Hebrews 2:15

This was so that he would free all those who through fear of death lived all their lives in slavery.

Unlocked Literal Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14Therefore, since the children of God share flesh and blood, Jesus also shared the same things with them, so that through death he would do away with the one who had the power of death, that is, the devil.

16For of course it is not with angels that he is concerned; instead, it is with the seed of Abraham that he is concerned.

Read all of Hebrews 2

Cross References

Job 18:14He is torn from the safety of his tent 1 and marched off to the king of terrors. 1

Job 33:21His flesh is consumed away so that it cannot be seen; 1 his bones, once not seen, now stick out. 1

Psalms 55:4My heart trembles within me, 1 and the terrors of death have fallen on me. 1

Psalms 73:19How they become a wilderness in a moment! 1 They come to an end and are finished in awful terrors. 1

Luke 1:74He swore to grant to us that we, having been delivered out of the hand of our enemies, 1 would serve him without fear, 1

Romans 8:21that the creation itself will be delivered from slavery to decay, and that it will be brought into the freedom 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Hebrews 2:15