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?
• 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?
• New Living Translation (NLT)And God confirmed the message by giving signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit whenever he chose.

Context of Hebrews 2:4

2For since the message spoken through angels was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment, 3how shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation? This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him. God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will. 5It is not to angels that he has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking. 6But there is a place where someone has testified: “What is mankind that you are mindful of them, a son of man that you care for 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 16:20Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it.
• John 15:26“When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me.
• Acts 2:32God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it.
• Acts 3:15You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this.
• Acts 4:10then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.
• Acts 14:3So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who confirmed the message of his grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.
• Acts 19:11God did extraordinary miracles through Paul,
• Romans 15:18I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done—
• 1 Corinthians 12:4There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them.
• Ephesians 4:8This is why it says: “When he ascended on high, he took many captives and gave gifts to his people.”
• Daniel 4:35All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or say to him: “What have you done?”
• Ephesians 1:5he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and 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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• God
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• Holy Ghost
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• 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