Hebrews 2:15
and might set free all those who through fear of death through the whole of their life were subject to bondage.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
In Context
16For he does not indeed take hold of angels [by the hand], but he takes hold of the seed of Abraham.
Cross References
Job 18:14His confidence shall be rooted out of his tent, and it shall lead him away to the king of terrors:
Job 33:21His flesh is consumed away from view, and his bones that were not seen stick out;
Psalms 55:4My heart is writhing within me, and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
Psalms 73:19How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors.
Luke 1:74to give us, that, saved out of the hand of our enemies, we should serve him without fear
Romans 8:21that the creature itself also shall be set free 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 →