Hebrews 2:16
For, truly, he did not come to help the angels, but to help the seed of Abraham.
New Heart English Bible
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 all of them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
Cross References
Matthew 1:1A record of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Romans 4:16For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure 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 3:29If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed and heirs according to promise.
Hebrews 12:10For they indeed, for a few days, punished us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.
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 →