Hebrews 2:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; ”

Hebrews 2:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

How shall we escape - How shall we escape the just recompense due to transgressors? What way is there of being saved from punishment, if we suffer the great salvation to be neglected, and do not...
Hebrews 2:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; (2) which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by (d) them that heard [him]; (2) If the neglect and disobedie...
Hebrews 2:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

For the first time the writer discloses the practical aim which gives force and meaning to his theological argument. Christian men ought to realise the grandeur of their calling, and to hold fast to...
Hebrews 2:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

if we neglect . neglecting. Greek. ameleo. See 1 Timothy 4:14 . which, &c . Literally receiving. beginning. Lord . App-98. and . Omit. confirmed . Greek. bebaioo. See Romans 15:8 ....
Hebrews 2:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. If we neglect so great a salvation, etc. Not only the rejection of the Gospel, but also its neglect, deserves the heaviest punishment, and that on account of the greatness of the grace...
Hebrews 2:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2273 GREATNESS OF THE GOSPEL SALVATION Hebrews 2:3 . How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation? TO estimate our privileges aright, we should compare them, not with those...
Hebrews 2:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him ; How shall we escape - If they who had few...
Hebrews 2:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Hebrews 2:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; We - emphatic: who have received th...
Hebrews 2:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jesus Exalted in Humiliation 1-4. The former dispensation, even though mediated by comparatively inferior beings such as the angels, was yet so sacred that all neglect of it was severely punished....
Hebrews 2:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

II. (1-4) These verses must be closely joined with the first chapter. Before advancing to the next step in his argument, the writer pauses to enforce the duty which results from what has been alre...
Hebrews 2:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER II THE SON AND THE ANGELS Hebrews 1:4 - Hebrews 2:18 The most dangerous and persistent error against which the theologians of the New Testament had to contend was the doctrine of ema...
Hebrews 2:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

The Author of Our Salvation Hebrews 2:1-9 Drifting away , Hebrews 2:1-4 . The r.v. gives this solemn rendering. Unless we watch, the strong currents of the world will drift us away from God'...
Hebrews 2:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have the first of a series of warnings uttered in connection with the arguments. If the ministrations of angels had been of so steadfast a character, how much more the speech of the Son. The...
Hebrews 2:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. (2) For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgr...
Hebrews 2:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE SIN OF SINS ‘How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation?’ Hebrews 2:3 Is not the sin of sins the ‘neglect’ of His ‘great salvation,’ which has been wrought with such marvellou...
Hebrews 2:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

How shall we escape ,.... The righteous judgment of God, and eternal punishment: if we neglect so great salvation ? as the Gospel is, which is called salvation; in opposition to the law, which is...
Hebrews 2:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him ; Ver. 3. If we neglect ] He saith not,...
Hebrews 2:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For if the word spoken by angels The law delivered by their ministry. It is nowhere affirmed that the law was given by angels, but that the people received it, εις διαταγας αγγελων, by the dispo...
Hebrews 2:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The first four verses of this chapter now press upon us the appropriate conclusions that must be drawn from so transcendent a revelation of the glory of God. "For this reason we should give heed more...
Hebrews 2:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Danger of Neglect. A. D. 62. 1 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the thi...
Hebrews 2:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

How shall we escape? This consequent answereth the antecedent in Hebrews 2:2 , but in one part of it, that which concerns the punishment of the transgressors of the law, thus: If the word by ang...
Hebrews 2:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE HIGHER RESPONSIBILITIES OF HIGHER REVELATIONS CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES THE rhetorical character of the epistle is indicated in the hortatory passages that are so freely inserted. The e...
Hebrews 2:3 - Scofield Reference Notes

salvation ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 1:16 ).
Hebrews 2:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Hebrews 2:1 . Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. We have heard them; do not let us forget them. Let them...
Hebrews 2:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hebrews 2:1 . We ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard. The things relating to the glory of the person of Christ, and all his offices as mediator; these we ought to...
Hebrews 2:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Give the more earnest heed. --This exhortation reveals the purpose of the foregoing comparison between Christ and the angels. It is to establish Christ’s superior claim to be heard when He speaks...
Hebrews 2:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Hebrews 2:1-58 INTERPOSED EXHORTATION as explained above. Hebrews 2:1 On this account ( i.e. on account of what has been seen of the SON 'S superiority to the ang...
Hebrews 2:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Need of Cheerful Obedience to Christ. The excellence of the Gospel-message:
Hebrews 2:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 4:17 ; 1 Peter 4:18 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:3 ; 1 Timothy 1:15 ; Acts 1:22 ; Acts 10:40-42 ; Acts 2:22 ; Acts 4:12 ; Ezekiel 17:15 ; Ezekiel 17:18 ; Hebrews 1:2 ; Hebrews 10:28 ; Heb...
Hebrews 2:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

So great a salvation — A deliverance from so great wickedness and misery, into so great holiness and happiness. This was first spoken of (before he came it was not known) by Him who is the Lord — o...

Hebrews 2:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hebrews 2:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Hebrews 2:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 2:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hebrews 2:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 2:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Hebrews 2:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hebrews 2:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hebrews 2:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hebrews 2:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 2:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hebrews 2:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hebrews 2:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hebrews 2:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hebrews 2:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hebrews 2:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Hebrews 2:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hebrews 2:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hebrews 2:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hebrews 2:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 2:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hebrews 2:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hebrews 2:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Hebrews 2:3 - Scofield Reference Notes

Hebrews 2:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Hebrews 2:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hebrews 2:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hebrews 2:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Hebrews 2:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hebrews 2:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hebrews 2:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes