Hebrews 2:16
For, verily, he does not take hold of angels, but he takes hold of the posterity of Abraham.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
In Context
15and might set free those who, through fear of death, were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
Cross References
Matthew 1:1The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Romans 4:16Therefore, the inheritance is by faith, that it may be according to grace, in order that the promise may be sure to all his posterity, not to those only who are of the law, but to those, also, who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
Galatians 3:29And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s posterity, and heirs according to the promise.
Hebrews 12:10For they, indeed, for a few days, chastened us as they thought it good; but he chastens us for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.
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 →