Hebrews 2:15

Jesus did that to free all of us who are like slaves [MET] all the time we live, because we are forced to be afraid to die.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14So, since those whom God calls his children are all human beings [MTY], Jesus also became a human being just like them. The devil has the power to cause people to be afraid to die, but Christ became human in order that by his dying he might make the devil powerless.

16Because Jesus became a human being, it is not angels whom he wants to help. No, it is we who trust God as Abraham did whom he wants to help.

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Cross References

Job 18:14When they died, they were snatched away from their tents and brought to the one who rules over the dead.

Job 33:21Our bodies become very thin, with the result that we look like skeletons [HYP], and our bones stick out.

Psalms 55:4I am terrified, and I am very much afraid that I will die.

Psalms 73:19They will be destroyed instantly; they will die in terrible ways.

Luke 1:74God told him that we would be rescued {he would rescue us} from the power of our enemies, that he would enable us to serve him without being afraid,

Romans 8:21that the things that he created will be freed {that he will free the things that he created} from their sure decay [MET]. He will free them in order that he can give them the same glory that belongs to his children.

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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