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href="/niv/hebrews/4.htm">New International Version</a> Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. <a href="/nlt/hebrews/4.htm">New Living Translation</a> So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe. <a href="/esv/hebrews/4.htm">English Standard Version</a> Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. <a href="/bsb/hebrews/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess. <a href="/blb/hebrews/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Therefore having a great high priest having passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, we should hold firmly to our confession. <a href="/kjv/hebrews/4.htm">King James Bible</a> Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. <a href="/nkjv/hebrews/4.htm">New King James Version</a> Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. <a href="/nasb_/hebrews/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let’s hold firmly to our confession. <a href="/nasb/hebrews/4.htm">NASB 1995</a> Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. <a href="/nasb77/hebrews/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. <a href="/lsb/hebrews/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us take hold of our confession. <a href="/amp/hebrews/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Inasmuch then as we [believers] have a great High Priest who has [already ascended and] passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession [of faith and cling tenaciously to our absolute trust in Him as Savior]. <a href="/csb/hebrews/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens—Jesus the Son of God—let us hold fast to our confession. <a href="/hcsb/hebrews/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens—Jesus the Son of God—let us hold fast to the confession. <a href="/asv/hebrews/4.htm">American Standard Version</a> Having then a great high priest, who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. <a href="/cev/hebrews/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> We have a great high priest, who has gone into heaven, and he is Jesus the Son of God. This is why we must hold on to what we have said about him. <a href="/erv/hebrews/4.htm">English Revised Version</a> Having then a great high priest, who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. <a href="/gwt/hebrews/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> We need to hold on to our declaration of faith: We have a superior chief priest who has gone through the heavens. That person is Jesus, the Son of God. <a href="/gnt/hebrews/4.htm">Good News Translation</a> Let us, then, hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we have a great High Priest who has gone into the very presence of God--Jesus, the Son of God. <a href="/isv/hebrews/4.htm">International Standard Version</a> Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone to heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us live our lives consistent with our confession of faith. <a href="/msb/hebrews/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess. <a href="/net/hebrews/4.htm">NET Bible</a> Therefore since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession. <a href="/nheb/hebrews/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Having then a great high priest, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold tightly to our confession. <a href="/wbt/hebrews/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Seeing then that we have a great High Priest, that hath passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. <a href="/wey/hebrews/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Inasmuch, then, as we have in Jesus, the Son of God, a great High Priest who has passed into Heaven itself, let us hold firmly to our profession of faith. <a href="/web/hebrews/4.htm">World English Bible</a> Having then a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let’s hold tightly to our confession. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/hebrews/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Having, then, a great Chief Priest having passed through the heavens—Jesus the Son of God—may we hold fast the profession, <a href="/blb/hebrews/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Therefore having a great high priest having passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, we should hold firmly to our confession. <a href="/ylt/hebrews/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Having, then, a great chief priest passed through the heavens -- Jesus the Son of God -- may we hold fast the profession, <a href="/slt/hebrews/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Having therefore a great chief priest, passed to the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, we should hold firmly the assent.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/hebrews/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Having therefore a great high priest that hath passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God: let us hold fast our confession. <a href="/cpdv/hebrews/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Therefore, since we have a great High Priest, who has pierced the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, we should hold to our confession. <a href="/nabre/hebrews/4.htm">New American Bible</a> Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession. <a href="/nrsvce/hebrews/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Since, then, we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/hebrews/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> We have, therefore, a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus Christ, the Son of God; let us remain firm in his faith. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/hebrews/4.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Because we have therefore a great High Priest, Yeshua The Messiah, The Son of God, who has ascended to Heaven, let us hold fast to his confession.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/hebrews/4.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Seeing, then, that we have a great high priest, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. <a href="/godbey/hebrews/4.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> Therefore having a great high priest, having entered into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast the testimony. <a href="/haweis/hebrews/4.