Hebrews 2:8

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 2:8

‘For in that he subjected all things to him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we see not yet all things subjected to him.’ Indeed God did not intend to withhold anything from man. He intended to give him all, He would have omitted nothing. His purpose was to subject ‘all things’ to him. Man on earth was to be ‘lord of all’. Nothing was to be left which was not subject to him. And that was how it was in the beginning. Man was lord over all creation. But through his folly man... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 2:1-18

Hebrews 1:5 to Hebrews 2:18 . The Son is Superior to the Angels.— For this theme the way has been prepared in the closing words of Hebrews 1:14. The section may possibly be directed against angel-worship, which in some churches, as we know from Colossians, was encroaching on the faith in Christ. More probably the writer’ s aim is simply to enforce the supremacy of Christ as compared with even the highest of created beings. In Hebrews 1:5-2 Chronicles : he collects a number of Scripture texts... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 2:5-18

Hebrews 2:5-Job : . Resuming his argument, the writer deals with the objection that Christ cannot be ranked above the angels in view of His earthly humiliation. This objection is answered by conclusions drawn from Psalms 8:4-Joshua : *. Christ was indeed made lower than the angels, but for the purpose that He should rise to the sovereign place. Only by His suffering and death could He be fitted for His supreme work as High Priest and Saviour. The angels had no authority over that higher... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 2:8

Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet; the impartial, righteous Jehovah the Father, is the relation in the Trinity, spoken of in the relative Thou, throughout these verses. He is God’s King; for his personal worth and excellencies, preferred before principalities and powers, and every name; before all persons, things, and places, the world to come as well as this: all angels, as well as men; all creatures wherever, in heaven, earth, sea, or hell; are under his sovereign... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Hebrews 2:5-18

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESHebrews 2:5. World to come.—The new dispensation. Rabbinical teaching was divided under two heads: (1) hâ‘ôlâm hazzeh (the present world), and (2) hâ‘ôlâm habbâ (the world to come). The period referred to in this verse is that which succeeds the exaltation of Christ. But the word used by the writer strictly means “the inhabited earth.”Hebrews 2:6. The writer brings this quotation from the 8th Psalm to show that man is recognised as inferior to angels. This he admits... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Hebrews 2:5-10

Hebrews 2:5-10 Consider: I. What it is that the Son of man, humbling Himself for us, hath endured. There are two expressions used to suffer death and to taste death. Let us remember that between Jesus, as He was in Himself and death, there subsisted no connection. In Him Satan could find nothing. Death had no personal or direct relation unto Him. The Lord Jesus Christ, the Prince of Life, of His own power and will, laid down His life. The death of the Lord Jesus in this respect is different... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Hebrews 2:8-9

Hebrews 2:8-9 Manhood crowned in Jesus. The text brings before us a threefold sight. I. Look around us. "We see not yet all things put under man." Where are the men of whom any portion of the Psalmist's words is true? "All are yours and ye are Christ's." If so, what are most of us but servants, not lords, of earth and its goods? We fasten our very lives on them; we tremble at the bare thought of losing them; we give our best efforts to get them we say to the fine gold, "Thou art my confidence."... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Hebrews 2:6-8

DISCOURSE: 2274CHRIST’S SUPERIORITY TO ANGELSHebrews 2:6-8. One in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him? Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands: thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet.OUR blessed Lord has said, “Search the Scriptures; for they are they which testify of me.” Hence it appears, that the... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 2:1-18

Hebrews 2:1 . We ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard. The things relating to the glory of the person of Christ, and all his offices as mediator; these we ought to study, to weigh them in our minds, and see the old testament full of Christ, the Redeemer, the Angel of the covenant, the God of Bethel; for the Saviour of the patriarchs is our Saviour. Lest at any time, whether through prosperity or persecution, we should let them slip, or let the image... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Hebrews 2:8

8 Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him. Ver. 8. Under his feet ] It is not said, under his hands, but under his feet: 1. That he may trample upon them with his feet, and not dote upon them with his heart. 2. That by them, as by a step or stirrup, he may raise his heart to things above. A sanctified fancy can make every creature a ladder... read more

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