translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: HEB

label: NET study note

text: The message spoken through angels refers to the OT law, which according to Jewish tradition was mediated to Moses through angels (cf. Deut 33:2 ; Ps 68:17-18 ; Acts 7:38, 53 ; Gal 3:19 ; and Jub. 1:27, 29; Josephus, Ant. 15.5.3 [15.136]).


text: The phrase the world to come means “the coming inhabited earth,” using the Greek term which describes the world of people and their civilizations.


text: See the previous reference to the world in Heb 1:6 .


text: The expression all things under his control occurs three times in 2:8 . The latter two occurrences are not exactly identical to the Greek text of Ps 8:6 quoted at the beginning of the verse, but have been adapted by the writer of Hebrews to fit his argument.


text: The Greek word translated pioneer is used of a “prince” or leader, the representative head of a family. It also carries nuances of “trailblazer,” one who breaks through to new ground for those who follow him. It is used some thirty-five times in the Greek OT and four times in the NT, always of Christ ( Acts 3:15; 5:31 ; Heb 2:10; 12:2 ).


text: A quotation from Ps 22:22 .


text: A quotation from Isa 8:17-18 .