Questions tagged [hebrews]
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πάθημα vs πάσχω regarding suffering
Heb 2:10 and Heb 5:8 translate both of these words as a form of suffering. What significance is there between these two words? Are they differing types of suffering, such as physical vs emotional? Or ...
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What promise did Paul and New Testement believers receive that others did not?
Hebrews Ch.11:39
And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, obtained
not the promise
What is this promise Paul is speaking of?
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Does Romans' use of ἀπολύτρωσις (redemption) indicate something different from the LXX's use of λύτρωσις?
In Paul's preaching of the Gospel, he states believers have redemption:
Romans 3:21-26 (ESV):
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hilasterion as a mercy seat
Many have attempted to say that the hilasterion is a 'mercy seat' but the word ilios does not mean 'mercy'. That word is eleos. Strong 1656. What does this Ilios mean and how does it differ from ...
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"willful sin" and forgiveness
Hebrews 10:26 speaks of willfully sinning after knowing grace and forgiveness. I suppose this the same as "backsliding". Is there no hope for the back slider who goes back to their sin, ...
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Hebrews 8:12 - Does God actually forget?
Hebrews 8:12
For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
Does this verse indicate that recall of certain items becomes impossible in ...
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Who are then therefore truly Jews according to Romans 2:28,29
Under the Old Covenant (or Old Testament, same difference) one had to be of a certain bloodline from Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Judah and/or Benjamin (and possibly Levi) to fall under the category Jew, ...
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Why is Bilhah referred to as Jacob's wife in one passage and his concubine in another? can the hebrew be tranlsated it as woman and not wife
Why is Bilhah referred to as Jacob's wife in one passage and his concubine in another? can the hebrew be tranlsated as woman and not wife?
Genesis 30:4 (NIV)
So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a ...
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Does Hebrews 9:26 indicate when Jesus first appeared?
Hebrews 9:26
for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of ...
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What does "gifts" mean in Hebrews 8:4?
Hebrews 8:4-5 ESV
4 Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, since there are priests who offer gifts according to the law. 5 They serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things. For ...
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How does "eulogon/blessing" Hebrews 6:14 compare with "makarios/blessed" Luke 14:15?
Hebrews 6:13-14 [NKJV; my emphasis].
"For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, saying, 'Surely blessing I will bless you, and ...
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Contradiction between Hebrews 10:37 & Matthew 25:5?
For just a little longer and he who is coming will arrive and not delay.
(Hebrews 10:37 NET)
Does this passage suggest that the author of Hebrews saw Christ as coming soon? Given that Jesus ...
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How in the world was Sarah a woman of faith? Did she believe after Isaac was born?
A. Hebrews 11:11 (ESV) says, "By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered Him faithful who had promised."
This sounds as if Sarah ...
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On what basis do some translations render hypostasis in Hebrews 1:3 as "substance?"
According to Hebrews 1:3, the Son is a “representation” (NASB) of God’s hypostasis.
When the letter to the Hebrews was written, hypostasis and ousia had pretty well the same meaning; both meant a ...
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Could these passages be viewed as corollary referring to “Logos”? [closed]
John 1:1-3
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that ...
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Hebrews 13:5 quotes God saying he would never leave nor forsake us. Where is the original quote?
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with
such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor
forsake thee. (Hebrews 13:5, KJV)
The text indicates that God ...
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How to understand John 1:1 in light of Hebrews 7:3?
John 1:1 KJV
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any ...
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How are Old Testament saints made perfect through NT ones?
Hebrews 11:39-40 NASB
And all these, having gained approval through their faith, did not receive what was promised, because God had provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would ...
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How to reconcile Sarah’s faith in Hebrews 11 with her laugh in Genesis 18?
Hebrews 11:11 NASB
“By faith even Sarah herself received ability to conceive, even beyond the proper time of life, since she considered Him faithful who had promised.”
How do we reconcile Sarah‘s ...
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Meaning of Hebrews 10:33
“But remember the former days, when, after being enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings, partly by being made a public spectacle through reproaches and tribulations, and partly by ...
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What does “sinning willfully” mean in Hebrews 10:26?
Hebrews 10:26-27 NASB
“For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a terrifying expectation of judgment and the ...
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What is the hope set before us in Hebrews 6:18-20?
Hebrews 6:18-20 NASB (emphasis mine):
so that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope ...
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What prayers of Jesus did the Father answer in Hebrews 5:7?
“In the days of His flesh, He offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His piety.”
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Sanctified or being sanctified Hebrew 10:14
Focusing purely on the Greek grammar is it saying those who are being sanctified or those who are sanctified?
μια γαρ προσφορα τετελειωκεν εις το διηνεκες τους αγιαζομενους
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How does entering God’s rest keep us from falling?
Hebrews 4:11 NASB
“Therefore let us be diligent to enter that rest, so that no one will fall, through following the same example of disobedience.”
