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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 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, so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to me?” 7Remember your leaders who taught you the word of God. Think of all the good that has come from their lives, and follow the example of their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. 9So do not be attracted by strange, new ideas. Your strength comes from God’s grace, not from rules about food, which don’t help those who follow them. 10We have an altar from which the priests in 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 1:12You will fold them up like a cloak and discard them like old clothing. But you are always the same; you will live forever.”
- Psalms 90:2Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and the world, from beginning to end, you are God.
- Psalms 102:27But you are always the same; you will live forever.
- Psalms 103:17But the love of the Lord remains forever with those who fear him. His salvation extends to the children’s children
- Isaiah 41:4Who has done such mighty deeds, summoning each new generation from the beginning of time? It is I, the Lord, the First and the Last. I alone am he.”
- Isaiah 44:6This is what the Lord says—Israel’s King and Redeemer, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies: “I am the First and the Last; there is no other God.
- Malachi 3:6“I am the Lord, and I do not change. That is why you descendants of Jacob are not already destroyed.
- John 8:56Your father Abraham rejoiced as he looked forward to my coming. He saw it and was glad.”
- James 1:17Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow.
- Revelation 1:4This letter is from John to the seven churches in the province of Asia. Grace and peace to you from the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come; from the sevenfold Spirit 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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