Hebrews 3:2

Hebrews 3:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.
• New International Version (NIV)He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.
• English Standard Version (ESV)who was faithful to him who appointed him, just as Moses also was faithful in all God's house.
• New King James Version (NKJV)who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was faithful in all His house.

Context of Hebrews 3:2

1Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, even Jesus; who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also was Moses in all his house. 3For he hath been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by so much as he that built the house hath more honour than the house. 4For every house is builded by some one; but he that built all things is God.

Hebrews 3:2 word by word

πιστὸν ὄντα τῷ ποιήσαντι αὐτὸν ὡς καὶ Μωϋσῆς ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ.Read the interlinear

• whoὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• faithfulπιστόςpistos · faithfulG4103
• toκαίkai · andG2532
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• appointedποιέωpoieō · to do/make: appointG4160
• asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• MosesΜωϋσῆς, ΜωσῆςMōseus Mōsēs Mōusēs · MosesG3475
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• allὅλοςholos · allG3650
• houseοἶκοςoikos · house: householdG3624

Cross-references for Hebrews 3:2

• Hebrews 2:17Wherefore it behoved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
• John 6:38For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
• John 7:18He that speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
• John 8:29And he that sent me is with me; he hath not left me alone; for I do always the things that are pleasing to him.
• John 15:10If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
• John 17:4I glorified thee on the earth, having accomplished the work which thou hast given me to do.
• 1 Samuel 12:6And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that appointed Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
• Hebrews 3:5And Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken;
• Numbers 12:7My servant Moses is not so; he is faithful in all mine house:
• Deuteronomy 4:5Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the midst of the land whither ye go in to possess it.
• 1 Timothy 1:12I thank him that enabled me, even Christ Jesus our Lord, for that he counted me faithful, appointing me to his service;
• Hebrews 3:6but Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end.
• Ephesians 2:22in whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.
• 1 Timothy 3:15but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

Commentaries on Hebrews 3:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Who was faithful to him - In Numbers 12:7, God gives this testimony to Moses: My servant Moses - is faithful in all my house; and to this testimony the apostle alludes. House not only means the place where a family dwells, but also the family itself. The whole congregation of Israel was the house or family of God, and God is represented as dwelling among them; and Moses was his steward, and was faithful in the discharge of his office; strictly enforcing…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Who was faithful - see the note, Hebrews 2:17. He performed with fidelity all the functions entrusted to him. To him that appointed him - Margin, “made.” The word “made,” however, is used in the sense of constituted, or appointed. The meaning is, that he was faithful to God. Perhaps Paul urges on them the necessity of considering “his fidelity” in order to keep “them” from the danger of apostasy. A leading object of this Epistle was to preserve those whom…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Jesus was loyal to God and the mission given to him by the Father (Hebrews 5:7–10; 12:1–3; Philippians 2:5–11), just like Moses was (Numbers 12:7). Many Jews in the first century saw Moses as the greatest person in history, even more important than angels.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. He first notes the feature of resemblance between Moses and Christ, in order to conciliate the Hebrew Christians whom He addressed, and who still entertained a very high opinion of Moses; he afterwards brings forward Christ's superiority to Moses. Who was faithful--The Greek implies also that He still is faithful, namely, as our mediating High Priest, faithful to the trust God has assigned Him (He 2:17). So Moses in God's house (Nu 12:7). appointed…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 3:2

• Call
• House
• Jesus Continued
• Minister, Christian
• Obedience
• Types

In the dictionaries

• Moses
• Apostle
• Unbelief
• Author
• Congregation
• Faint
• Faithful; Faithfulness
• Hebrews, Epistle to the
• Lord's Supper; (eucharist)
• Mark

Commentaries on Hebrews 3

• 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