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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 2:5-9

The apostle, having made this serious application of the doctrine of the personal excellency of Christ above the angels, now returns to that pleasant subject again, and pursues it further (Heb. 2:5): For to the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak. I. Here the apostle lays down a negative proposition, including a positive one?That the state of the gospel-church, which is here called the world to come, is not subjected to the angels, but under the special... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 2:5-9

2:5-9 It was not to angels that he subjected the order of things to come of which we are speaking. Somewhere in scripture someone bears this witness to that fact: "What is man that you remember him? Or the son of man that you visit him? For a little time you made him lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honour; you set him over the work of your hands; you subjected all things beneath his feet." The fact that all things have been subjected to him means that nothing has been... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 2:9

But we see Jesus ,.... Not with bodily eyes, but with the eyes of the mind, and understanding; that he is Jesus, as the Syriac version reads; and that he is designed in the above words; and that he has all things made subject unto him; and that he was humbled, and now exalted, as follows: who was made a little lower than the angels ; in his state of humiliation; See Gill on Hebrews 2:7 . for the suffering of death : this clause may be considered either as connected with the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 2:9

Should taste death for every man - In consequence of the fall of Adam, the whole human race became sinful in their nature, and in their practice added transgression to sinfulness of disposition, and thus became exposed to endless perdition. To redeem them Jesus Christ took on him the nature of man, and suffered the penalty due to their sins. It was a custom in ancient times to take off criminals by making them drink a cup of poison. Socrates was adjudged to drink a cup of the juice of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 2:9

Verse 9 9.But we see Jesus, etc. As the meaning of the words , βραχύ τι “a little” is ambiguous, (36) he looks to the thing itself, as exhibited in the person of Christ, rather then to the exact meaning of the words, as I have already said; and he presents to our meditation the glory after the resurrection, which David extends to all the gifts by which man is adorned by God’s bounty; but in this embellishment, which leaves the literal sense entire, there is nothing unsuitable or improper. For... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 2:5-9

The royalty of man. The apostle, in beginning to touch upon the humiliation and death of Christ, shows that these arrangements brought him no dishonor. God had subordinated the new dispensation, not to angels, but to man ( Hebrews 2:5 ); and human nature, restored in Christ to its imperial dignity, is destined to ultimate exaltation above angelic nature. I. MAN 'S NATIVE SOVEREIGNTY . The writer cites, in illustration of this, the testimony of Psalms 8:1-9 . ( Psalms 8:6-8 ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 2:5-9

The Divine destiny for man. "For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection," etc. The writer now resumes the subject of the exaltation of the Son of God over the holy angels. He proceeds to show that in that human nature in which he suffered death, he is raised to supreme glory and authority, and that man also is exalted in and through him. Notice— I. THE DESTINY FOR WHICH MAN WAS CREATED . In certain aspects of his being man seems to be an insignificant creature, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 2:5-9

The human nature of our Lord foreshadowed and his sovereignty over all things realized through his sufferings and death. The author pursues his argument, which is to show the indisputable superiority of our Lord to the angels, unto whom the kingdom of grace is not made subject. In the quotation from the eighth psalm there is declared the condescension and goodness of God towards man in appointing him to be the lord and ruler of creation. When Jehovah pronounced the blessing upon Noah and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 2:5-10

The dignity of human nature shows that the Incarnation was not degrading to the Godhead. The apostle proceeds with his argument broken off at end of the first chapter. The first chapter deals with the Deity of Christ; the second with his humanity; thus the Epistle is based on the fact of the dual nature of our Lord. Having spoken of the Godhead of Christ, he has to meet the objection which presented itself with great force to the Hebrews. Why should this glorious Being stoop to the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 2:8-9

The seen present as a ground of confidence in the unseen future. The confidence of one who believes in Messianic prophecy is that all things are as good as subjected to the Christ because God has declared this as his design. What we see is greatly short of subjection, and the subjected part we fail to see; we cannot rest our eyes upon it properly, because their attention is distracted by the sight of so much defiance, rebellion, and attempt at self-government in the far greater part of... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 2:5-9

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 2:5-9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 2:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 2:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 2:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 2:5-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 2:5-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 2:5-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 2:5-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 2:8-9

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