New King James Version
Hebrews 13:8
8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, 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 Living Translation (NLT)Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Context of Hebrews 13:8
6So we may boldly say: “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?” 7Remember those who rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. 9Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them. 10We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat.
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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 1:12Like a cloak You will fold them up, And they will be changed. But You are the same, And Your years will not fail.”
- Psalms 90:2Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever You had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
- Psalms 102:27But You are the same, And Your years will have no end.
- Psalms 103:17But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting On those who fear Him, And His righteousness to children’s children,
- Isaiah 41:4Who has performed and done it, Calling the generations from the beginning? ‘I, the Lord, am the first; And with the last I am He.’ ”
- Isaiah 44:6“Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel, And his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: ‘I am the First and I am the Last; Besides Me there is no God.
- Malachi 3:6“For I am the Lord, I do not change; Therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob.
- John 8:56Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad.”
- James 1:17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
- Revelation 1:4John, to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is 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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