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href="/bsb/hebrews/6.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/hebrews/6.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/hebrews/6.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the power of the age to come—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/hebrews/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/hebrews/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/hebrews/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />and having tasted <i>the</i> goodness of God's word and <i>the</i> power <i>of the</i> coming age--<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/hebrews/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/hebrews/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/hebrews/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/hebrews/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/hebrews/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/hebrews/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />and having tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/hebrews/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />and have tasted <i>and</i> consciously experienced the good word of God and the powers of the age (world) to come,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/hebrews/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />who tasted God’s good word and the powers of the coming age,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/hebrews/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />tasted God&#8217s good word and the powers of the coming age, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/hebrews/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/hebrews/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/hebrews/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They experienced the goodness of God's word and the powers of the world to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/hebrews/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />they knew from experience that God's word is good, and they had felt the powers of the coming age. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/hebrews/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />who have tasted the goodness of God's word and the powers of the coming age, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/hebrews/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/hebrews/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />tasted the good word of God and the miracles of the coming age,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/hebrews/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/hebrews/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/hebrews/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />and have realized how good the word of God is and how mighty are the powers of the coming Age, and then fell away--<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/hebrews/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />and tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/hebrews/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and tasted the good saying of God, also the powers of the coming age,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/hebrews/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />and having tasted <i>the</i> goodness of God's word and <i>the</i> power <i>of the</i> coming age--<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/hebrews/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and did taste the good saying of God, the powers also of the coming age,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/hebrews/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And tasted of the good word of God, and powers of the life about to be,<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/hebrews/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Have moreover tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/hebrews/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />who, despite having tasted the good Word of God and the virtues of the future age, have yet fallen away,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/hebrews/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />and tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/hebrews/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/hebrews/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/hebrews/6.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />And tasted the good word of God and the power of the future world,<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/hebrews/6.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the coming age,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/hebrews/6.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />and having tasted the beautiful word of God, and the dynamites of the coming age,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/hebrews/6.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/hebrews/6.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />and have known by experience the truth of the divine promises, and the miracles of the age that was to come; it is impossible,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/hebrews/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />and have realized how good the word of God is and how mighty are the powers of the coming Age, and then fell away--<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/hebrews/6.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />and tasted the good word of God and the powers of the coming age,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/hebrews/6.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />and of the good word of God,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/hebrews/6-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x-IAXXp5zcA?start=824" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/hebrews/6.htm">A Call to Maturity</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/1089.htm" title="1089: geusamenous (V-APM-AMP) -- (a) I taste, (b) I experience. A primary verb; to taste; by implication, to eat; figuratively, to experience.">who have tasted</a> <a href="/greek/2570.htm" title="2570: kalon (Adj-ANS) -- Properly, beautiful, but chiefly good, i.e. Valuable or virtuous.">the goodness</a> <a href="/greek/4487.htm" title="4487: rhēma (N-ANS) -- From rheo; an utterance,; by implication, a matter or topic; with a negative naught whatever.">of the word</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/5037.htm" title="5037: te (Conj) -- And, both. A primary particle of connection or addition; both or also.">and</a> <a href="/greek/1411.htm" title="1411: dynameis (N-AFP) -- From dunamai; force; specially, miraculous power.">the powers</a> <a href="/greek/3195.htm" title="3195: mellontos (V-PPA-GMS) -- A strengthened form of melo; to intend, i.e. Be about to be, do, or suffer something.">of the coming</a> <a href="/greek/165.htm" title="165: aiōnos (N-GMS) -- From the same as aei; properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity; by implication, the world; specially a Messianic period.">age—</a> </span> <span class="reftext">6</span>and then have fallen away—to be restored to repentance, because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to open shame.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-20.htm">Matthew 13:20-21</a></span><br />The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. / But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-20.htm">2 Peter 2:20-21</a></span><br />If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first. / It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/3-2.htm">Galatians 3:2-5</a></span><br />I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith? / Are you so foolish? After starting in the Spirit, are you now finishing in the flesh? / Have you suffered so much for nothing, if it really was for nothing? