Hebrews 2:16

1 Peter 1:20; Galatians 3:16; Galatians 3:29; Genesis 22:18; Hebrews 12:10; Hebrews 6:16; Matthew 1:1; Romans 2:25; Romans 4:16

Related Commentaries of Hebrews 2:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For verily - Truly. He took not on him the nature of angels - Margin, “He taketh not hold of angels, but of the seed of Abraham he taketh hol...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(15) For verily he took not on [him the (b) nature of] angels; but he took on [him] the (c) seed of Abraham. (15) He explains those words of flesh a...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 1:5 to Hebrews 2:18 . The Son is Superior to the Angels. For this theme the way has been prepared in the closing words of Hebrews 1:14...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Resuming his argument, the writer deals with the objection that Christ cannot be ranked above the angels in view of His earthly humiliation. This obj...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

verily . certainly. Greek. depou. Only here. took, &c . = taketh not (App-105) hold of angels. took . Greek. epilambanomai. First occura...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

16. For verily, or, For nowhere, etc. By this comparison he enhances the benefit and the honor with which Christ has favored us, by putti...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. For verily he took not on him the nature of angels -...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For verily he took not on him, &c.— The version of the margin is here to be preferred, wherewith the Vulgate agrees. The word επιλαμβανεται is...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. For verily, х deepou ( G1222 )] - 'For as we...
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 sa...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

RV 'not of angels doth he take hold.' The word does not mean (as in AV) to assume the nature of, but to put out a hand in order to support or help. '...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(5-18) It was needful that Jesus, as Author of salvation to man, should in all points be made like to those whom He saves, and in their likeness suff...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He took not on him the nature of angels. — The rendering of the margin approaches very nearly the true meaning of the verse; whereas the text (in w...
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 Ne...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Made Like unto His Brethren” Hebrews 2:10-18 Captain reminds us of Acts 3:15 . It means file-leader . The Church follows its Leader, Jesu...
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 ch...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(16) For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. (17) Wherefore in all things it behooved him to be m...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For verily he took not on him the nature of angels ,.... Good angels; for they are all along spoken of in this book; and it would have been impertin...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. Ver. 16. For verily he took not ] επιλαμβανεται....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For verily he took not on him Greek, ου γαρ αγγελων επιλαμβανεται, he took , or taketh, not hold of angels , to save them from the abyss of miser...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ's Incarnation. A. D. 62. 14 Forasmu...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; For verily he took not on him the nature of angels: the Spirit having asserted the deliverance of the children from their slavery to the d...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Hebrews 2:5 . World to come. —The new dispensation. Rabbinical teaching was divided under two heads: (1) hâ‘ôlâ...
Scofield Reference Notes

he took Not of angels doth he take hold, but he taketh hold of. Compare Septuagint ( Isaiah 41:9 ).
Sermon Bible Commentary

Hebrews 2:11-18 I. The first truth which is brought before us in these verses is, that Jesus, who is not ashamed to call Himself brother, and us H...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Hebrews 2:16 Christian Sympathy. I. We are all of one nature, because we are sons of Adam; we are all of one nature, because we are brethren of C...
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. That...
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. It is...
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,...
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 h...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Deliverance Effected by Christ. Hebrews 2:14-18
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For, verily, He took not on Him the nature of angels; but He took on Him the seed of Abraham.
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For verily he taketh not hold of angels — He does not take their nature upon him. But he taketh hold of the seed of Abraham — He takes human nature...

¹⁶ For verily he took notd on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.

Related Commentaries of Hebrews 2:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Hebrews 2:16