Questions tagged [hebrews]
For questions about the letter to the Hebrews. For questions about the Hebrew language use the [hebrew] tag instead; for questions about members of the Hebrew religion, the [judaism] tag may be appropriate.
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Why not John Mark the main writer of letter to Hebrews? [closed]
I wrote main author because the other authors are Timothy and Luke.
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Why is ��selling a birthright (πρωτοτόκια)” so bad? -- Hebrews 12:16
The NASB20 (other translation are similar) has:
that there be no sexually immoral or godless person like Esau, who
sold his own birthright for a single meal.
My interlinear rendering:
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Did the Father sin by not answering Jesus request and letting innocent blood be shed?
Hebrews 5:7
who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His ...
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In Hebrews 12-23-24, are the "angelic myriads", "congregation of the firstborn", and "righteous spirits made perfect" all descriptions of the saints?
Hebrews 12:22-24
Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God,
the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels in joyful
assembly, to the congregation of the ...
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In Hebrews 2:7, why is "And set him over the works of your hands" put in brackets or even completely removed from all current translations?
(Hebrews 2:5-9 ESV translation)
For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come, of
which we are speaking. It has been testified somewhere,
“What is man, that you are mindful of him, or ...
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What is the biblical concept/idea/meaning of Gods omniscience? [closed]
I have rewritten my question a few times because I had difficulties dealing with the definition of omniscience. Originally I wanted to know the difference between the concept of omniscience from a ...
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Why does the author of Hebrews render their quotation of Jeremiah 31:33 differently in two places?
The book of Hebrews uses the Hebrew Bible as support for its arguments many times. The author cites Jeremiah 31:33 in two different places and chooses to render the verse curiously differently each ...
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Is this Hebrews 1:2-3 translation a legitimate translation purely from a grammatical standpoint
2 In these last days he has spoken to us in his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things and through whom he created the ages. He being the radiance of the glory and the exact expression of his ...
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Heb 1:1-2 Didn't he also speak to us through His Angels?
Given the topics covered in Hebrews chapter 1, when, in verse one, it says "Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the..." I expected the following word to be '...
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What was the significance of 'horns' of the sacrificial altar in Exodus 30?
We read in Hebrews 10:1-4:
The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after ...
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Heaven and Earth are the work of whose hands according to Psalm 8:6 Hebrews 1:10-13; 2:5-8?
Hebrews 1:10-13; 2:5-8 YLT
and, 'Thou, at the beginning, Lord, the earth didst found, and a work of thy hands are the heavens; these shall perish, and Thou dost remain, and all, as a garment, shall ...
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What exercise makes one skilful in the Word of God?
Heb 5:14. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even
those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both
good and evil.
Where in the book of Hebrews should this ...
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Is Hebrews 10:26 talking about a singular sin or continuous deliberate sin?
Does the text of Hebrews 10:26 and the context around it indicate one willful sin, or continuous deliberate sin in order to remove the sacrifice?
Why does the NRSV and other translations indicate the ...
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Does Psalm 45:6 and Hebrews 1:8 say, "Your throne, God, is forever" or "Your throne is God forever"?
Traditional translation:
Your throne, God, is forever and ever.
Or this translation:
Your throne is God forever and ever.
A significant clue is that the context is written about a human Israelite ...
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Did God create out of nothing or just what is not seen?
Hebrews 11:1, 3
1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not ...
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