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PHall | October 15, 2009

There are seven Greek words used to describe the miracles by Christ: wonder/teras; sign/semion; miracle/dunamis; great/mighty/wonderful work/megaleion; glory/endoxon; strange/paradoxen; wonderful thing/thaumasion.  The first three are the most usual.  These are not different classes of miracles, but rather describe the effect upon the witness.  A wonder/teras ‘is the miracle regarded as a startling, imposing, amazement-wakening portent […]

Category: Hebrews | Comments Off on Hebrews 2:4 – Signs, Wonders, Miracles
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PHall | October 15, 2009

Many suggest that Paul is simply identifying himself with the readers as the author of Hebrews often does (i.e., 6:1 – “let us press on to maturity”).  While that is an excellent counter argument, I would only count it weighty if the author had only said, how will we escape if we neglect so great […]

Category: Hebrews | Comments Off on Hebrews 2:2-4 – Argument Against Paul Being the Author
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PHall | October 15, 2009

“In the first verse there may be an even more vivid picture….The two key words are prosechein and pararrein.  We have taken prosechein to mean to pay attention to, which is one of its commonest meanings.  Pararrein is a word of many meanings.  It is used of something flowing or slipping past; it can be […]

Category: Hebrews | Comments Off on Hebrews 2:1 – Pay Much Closer Attention
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PHall | October 15, 2009

An important demarcation between chapters one and two is that chapter one emphasizes Jesus’ superiority to the angels because He is the Son of God while chapter two emphasizes Jesus’ inferiority to the angels because He is the Son of Man.  Hebrews 1 and 2 are perfect for showing the dual nature of our Lord […]

Category: Hebrews | Comments Off on Hebrews 2 – Text and Notes
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PHall | October 15, 2009

 Hebrews – Our Course of Studying the Introduction  Canonical – Does the book belong in the Bible?  Is it inspired? Conceptual – What are some interesting viewpoints concerning Hebrews? Circumstantial – What is the background information of Hebrews? Compartmental – How is Hebrews to be divided and diagramed?

Category: Hebrews | Comments Off on Hebrews – Introduction
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PHall | October 15, 2009

The quote is from Psalm 104:4 – He makes the winds His messengers, Flaming fire His ministers.  This seems exactly the opposite of the way the Hebrew writer says it: “Who makes His angels winds, And His ministers a flame of fire.” The question is WHY is the Hebrew writer saying this about angels, that […]

Category: Hebrews, Psalms | Comments Off on Hebrews 1:7 – Angels, Wind, Fire
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PHall | October 15, 2009

An alternate translation reads, And again when he brings the first-born into the world.  Is this saying the firstborn Jesus had been brought into the world more than once such as through His birth, then His resurrection, and the establishment of His Kingdom?  Or could the meaning be that the first time the first-born was […]

Category: Hebrews | Comments Off on Hebrews 1:6 – And when He again brings the first-born into the world
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PHall | October 15, 2009

“Although today some non-Messianic Jews, reacting against Christianity, insist that Judaism has never expected the Messiah to be different from any other man, there can be no question that in the first century many Jews, both those attracted to Yeshua and those repelled by him, understood that the Messiah would be more than human but […]

Category: Hebrews | Comments Off on Hebrews 1:4 – Having become as much better than the angels
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PHall | October 15, 2009

Angels in Hebrews: (NASB) 1:4; 1:5; 1:6; 1:7; 1:13; 2:2; 2:5; 2:7; 2:9; 2:16; 12:22; 13:2. As one can see from the above listing, the topic of angels dominates the first two chapters and then drops off completely until two mentions of them in the last two chapters.

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PHall | October 15, 2009

. . . best rendered Jewishly as the Sh’khinah, which the Encyclopedia Judaica article on it (Volume 14, pp.1349-1351) defines as: “The Divine Presence, the numinous immanence of God in the world. . . a revelation of the holy in the midst of the profane. . . .” The article continues: “One of the more […]

Category: Hebrews | Comments Off on Hebrews 1:3 – He is the radiance of His glory
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