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Having then a great high-priest passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast the confession. <a href="/mace/hebrews/4.htm">Mace New Testament</a> who is passed into the heavens, Jesus the son of God, let us hold fast our profession, for we have <a href="/wey/hebrews/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Inasmuch, then, as we have in Jesus, the Son of God, a great High Priest who has passed into Heaven itself, let us hold firmly to our profession of faith. <a href="/worrell/hebrews/4.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> Having, therefore, a great High Priest, Who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast the confession; <a href="/worsley/hebrews/4.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Having therefore a great high-priest, that is passed into the heavens, even Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession: <a href="/parallel/hebrews/4-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x-IAXXp5zcA?start=625" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/hebrews/4.htm">Jesus the Great High Priest</a> 13Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account. 14<a href="/greek/3767.htm" title="3767: oun (Conj) -- Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.">Therefore,</a> <a href="/greek/2192.htm" title="2192: Echontes (V-PPA-NMP) -- To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.">since we have</a> <a href="/greek/3173.htm" title="3173: megan (Adj-AMS) -- Large, great, in the widest sense. ">a great</a> <a href="/greek/749.htm" title="749: archierea (N-AMS) -- High priest, chief priest. From arche and hiereus; the high-priest; by extension a chief priest.">high priest</a> <a href="/greek/1330.htm" title="1330: dielēlythota (V-RPA-AMS) -- To pass through, spread (as a report). From dia and erchomai; to traverse.">who has passed through</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tous (Art-AMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3772.htm" title="3772: ouranous (N-AMP) -- Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel.">heavens,</a> <a href="/greek/2424.htm" title="2424: Iēsoun (N-AMS) -- Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.">Jesus</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/5207.htm" title="5207: Huion (N-AMS) -- A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a son, used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.">Son</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theou (N-GMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">of God,</a> <a href="/greek/2902.htm" title="2902: kratōmen (V-PSA-1P) -- From kratos; to use strength, i.e. Seize or retain.">let us hold firmly to</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">what</a> <a href="/greek/3671.htm" title="3671: homologias (N-GFS) -- A profession, confession. From the same as homologeo; acknowledgment.">we profess.</a> 15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/hebrews/2-17.htm">Hebrews 2:17</a> For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people. <a href="/hebrews/7-26.htm">Hebrews 7:26-28</a> Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. / Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself. / For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever. <a href="/hebrews/9-11.htm">Hebrews 9:11-12</a> But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation. / He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption. <a href="/hebrews/10-19.htm">Hebrews 10:19-22</a> Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, / by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body, / and since we have a great priest over the house of God, ... <a href="/hebrews/3-1.htm">Hebrews 3:1</a> Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, set your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess. <a href="/hebrews/6-19.htm">Hebrews 6:19-20</a> We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, / where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek. <a href="/hebrews/5-5.htm">Hebrews 5:5-10</a> So also Christ did not take upon Himself the glory of becoming a high priest, but He was called by the One who said to Him: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.” / And in another passage God says: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.” / During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence. ... <a href="/hebrews/8-1.htm">Hebrews 8:1-2</a> The point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, / and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man. <a href="/hebrews/9-24.htm">Hebrews 9:24</a> For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God. <a href="/hebrews/10-21.htm">Hebrews 10:21</a> and since we have a great priest over the house of God, <a href="/matthew/26-64.htm">Matthew 26:64</a> “You have said it yourself,” Jesus answered. “But I say to all of you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.” <a href="/romans/8-34.htm">Romans 8:34</a> Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us. <a href="/1_timothy/2-5.htm">1 Timothy 2:5</a> For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, <a href="/1_john/2-1.htm">1 John 2:1</a> My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. <a href="/philippians/2-9.htm">Philippians 2:9-11</a> Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names, / that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, / and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.a great.<a href="/hebrews/2-17.htm">Hebrews 2:17</a> Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.<a href="/hebrews/3-1.htm">Hebrews 3:1</a> Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;<a href="/hebrews/3-5.htm">Hebrews 3:5,6</a> And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; … that is.<a href="/hebrews/1-3.htm">Hebrews 1:3</a> Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;<a href="/hebrews/6-20.htm">Hebrews 6:20</a> Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.<a href="/hebrews/7-25.htm">Hebrews 7:25,26</a> Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them… Jesus.<a href="/hebrews/1-2.htm">Hebrews 1:2,8</a> Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; … <a href="/mark/1-1.htm">Mark 1:1</a> The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;let.<a href="/hebrews/2-1.htm">Hebrews 2:1</a> Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.<a href="/hebrews/3-6.htm">Hebrews 3:6,14</a> But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end… <a href="/hebrews/10-23.htm">Hebrews 10:23</a> Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hebrews/3-1.