Hebrews 2:15
And he might liberate these, as many as throughout all their lifetime were deserving of bondage, with a specter of death.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
In Context
16For he certainly did not embrace heavenly agents, but he embraced the seed of Abraham.
Cross References
Job 18:14He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusts, and he shall be brought to the king of terrors.
Job 33:21His flesh is consumed away that it cannot be seen. And his bones that were not seen stick out.
Psalms 55:4My heart is greatly pained within me, and the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
Psalms 73:19How they have become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
Luke 1:74without fear from the hand of our enemies, having been saved to serve him
Romans 8:21Because the creation itself will also be freed from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 2:15-18
Christ's Incarnation. ( a. d. 62.) 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; 15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. 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 behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be… Read the whole commentary →