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You gave them authority over all things.”[a]

Now when it says “all things,” it means nothing is left out. But we have not yet seen all things put under their authority. What we do see is Jesus, who for a little while was given a position “a little lower than the angels”; and because he suffered death for us, he is now “crowned with glory and honor.” Yes, by God’s grace, Jesus tasted death for everyone. 10 God, for whom and through whom everything was made, chose to bring many children into glory. And it was only right that he should make Jesus, through his suffering, a perfect leader, fit to bring them into their salvation.

11 So now Jesus and the ones he makes holy have the same Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters.[b] 12 For he said to God,

“I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters.
    I will praise you among your assembled people.”[c]

13 He also said,

“I will put my trust in him,”
    that is, “I and the children God has given me.”[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 2:6-8 Ps 8:4-6 (Greek version).
  2. 2:11 Greek brothers; also in 2:12.
  3. 2:12 Ps 22:22.
  4. 2:13 Isa 8:17-18.

and put everything under his feet.”[a]

Now when God[b] put everything under him, he left nothing outside his control. However, at the present time we do not yet see everything put under him. But we do see someone who was made a little lower than the angels. He is Jesus, who is crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of[c] God he might experience[d] death for everyone.

10 It was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through suffering as part of his plan to glorify many children, 11 because both the one who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified all have the same Father.[e] That is why Jesus[f] is not ashamed to call them brothers 12 when he says, “I will announce your name to my brothers. I will praise you within the congregation.”[g] 13 And again, “I will trust him.”[h] And again, “I am here with the children God has given me.”[i]

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 2:8 Cf. Ps 8:5-7 (LXX)
  2. Hebrews 2:8 Lit. he
  3. Hebrews 2:9 Other mss. read so that apart from
  4. Hebrews 2:9 Lit. taste
  5. Hebrews 2:11 Lit. are all of one
  6. Hebrews 2:11 Lit. he
  7. Hebrews 2:12 Cf. Ps 22:22
  8. Hebrews 2:13 Cf. Isa 8:17 (LXX)
  9. Hebrews 2:13 Cf. Isa 8:18