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-3.htm">1 Corinthians 10:3-4</a></span><br />They all ate the same spiritual food / and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-31.htm">John 6:31-33</a></span><br />Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” / Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. / For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/5-5.htm">Romans 5:5</a></span><br />And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/1-13.htm">Ephesians 1:13-14</a></span><br />And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, / who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-3.htm">1 Peter 2:3</a></span><br />now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/2-9.htm">1 Corinthians 2:9-10</a></span><br />Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.” / But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/5-20.htm">1 John 5:20</a></span><br />And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/34-8.htm">Psalm 34:8</a></span><br />Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/11-7.htm">Numbers 11:7-9</a></span><br />Now the manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of gum resin. / The people walked around and gathered it, ground it on a handmill or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot or shaped it into cakes. It tasted like pastry baked with fine oil. / When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/8-3.htm">Deuteronomy 8:3</a></span><br />He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-20.htm">Nehemiah 9:20</a></span><br />You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-1.htm">Isaiah 55:1-3</a></span><br />“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost! / Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods. / Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,</p><p class="hdg">tasted.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/13-20.htm">Matthew 13:20,21</a></b></br> But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/mark/4-16.htm">Mark 4:16,17</a></b></br> And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/mark/6-20.htm">Mark 6:20</a></b></br> For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.</p><p class="hdg">the powers.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/2-5.htm">Hebrews 2:5</a></b></br> For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hebrews/5-14.htm">Age</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-17.htm">Fell</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-4.htm">Good</a> <a href="/philemon/1-14.htm">Goodness</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-11.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-12.htm">Power</a> <a href="/titus/3-1.htm">Powers</a> <a href="/ephesians/3-11.htm">Realized</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-9.htm">Taste</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-4.htm">Tasted</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-4.htm">Time</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-1.htm">Word</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-1.htm">Works</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-3.htm">World</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hebrews/6-20.htm">Age</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-6.htm">Fell</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-7.htm">Good</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-3.htm">Goodness</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-18.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-8.htm">Power</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-22.htm">Powers</a> <a href="/revelation/10-7.htm">Realized</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-25.htm">Taste</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-3.htm">Tasted</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-15.htm">Time</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-15.htm">Word</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-14.htm">Works</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-1.htm">World</a><div class="vheading2">Hebrews 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hebrews/6-1.htm">He exhorts not to fall back from the faith;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hebrews/6-11.htm">but to be steadfast,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hebrews/6-12.htm">diligent, and patient to wait upon God;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hebrews/6-13.htm">because God is most sure in his promise.</a></span><br></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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hebrews/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hebrews/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/hebrews/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>who have tasted</b><br>This phrase suggests an experiential knowledge rather than a mere intellectual understanding. In biblical context, "tasting" implies a personal encounter or experience, as seen in <a href="/psalms/34-8.htm">Psalm 34:8</a>, "Taste and see that the LORD is good." It indicates a genuine, albeit possibly incomplete, experience of spiritual realities.<p><b>the goodness of the word of God</b><br>The "word of God" refers to the divine revelation found in Scripture. The "goodness" highlights the beneficial and life-giving nature of God's word, as seen in passages like <a href="/psalms/119-103.htm">Psalm 119:103</a>, "How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!" This phrase underscores the transformative power of Scripture in the believer's life.<p><b>and the powers of the coming age—</b><br>This refers to the miraculous works and spiritual gifts that are a foretaste of the future kingdom of God. The "coming age" is a reference to the eschatological future, the time when God's kingdom will be fully realized. This is connected to the "already but not yet" tension in Christian theology, where believers experience aspects of the kingdom now, but await its full consummation. This is seen in passages like <a href="/romans/8-23.htm">Romans 8:23</a>, where believers have the "firstfruits of the Spirit" as a guarantee of what is to come.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/r/recipients_of_the_letter_to_the_hebrews.htm">Recipients of the Letter to the Hebrews</a></b><br>The original audience of the letter, likely Jewish Christians who were familiar with the Old Testament and were facing persecution or temptation to revert to Judaism.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_author_of_hebrews.htm">The Author of Hebrews</a></b><br>While the author is not explicitly named, the letter is traditionally attributed to Paul or another early Christian leader who had a deep understanding of Jewish traditions and the new covenant in Christ.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_coming_age.htm">The Coming Age</a></b><br>Refers to the eschatological future, the time when God's kingdom will be fully realized, and His power will be fully manifested.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_word_of_god.htm">The Word of God</a></b><br>In this context, it refers to the message of the Gospel and the teachings of Christ, which are seen as the ultimate revelation of God's will.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_powers.htm">The Powers</a></b><br>This likely refers to the miraculous works and spiritual gifts that were evident in the early church, serving as a foretaste of the full power of God's kingdom.