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Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Hebrews 2:14

Hebrews 2:14Himself likewise took part of the sameThe mystery of godlinessOur Saviour’s birth in the flesh is an earnest, and, as it were, beginning of our birth in the Spirit.It is a figure, promise, or pledge of our new birth, and it effects what it promises. As He was born, so are we born also; and since He was born, therefore we too are born. As He is the Son of God by nature, so are we sons of God by grace; and it is He who has made us such. 1. This is the wonderful economy of grace, or... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Hebrews 2:14

14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; Ver. 14. Children are partakers ] παιδια , little children. Christ also became a little child, the babe of Bethlehem, Isaiah 9:6 . Catch him up, as old Simeon did; kiss him, lest he be angry, Psalms 2:12 . Stumble not at his weakness, but gather assurance of his love, and grow up unto the... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Hebrews 2:14

the children: Hebrews 2:10 of flesh: 1 Corinthians 15:50 he also: Hebrews 2:18, Hebrews 4:15, Genesis 3:15, Isaiah 7:14, John 1:14, Romans 8:3, Galatians 4:4, Philippians 2:7, Philippians 2:8, 1 Timothy 3:16, he through, Hebrews 9:15, Isaiah 53:12, John 12:24, John 12:31-Micah :, Romans 14:9, Colossians 2:15, Revelation 1:18 destroy: Isaiah 25:8, Hosea 13:14, 1 Corinthians 15:54, 1 Corinthians 15:55, 2 Timothy 1:10 the devil: Matthew 25:41, 1 John 3:8-2 Samuel :, Revelation 2:10,... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Hebrews 2:14

Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;Since then these children partake of flesh and blood — Of human nature with all its infirmities. He also in like manner took part of the same; that through his own death he might destroy the tyranny of him that had, by God's permission, the power of death with regard to the ungodly. Death is the... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 2:14

14. Forasmuch then This inference reverts back to close of Hebrews 2:11, in support of which 12 and 13 are citations. This verse reasserts the main thought, which beautifully interprets, to the dubious Christian Jew, the glory of the condescension of the eternal Son, the divine Logos, in assuming our nature that he might be capable of death. Flesh and blood Note, 1 Corinthians 15:50. The true reading is, blood and flesh, in which the blood, as the more immediate residence of the life... read more

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