Hebrews 2:15

and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

In Context

14Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,

16For surely it is not the angels He helps, but the descendants of Abraham.

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Cross References

Job 18:14He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.

Job 33:21His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.

Psalms 55:4My heart murmurs within me, and the terrors of death assail me.

Psalms 73:19How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!

Luke 1:74deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,

Romans 8:21that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom 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 →

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