Hebrews 2:16
For no where doth he take hold of the angels: but of the seed of Abraham he taketh hold.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 deliver them, who through the fear of death were all their lifetime subject to servitude.
Cross References
Matthew 1:1The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:
Romans 4:16Therefore is it of faith, that according to grace the promise might be firm to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
Galatians 3:29And if you be Christ's, then are you the seed of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.
Hebrews 12:10And they indeed for a few days, according to their own pleasure, instructed us: but he, for our profit, that we might receive his sanctification.
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 →