And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
Fear of death - even before they experienced its power.
All their lifetime. Such a life can hardly be called life.
Subject to bondage, х enochoi (G1777) douleias (G1397)] - 'subjects of bondage:' not merely liable to, but enthralled in it (cf. Romans 8:15; Galatians 5:1). Contrast the glory of the "sons" (Hebrews 2:10). Christ, by delivering us from God's curse against our sin, has taken from death all that made it formidable. Death, viewed apart from Christ, can only fill with horror, if the sinner durst think.