translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: HEB

label: NET translator note

text: Grk “from among men,” but since the point in context is shared humanity (rather than shared maleness), the plural Greek term ἀνθρώπων ( anqrwpwn ) has been translated “people.”


text: Grk “who is taken from among people is appointed.”


text: Grk “appointed on behalf of people in reference to things relating to God.”


text: Grk “by himself, on his own.”


text: Grk “being called by God.”


text: Grk “the one”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.


text: Grk “I have begotten you”; see Heb 1:5 . sn A quotation from Ps 2:7 .


text: Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.


text: Grk “in the days of his flesh.”


text: Grk “he”; the referent (Christ) has been specified in the translation for clarity.


text: Grk “who…having offered,” continuing the description of Christ from Heb 5:5-6 .


text: Grk “having been designated,” continuing the thought of Heb 5:9 .


text: Grk “concerning which the message for us is great.”


text: Or “dull.”


text: Grk “because of the time.”


text: Grk “the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God.”


text: Grk “you have come to have a need for.”


text: has καί in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.