How does entering God’s rest, specifically, keep ...
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Was the sacrifice of Hebrews 9:7 preventative?
Hebrews 9 compares the annual sacrifice of the high priest (v. 7) to the greater, one-time sacrifice of Jesus (vv. 11-14). In verse 7, the writer states (NKJV, emphasis mine):
But into the second ...
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Who is Hebrews 2:10 referring to?
Hebrews 2:10 NASB
For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings.
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What was Jesus afraid of? [duplicate]
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Matthew 10:28 KJV
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Is Hebrews 10:28 talking about the past or present
I read a few translations of Hebrews 10:28, some translate as present perfect, and some translate as past.
A man who has gone against the law of Moses is put to death without pity on the word of two ...
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Is Jesus God's apostle? [closed]
We can read in
John 3:17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the
world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
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Hebrews 3:1: Therefore, holy ...
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Is the "faith" of Hebrews 12:2 referring to the faith of "all" of us, or "each" of us?
Hebrews 12:2, in part:
[ESV] looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith
[NIV] fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith
[KJV] Looking unto Jesus the author and ...
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When did God started speaking to us through His son according to Hebrews 1:2?
Hebrews 1:1-2 WEB
God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of ...
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Psalms 8:3-6 - has this been manipulated by Paul to imply it relates to Jesus?
Psalms speak in general terms about the Glory of God. How has Paul come to the conclusion that this relates to Jesus?
Psalm 8:3-6
3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon ...
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Why does the book of Proverbs portray a negative bias towards surety?
KJV Proverbs 6:1
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
KJV Proverbs 17:18
A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the ...
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How do trinitarians manage the contradiction of Heb 11:3? [closed]
By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word (rhēmati) of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.
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Meaning of katabole (G2602) in Heb. 11:11
In doing a word study of katabole in the Septuagint, it will be seen that it is used in its verb form and is translated overthrow and cast down(2Sam. 20.15;Job.16.9,14;Ez. 26,4,9,12;29. 5;30. 22;Dan. ...
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How did God forgive sins, without dealing with the guilt of the the past sins in their conscience
Heb 10:1 BSB For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to ...
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In Hebrews 13:3 is the author referring to a particular group?
KJV Hebrews 13 : 3
Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
In the above text we are encouraged to remember/pray ...
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What is Heb 11:27 telling us about Moses 'seeing'?
Moses, depending on the translation offered, saw the invisible God.
By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he persevered, as though seeing Him who is unseen. Heb 11:27 NASB
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Hebrews 1:3 What is the Relationship Between Jesus and The Word of His Power?
Hebrews 1:3 Smith's Literal Translation
Who being the brightness of glory, and the figure of his foundation, and bearing all things by the word of his power, having made by himself the purification ...
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Willful sin and apostasy (Hebrews 10:26)
NOTE: I understand that people have asked about Hebrews 10:26 on this forum. My question is very specific and to my knowledge has not been addressed. Please don't refer me to others who are not asking ...
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What does the word "gar" (for/because) indicate in Hebrews 11:6?
Hebrews 11:6 (NIV)
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
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Hebrews 10:5-7 - distorted quotation? [duplicate]
Hebrews 10:5-7 contains a quotation from Psalm 40 from the Septuagint that greatly varies from Masoretic version that is present in our bibles today:
“So when he came into the world, he said, “...
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Is the Greek word "pragmaton" as used in Hebrews 11:1 referring to a thing done, an action, deed?
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. [Hebrews 11:1 KJV]
Is the Greek word "pragmaton" as used in Hebrews 11:1 referring to a thing done, an ...
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What is the difference between the Greek words "pragma" and "pragmaton" [closed]
In Hebrews 11:1 the word πραγμάτων (pragmaton) is used:
Ἔστιν δὲ πίστις ἐλπιζομένων ὑπόστασις, πραγμάτων ἔλεγχος οὐ βλεπομένων.
"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction ...
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Remission of Sins: How Can Mark 1:4, etc be reconciled with Hebrews 9:22?
The gospels of Mark and Luke both portray John the Baptist's ministry as being done "for the remission of sins":
John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of
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The New Covenant Prophecy
Regarding (Hebrews 8:10); when God puts his Law in the mind and writes it in the heart... is this prophecy referring to the discernment inside (Matthew 7:12)?
In everything, therefore, treat people ...
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Heir of all things …
Hebrews 1:1-2: God, who [a]at various times and in various ways spoke
in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2 has in these last days
spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all
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How do we reconcile Aaron’s eternal priesthood with Jesus’ priesthood?
Q: How do we reconcile these verses?
“You shall anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may
minister to Me as priests; for their anointing shall surely be an
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How should we understand the ongoing nature of Jesus' intercession? Heb 7:25-27
Heb 7:25-27 (NASB, emphasis added)
25Therefore he is also able to save forever those who come to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them. 26For it was fitting for us to ...
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