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-1.htm">Confession</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-2.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-14.htm">Fast</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-14.htm">Firmly</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-3.htm">Great</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-1.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/hebrews/1-11.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-1.htm">High</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-14.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-3.htm">Inasmuch</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-12.htm">Itself</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-8.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-15.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-1.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-1.htm">Profession</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-11.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/philippians/2-6.htm">Tightly</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-4.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hebrews/4-15.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-23.htm">Confession</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-1.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-23.htm">Fast</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-23.htm">Firmly</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-14.htm">Great</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-4.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-26.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-15.htm">High</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-18.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-20.htm">Inasmuch</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-19.htm">Itself</a> <a href="/hebrews/5-7.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-29.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-15.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-23.htm">Profession</a> <a href="/hebrews/5-7.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/joshua/6-1.htm">Tightly</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-15.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Hebrews 4</div>1. <a href="/hebrews/4-1.htm">The Sabbath-Rest for Christians is attained by faith.</a> 12. <a href="/hebrews/4-12.htm">The power of God's word.</a> 14. <a href="/hebrews/4-14.htm">By our high priest Jesus, the Son of God,</a> 16. <a href="/hebrews/4-16.htm">we may and must go boldly to the throne of grace.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of Hebrews, it links the discussion of rest and the power of God's word to the role of Jesus as our high priest. The Greek word "oun" indicates a conclusion drawn from previous statements, emphasizing the logical flow of the author's argument.since we have This phrase underscores the present possession and continuous relationship believers have with Jesus as their high priest. The Greek "echomen" suggests an ongoing state, highlighting the assurance and confidence Christians can have in their faith.a great high priest The term "great" (Greek: "megan") elevates Jesus above the traditional Jewish high priests. In the Jewish tradition, the high priest was the supreme religious leader, but Jesus is described as "great," indicating His superiority and unique role in mediating between God and humanity.who has passed through the heavens This phrase signifies Jesus' ascension and His exalted position. The Greek "dielēlythota" implies a completed action with ongoing significance. Unlike earthly high priests who entered the Holy of Holies once a year, Jesus has entered the heavenly realm, signifying His divine authority and eternal priesthood.Jesus the Son of God This title affirms both the humanity and divinity of Christ. "Jesus" emphasizes His incarnation and earthly ministry, while "the Son of God" underscores His divine nature and eternal relationship with the Father. This dual identity is central to His role as mediator.let us hold firmly The exhortation to "hold firmly" (Greek: "kratōmen") is a call to perseverance and steadfastness in faith. It suggests an active, ongoing effort to maintain one's confession, especially in the face of trials and temptations.to what we profess The "profession" or "confession" (Greek: "homologian") refers to the public declaration of faith in Jesus Christ. This confession is not merely verbal but encompasses a lifestyle and commitment to the teachings and example of Christ. The author encourages believers to remain true to their initial commitment, reflecting the transformative power of the gospel in their lives.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hebrews/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) All the chief points of the earlier chapters are brought together in this verse and the next:--the High Priest (<a href="/hebrews/2-17.htm" title="Why in all things it behooved him to be made like to his brothers, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.">Hebrews 2:17</a>; <a href="/hebrews/3-1.htm" title="Why, holy brothers, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;">Hebrews 3:1</a>); His exaltation (<a href="/context/hebrews/1-3.htm" title="Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:">Hebrews 1:3-4</a>; <a href="/hebrews/1-13.htm" title="But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool?">Hebrews 1:13</a>; <a href="/hebrews/2-9.htm" title="But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.">Hebrews 2:9</a>); His divine Sonship (Hebrews 1; <a href="/hebrews/3-6.htm" title="But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.">Hebrews 3:6</a>); His compassion towards the brethren whose lot He came to share (<a href="/context/hebrews/2-11.htm" title="For both he that sanctifies and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers,">Hebrews 2:11-18</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hebrews/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 14. - To the interposed minatory warning of the three preceding verses now succeeds encouragement, based on the view, which has been now a second time led up to, of Christ being our great High Priest, who can both sympathize and succor. The passage answers closely in thought to the conclusion of <a href="/hebrews/2.htm">Hebrews 2</a>, and might naturally have followed there; but that, before taking up the subject of Christ's priesthood, the writer had another line of thought to