Thanks for the comments and ideas–Patricia pointed out a good resource for anyone interested in understanding Scripture, too! Questions: In chapter 4 the preacher argued that Jesus, in his strength, could understand to the fullest the force of temptations and tests we face. Now he says the Jewish high priest understood people’s needs and sufferings…
Month: December 2020
Jogging through Hebrews 5:1-10
Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1228) divided the Bible into the chapters we use today, a great convenience for study, but not every choice he made stands up equally well. We will take less than a full chapter this week because 5:10 marks a great dividing line in the text or the talk that…
Wrap-up on Hebrews 4
A few thoughts in response to the questions– Questions: In verse 4 “somewhere” refers to what Scripture? Why might the preacher again use this technique of not identifying the Scripture? “Somewhere” refers to the beginning of Genesis, which, again, the preacher knows every man, woman, and child has heard a hundred times, the story of…
Strolling through Hebrews 4
Chapter 4 1 Therefore, let us be on our guard while the promise of entering into his rest remains, that none of you seem to have failed. 2 For in fact we have received the good news just as they did. But the word that they heard did not profit them, for they were not united in faith…
Wrap-up on Hebrews 3
Congratulations! Everyone made positive contributions on Hebrews 3, and did so with good insights and good humor. I will simply post some of my thoughts below–mostly echoing what you have shared. Questions: Hebrews is the only New Testament book to refer to Jesus by either of these terms, “apostle” (once) and “high priest” (several…
Strolling through Hebrews 3
In the first chapter of Hebrews, the preacher showed how much superior to angels Jesus is. Then, in the second chapter he took on the question of why Jesus was for a little while made less than the angels, to offer us a way out of sin and death. Now he takes up the…