Hebrews 2:15

And might deliver those who through fear of death had been subject to life-long bondage.

Montgomery New Testament

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 are sharers in flesh and blood, he also similarly partook of the same, in order that through death he might render powerless him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

16For assuredly it is not angels, nay, it is the offspring of Abraham, whom he is ever taking by the hand.

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Cross References

Luke 1:74"That he we should be delivered out of the Hand of our enemies, And should serve him without fear,

Romans 8:21yet not without the hope that some day nature itself also will be freed from the thraldom of decay, into the freedom which belongs to 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 →

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