pursue, leading up (as has been explained) to the same conclusion. The οϋν at the beginning of ver. 14 either connects κρατῶμεν ("let us hold fast") with the verses immediately preceding in the sense, "The Word of God being so searching and resistless, let us therefore hold fast," etc., - in which ease the participial clause ἔχοντες, etc., is a confirmation of this exhortation (so Delitzsch); or is connected logically with the participial clause as a resumption of the whole preceding argument. Certainly the idea of the participial clause is the prominent one in the writer's mind, what follows being an expansion of it. And the position of οϋν suggests this connection. It is to be observed that, after the manner of the Epistle, this concluding exhortation serves also as a transition to the subject of the following chapters, and anticipates in some degree what is to be set forth, though all the expressions used have some ground in what has gone before. Having then a great High Priest who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. The rendering of διεληλυθότα τοὺς οὐρανοὺς in the A.V. ("is passed into the heavens") is evidently wrong. The idea is that Christ has passed through the intermediate heavens to the immediate presence of God - to the sphere of the eternal σαββατισμὸς. In his use of the plural, τοὺς οὐρανοὺς, the writer may have had in his mind the Jewish view of an ascending series of created heavens. Clemens Alexandrinus, e.g. speaks of seven: Απτὰ οὐρανοὺς οὕς τινὲς ἀρίθμουσι κατ ἐπανάβασιν. Cf. also "the heaven and the heaven of heavens" (<a href="/deuteronomy/10-14.htm">Deuteronomy 10:14</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/6-18.htm">2 Chronicles 6:18</a>; <a href="/nehemiah/9-6.htm">Nehemiah 9:6</a>), and "who hast set thy glory above the heavens" (<a href="/psalms/8-1.htm">Psalm 8:1</a>), also "the third heaven," into which St. Paul was rapt (<a href="/2_corinthians/12-2.htm">2 Corinthians 12:2</a>). Cf. also <a href="/ephesians/4-10.htm">Ephesians 4:10</a>, Ὁ ἀναβὰς ὑπεράνω πάντων τῶν οὐρανῶν ἵνα πληρώσῃ τὰ πάντα. The conception of the phrase is that, whatever spheres of created heavens intervene between our earth and the eternal uncreated, beyond them to it Christ has gone, - into "heaven itself (αὐτὸν τὸν οὐρανὸν);" "before the face of God" (<a href="/hebrews/9-24.htm">Hebrews 9:24</a>). From this expression, together with <a href="/ephesians/4-10.htm">Ephesians 4:10</a> (above quoted), is rightly deduced the doctrine of Christ s ubiquity even in his human nature. For, carrying that nature with him and still retaining it, he is spoken of as having passed to the region which admits no idea of limitation, and so as to "fill all things." The obvious bearing of this doctrine on that of the presence in the Eucharist may be noted in passing. (It is to be observed that "the heavens" in the plural is used (<a href="/hebrews/8-1.htm">Hebrews 8:1</a>) of the seat of the Divine majesty itself to which Christ has gone. It is the word διεληλυθότα that determines the meaning here.) The designation, "Jesus the Son of God," draws attention first to the man Jesus who was known by that name in the flesh, and secondly to the "more excellent name," above expatiated on, in virtue of which he "hath passed through the heavens." The conclusion follows that it is the human Jesus, with his humanity, who, being also the Son of God, has so "passed through." There may possibly (as some think) be an intention of contrasting him with Joshua (Ιησοῦς, ver. 8), who won the entrance into the typical rest. But it is not necessary to suppose this; vers. 8 and 14 are at too great a distance from each other to suggest a connection of thought between them; and besides Ἰησοῦν occurred similarly at the end of <a href="/hebrews/3-1.htm">Hebrews 3:1</a>, before any mention of Joshua. The epithet μέγαν after ἀρχιερέα distinguishes Christ from all other high priests (cf. <a href="/hebrews/13-20.htm">Hebrews 13:20</a>, Τὸν ποιμένα τῶν προβάτων τὸν μέγαν). The high priest of the Law passed through the veil to the earthly symbol of the eternal glory; the "great High Priest" has passed through the heavens to the eternal glory itself. As to ὁμολογίας, cf. on Hebrews 3:1. In consideration of having such a High Priest, who, as is expressed in what follows, can both sympathize and succor, the readers are exhorted to "hold fast," not only their inward faith, but their "confession" of it before men. A besetting danger of the Hebrew Christians was that of shrinking from a full and open confession under the influence of gainsaying or persecution. <a href="/commentaries/hebrews/4-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Therefore, οὖν (oun) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3767.htm">Strong's 3767: </a> Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly. since we have Ἔχοντες (Echontes) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2192.htm">Strong's 2192: </a> To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. [such] a great μέγαν (megan) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3173.htm">Strong's 3173: </a> Large, great, in the widest sense. high priest ἀρχιερέα (archierea) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_749.htm">Strong's 749: </a> High priest, chief priest. From arche and hiereus; the high-priest; by extension a chief priest. who has passed through διεληλυθότα (dielēlythota) Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1330.htm">Strong's 1330: </a> To pass through, spread (as a report). From dia and erchomai; to traverse. the τοὺς (tous) Article - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. heavens, οὐρανούς (ouranous) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel. Jesus Ἰησοῦν (Iēsoun) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2424.htm">Strong's 2424: </a> Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites. the τὸν (ton) Article - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Son Υἱὸν (Huion) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5207.htm">Strong's 5207: </a> A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship. of God, Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. let us hold firmly to κρατῶμεν (kratōmen) Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2902.htm">Strong's 2902: </a> From kratos; to use strength, i.e. Seize or retain. what τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. we profess. ὁμολογίας (homologias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3671.htm">Strong's 3671: </a> A profession, confession. 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