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/e/experiencing_god's_goodness.htm">Experiencing God's Goodness</a></b><br>Believers are called to not only know about God intellectually but to experience His goodness personally through His word and Spirit.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/foretaste_of_the_kingdom.htm">Foretaste of the Kingdom</a></b><br>The spiritual experiences and gifts we encounter now are a foretaste of the full reality of God's kingdom, encouraging us to live with hope and anticipation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/responsibility_of_revelation.htm">Responsibility of Revelation</a></b><br>With the privilege of tasting God's goodness comes the responsibility to live faithfully and not fall away, as warned in the surrounding context of <a href="/bsb/hebrews/6.htm">Hebrews 6</a>.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_maturity.htm">Spiritual Maturity</a></b><br>The passage challenges believers to move beyond elementary teachings and grow into maturity, fully embracing the depth of God's word and power.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/perseverance_in_faith.htm">Perseverance in Faith</a></b><br>Understanding the powers of the coming age should motivate believers to persevere in their faith, even amidst trials and temptations.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hebrews_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hebrews 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_christian_weapons.htm">What are Christian Weapons?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/has_anyone_ever_seen_god.htm">What does believing in the Son of God mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_salvation_be_lost.htm">Can people lose their salvation? (Hebrews 6:4-6 vs. John 10:28)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_spiritual_maturity.htm">What defines spiritual maturity?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hebrews/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">Tasted the good word of God.</span>--There is a change of construction in the Greek which suggests that the words rather mean, <span class= "ital">tasted that God's word is goody</span>--tasted the excellence of God's word, and of the powers, &c. God's word was "spoken through the Lord" (<a href="/hebrews/2-3.htm" title="How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by them that heard him;">Hebrews 2:3</a>); the Hebrew Christians had heard and received this word, and had proved for themselves its excellence. (Comp. <a href="/1_peter/2-3.htm" title="If so be you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.">1Peter 2:3</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">Powers of the world to come.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">powers of a coming</span> (or, <span class= "ital">future</span>)<span class= "ital"> age.</span> As has been before remarked, the last word is different from that which we find in <a href="/hebrews/2-5.htm" title="For to the angels has he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.">Hebrews 2:5</a>, the one relating to time, the other to the world as inhabited by man. Perhaps we may say that this is the only difference; the same <span class= "ital">future</span> is contemplated in both places, namely, the age of the Messianic reign. We have seen (see <a href="/hebrews/1-2.htm" title="Has in these last days spoken to us by his Son, whom he has appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;">Hebrews 1:2</a>) that in the earliest days of the Church little account was taken of the period separating the pre-Christian age from that of the full manifestation of the kingdom of God; the "powers" received from God by those who believed (<a href="/hebrews/2-4.htm" title="God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?">Hebrews 2:4</a>) belonged to no earthly state, but were as truly anticipations of a future age of glory as was the "heavenly gift" an anticipation of the "heavenly fatherland" (<a href="/hebrews/11-16.htm" title="But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: why God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he has prepared for them a city.">Hebrews 11:16</a>). . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/hebrews/6-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">who have tasted</span><br /><span class="grk">γευσαμένους</span> <span class="translit">(geusamenous)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Accusative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1089.htm">Strong's 1089: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) I taste, (b) I experience. A primary verb; to taste; by implication, to eat; figuratively, to experience.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[the] goodness</span><br /><span class="grk">καλὸν</span> <span class="translit">(kalon)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2570.htm">Strong's 2570: </a> </span><span class="str2">Properly, beautiful, but chiefly good, i.e. Valuable or virtuous.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[of the] word</span><br /><span class="grk">ῥῆμα</span> <span class="translit">(rhēma)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4487.htm">Strong's 4487: </a> </span><span class="str2">From rheo; an utterance, ; by implication, a matter or topic; with a negative naught whatever.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of God</span><br /><span class="grk">Θεοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(Theou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> </span><span class="str2">A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="grk">τε</span> <span class="translit">(te)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5037.htm">Strong's 5037: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, both. A primary particle of connection or addition; both or also.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[the] powers</span><br /><span class="grk">δυνάμεις</span> <span class="translit">(dynameis)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1411.htm">Strong's 1411: </a> </span><span class="str2">From dunamai; force; specially, miraculous power.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[of the] coming</span><br /><span class="grk">μέλλοντος</span> <span class="translit">(mellontos)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3195.htm">Strong's 3195: </a> </span><span class="str2">A strengthened form of melo; to intend, i.e. Be about to be, do, or suffer something.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">age—</span><br /><span class="grk">αἰῶνος</span> <span class="translit">(aiōnos)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_165.htm">Strong's 165: </a> </span><span class="str2">From the same as aei; properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity; by implication, the world; specially a Messianic period.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hebrews/6-5.htm">Hebrews 6:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/hebrews/6-5.htm">Hebrews 6:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/hebrews/6-5.htm">Hebrews 6:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/hebrews/6-5.htm">Hebrews 6:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/hebrews/6-5.htm">Hebrews 6:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/hebrews/6-5.htm">Hebrews 6:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hebrews/6-5.htm">Hebrews 6:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/hebrews/6-5.htm">Hebrews 6:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/hebrews/6-5.htm">Hebrews 6:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/hebrews/6-5.htm">Hebrews 6:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/hebrews/6-5.htm">NT Letters: Hebrews 6:5 And tasted the good word of God (Heb. 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