Hebrews 6:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Tasted the good word of God,— That is, have been experimentally acquainted with the gospel, which through the spirit conveys to the believer remission of sins, justification, and sanctification here, and the promise to the faithful of a resurrection to eternal life hereafter. By the powers of the world to come, are meant, I believe, "the powerful or miraculous works ofthe Christian age;" God bearing them witness both with signs and wonders, and with diverse miracles, and the gifts of the Holy Ghost, ch. Hebrews 2:4. The world to come, or rather the age to come, signifies the age of the Messiah; which was to last till the finalconsummation of all things: it is the same with the world to come, ch. Hebrews 2:5. They who not only saw those great miracles whereby Christianity was confirmed, but were themselves empowered to work them, could not possibly have fuller evidence of the truth of it.