Verse 12
Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, In the midst of the congregation will I sing thy praise.
As proof of Christ's being unashamed of his brethren, the author here begins a series of three quotations from the Old Testament, this one from Psalms 22, which opens with the words, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" and which from New Testament times has been universally hailed as Messianic and as a detailed prophetic account of the crucifixion. The author of Psalms 22 is thought to be David who, as a type of Christ, came to his own throne through suffering which was followed by joyful fellowship. The second portion of the Psalm hails the triumph after rejection and sorrow (Psalms 22:22).
A choice of words by the author of Hebrews gives grounds for a very significant deduction, as pointed out by Bruce:
Our author uses the word [@ekklesia] for congregation (the Hebrew of Psalms 22:22 has [~qahal]). The employment of this word is a synonymous parallelism with "brethren" in a Christian context indicates that those whom the Son of God is pleased to call his brethren are the members of his church.[17]
The dramatic meaning of this will not be lost in the good and honest heart.
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