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James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hebrews 2:10

For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.On this place, Westcott noted thatThe difficulties which at first sight beset the conception of a suffering Messiah vanish upon closer thought. For when we consider what is the relationship between the Son of man and men - the Son and the sons - what man's condition is and how he can be redeemed only through divine... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hebrews 2:11

For both he that sanctifieth and they that are sanctified are all of one; for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren.This is a further explanation of the fitness of Christ's death for people. Since the Son has taken upon him the form of human beings, and in that sense is one with them, he is not ashamed to call them brethren, even to the extent of partaking of all their sorrows and sufferings, even death itself. The sanctification spoken of here is on a higher level than is usually... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hebrews 2:12

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... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hebrews 2:13

And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold, I and the children whom God hath given me.This quotation from Isaiah 8:17ff shows the Old Testament basis for Christ's not being ashamed of his brethren, the Messianic import from the quotation being that the Messiah shall not be glorified alone, but in conjunction with his spiritual "children," synonymous with "brethren." This use of the term "children," thus making disciples to be the sons of Christ, although the term is not so used... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 2:1

Hebrews 2:1. Lest at any time we should let them slip.— The word Παραρρυωμεν, rendered, we should let them slip, signifies properly, we should fall off, or fall away; namely, from the true religion, and saving grace. In the LXX this verb answers to the Hebrew לז lez, to decline,—depart, Pro 3:21 where what in the Hebrew is, let them not depart from thine eyes, that version renders Μη παραρρυης, decline not, or fall not off from them; the translators applying that to the person, which the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 2:2

Hebrews 2:2. For, if the word spoken by angels— See Acts 7:53. Gal 3:19 If the law was given by angels to Moses, (though the Logos undoubtedly presided among them and over them, on that solemn occasion,) but what was delivered to us was given by the Son himself; if, in the one case, he made use of his ministers to give his commands, but, in the other, he acts himself inperson; how forcible is the apostle's argument, that we ought to give the greater heed to what is delivered by the greatest... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 2:3

Hebrews 2:3. How shall we escape, &c.!— The Jews had no reason to imagine that God would remit the punishments threatened in the law, if they resolved to adhere to it, and would not embrace the condition of faith in Christ which was offered to them: for the law had never been repealed, but continued in its original force; nor would disuse make it of no force, if the Lawmaker would put it into execution. By salvation here is understood, the doctrine of salvation;—the gospel, which of course... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 2:5

Hebrews 2:5. For unto the angels— "Angels, as I told you, are only ministering spirits; and though the law was given by them, yet in the present dispensation they have nothing to do in dispensing the gospel: for it is the Son of God, the Lord of all things, to whom is reserved the sole dominion over, and direction of the present dispensation; and who is the giver of that salvation of which we speak, and not angels, to whom we are not subjected." read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 2:6-9

Hebrews 2:6-9. But one in a certain place, &c.— "Nor think it strange, that a man should be invested with such extraordinary power; for as the Psalmist says of manin general, that he is Lord of all the creation; that, low and mean, and helpless in ten thousand instances, as he seems to be, yet all things are in general subject to him: this, I say, is now literally and eminently true in the case of Jesus Christ, the God-man. What is man, says the Psalmist, that thou art mindful of him; or... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 2:10-15

Hebrews 2:10-15. For it became him, &c.— Very different are the explanations given of this passage; that which appears to me the plainest and most just, is as follows: Hebrews 2:10. "Such has been the conduct of God in the great affair of our redemption; and the beauty and harmony of it will be apparent in proportion to the degree in which it is examined. For, though the Jews dream of a temporal Messiah, as a scheme conducive to the divine glory, it well became him,—it was expedient that,... read more

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