lord, do not go back on my promises, you, sons of Jacob, have not perished.
- John 8:56Your father Abraham was overjoyed to see my day, and he saw it and was glad.”
- James 1:17All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change.
- Revelation 1:4From John, to the seven churches that are in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from “he who is,” and who was, and who is still to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne,
Commentaries on Hebrews 13:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Jesus Christ the same yesterday - In all past times there was no way to the holiest but through the blood of Jesus, either actually shed, or significantly typified. To-day - he is the lamb newly slain, and continues to appear in the presence of God for us. For ever - to the conclusion of time, he will be the way, the truth, and the life, none coming to the Father but through him; and throughout eternity, , it will appear that all glorified human spirits…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Jesus Christ the same yesterday - As this stands in our common translation, it conveys an idea which is not in the original. It would seem to mean that Jesus Christ, the unchangeable Saviour, was the end or aim of the conduct of those referred to, or that they lived to imitate and glorify him. But this is by no means the meaning in the original. There it stands as an absolute proposition, that “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever;”…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-15Verses 7-15 The instructions and examples of ministers, who honourably and comfortably closed their testimony, should be particularly remembered by survivors. And though their ministers were some dead, others dying, yet the great Head and High Priest of the church, the Bishop of their souls, ever lives, and is ever the same. Christ is the same in the Old Testament day. as in the gospel day, and will be so to his people for ever, equally merciful…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Even though the community faced new challenges, Jesus Christ remains the same, and his good news does not change. yesterday: Jesus was the Father's agent in creation (Hebrews 1:2, 10). today: Jesus sits at the Father's right hand (1:13; 7:26–28; 10:12). He will rule the universe forever (1:8, 10–12).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. This verse is not, as some read it, in apposition with "the end of their conversation" (He 13:7), but forms the transition. "Jesus Christ, yesterday and to-day (is) the same, and (shall be the same) unto the ages (that is, unto all ages)." The Jesus Christ (the full name being given, to mark with affectionate solemnity both His person and His office) who supported your spiritual rulers through life even unto their end "yesterday" (in times past), being…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Hebrews 13
- 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
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