Hebrews 2:10-18

Hebrews 2:10-18
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Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
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- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
Historical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
- Chapter XI, Exhortation to the Greeks, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- Chapter XII, Exhortation to Chastity, Tertullian (c. 210)
- Part 10, On the Incarnation of the Word, Athanasius of Alexandria, c. 318.
- From the Geneva Notes.
  - "He proves moreover by other arguments why it suited the Son of God who is true God (as he proved a little before) to become man nonetheless, subject to all miseries, with the exception of sin."
- From Matthew Henry's Commentary.
  - "Whatever the proud, carnal, and unbelieving may imagine or object, the spiritual mind will see peculiar glory in the cross of Christ, and be satisfied that it became Him, who in all things displays his own perfections in bringing many sons to glory, to make the Author of their salvation perfect through sufferings."
- From Wesley's Notes.
  - "Various afflictions indeed may be made subservient to this; and so far as they are blessed to the weaning us from sin, and causing our affections to be set on things above, so far they do indirectly help on our sanctification."
- From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
  - "'He who suffers for another, not only benefits him, but becomes himself the brighter and more perfect' [CHRYSOSTOM]."
- From The People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
  - "To be our high priest he must be in full sympathy with us, having experienced our trials and our sufferings."
Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
- Commentary, Hebrews 2:10-18, Micah Jackson, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2017.
  - "Once the hoopla of Christmas fades, and the wonder of the new baby in the manger starts to become a memory, Christians rightly turn to the harder questions that arise from the Incarnation, such as "why ..."
- The Center for Excellence in Preaching, resources from Calvin Theological Seminary: Comments & Observations, Textual Points, Illustration Ideas, 2017.
- "Light Overcoming Darkness," Alan Brehm, The Waking Dreamer, 2016.
  - "In the vulnerability of Jesus taking on flesh and blood and dying for us all, and in the astonishing power of God raising him to life, we see God's light overcoming all the darkness, even the darkness of death."
- Commentary, Hebrews 2:10-18, Erik Heen, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2013.
  - "This reading from Hebrews for the first Sunday after Christmas continues to celebrate the festival of the Incarnation, the adventus/katabasis of God in the human Jesus. "
- "Having Epistle for Christmas?" Russell Rathbun, The Hardest Question, 2013.
  - "Talking escapees and pioneers."
- Commentary, Hebrews 2:10-18, Karoline Lewis, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2010.
  - "The second reading for the First Sunday of Christmas in this year of Matthew is clearly chosen to give further testimony to the pain and suffering so palpable in the story of the Massacre of the Innocents that only the Gospel of Matthew tells."
- Commentary, Hebrews 2:10-18, Craig R. Koester, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2007.
  - "This passage offers four ways of looking at Jesus and ourselves. When preaching, ask who you are preaching to: people in need of a future, people in need of belonging, people held captive by powers beyond themselves or sinners in need of atonement?"
- "First Thoughts on Year A Epistle Passages in the Lectionary: Christmas 1," William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
  - "The author ... brings us back from a way of thinking about Christ or God which could remain obsessed with images of power and glory and remoteness. God is engaged with us where we are - and wherever we are on the journey."
- Hebrews 2:10-18, Christmas 1A, Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
- "The Son of Man: Saviour and High Priest," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual notes.
- "Higher Than the Angels," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel.
  - "How do you see you place before God? How has your faith in Christ changed your outlook? How has the example of Jesus encouraged you?"
- Hebrews 2:14-18, Presentation of our Lord, Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.

Articles & Background:
Recommended articles from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are linked below. ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices. Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- Borchert, Gerald L., "A Superior Book: Hebrews," Review and Expositor, 1985.
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- Brawley, Robert L., "Discoursive Structure and the Unseen in Hebrews 2:8 and 11:1: A Neglected Aspect of the Context," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1993.
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- DeYoung, Kevin, "Divine Impassibility and the Passion of Christ in the Book of Hebrews," Westminster Theological Journal, 2006.
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- Gray, Patrick, "Brotherly Love and the High Priest Christology of Hebrews," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2003.
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- Gudorf, Michael E., "Through a Classical Lens: Hebrews 2:16," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2000.
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- Harmon, Steven, "Between Text & Sermon: Hebrews 2:10-18," Interpretation, 2005.
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- Lane, William L., "Hebrews: A Sermon in Search of a Setting," Southwestern Journal of Theology, 1985.
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- Miller, Donald G., "Why God Became Man: From Text to Sermon on Hebrews 2:5-18," Interpretation, 1969.
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- Mitchell, Alan C., SJ, "The Use of PREPEIN and Rhetorical Propriety in Hebrews 2:10," Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1992.
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- Rosin, Robert, "Homiletical Helps on LW Series B," Concordia Journal, 2006. (Section on this text begins on p. 331)
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- Scott, J. Julius, Jr., "ARCHEGOS in the Salvation History of the Epistle of the Hebrews," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1986.
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- Smothers, Thomas G., "A Superior Model: Hebrews 1:1-4:13," Review and Expositor, 1985.
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- Still, Todd D., "CHRISTOS as PISTOS: The Faith(fulness) of Jesus in the Epistle to the Hebrews," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2007.
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- Williamson, Clark M., "Anti-Judaism in Hebrews?" Interpretation, 2003. (See also, "Hebrews," issue focus of Interpretation, 2003.)
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Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Hebrews 2:10, 14, 16. The Cyber Hymnal.
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Study Links and Resources for the Book of Hebrews