Hebrews 2:16
For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
Updated King James Version
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 deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
Cross References
Matthew 1:1The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Romans 4:16Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might 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 3:29And if all of you be Christ's, then are all of you Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Hebrews 12:10For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might 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 →