Verse 5
Every true Christian has tasted the Word of God and found it to be good to some extent. The original readers had also tasted the powers (lit. miracles) of the coming messianic age. They had observed the apostles perform miracles (cf. Hebrews 2:4). The five events listed in Hebrews 6:4-5 view salvation as involving different aspects; they do not present a succession of salvific events. [Note: Philip E. Hughes, "Hebrews 6:4-6 and the Peril of Apostasy," Westminster Theological Journal 35 (1973):143.]
"Together, the clauses describe vividly the reality of the experience of personal salvation enjoyed by the Christians addressed." [Note: Lane, p. 141.]
"The warnings are clearly not addressed to nominal Christians, but to those who have shared, as fully as it is possible to share in the present time, in the blessings which accompany and follow entry into the Christian life (Hebrews 6:4 f.)." [Note: Ellingworth, p. 75.]
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