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*Hebrews 2:5-9*
Willow Creek Baptist Church – Evening January 17, 2010
Subjected to Suffering
*ESV*
*5* Now it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking.
*6* It has been testified somewhere,
“What is man, that you are mindful of him,
or the son of man, that you care for him?
*7* You made him for a little while lower than the angels;
you have crowned him with glory and honor,
*8* putting everything in subjection under his feet.”
Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control.
At present, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him.
*9* But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.[1]
*Rough Translation*
*5* Οὐ γὰρ ἀγγέλοις ὑπέταξεν (aorist) τὴν οἰκουμένην τὴν μέλλουσαν (pres.
part.) , περὶ ἧς (rp) λαλοῦμεν (Present) .
*6** *For it was not to angels /that /God subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking.
διεμαρτύρατο (Aorist) δέ πού τις λέγων (present part)·
but It has been testified somewhere saying:
/(//τί ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος /
/(What is man/
/ὅτι// μιμνῄσκῃ //(present pass) //αὐτοῦ,// /
/that you are mindful on him/
/[//τί ἐστιν//] //ἢ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου /
/What is the son of man/
/ὅτι// ἐπισκέπτῃ //(present) //αὐτόν;/
that you acknowledge him
*7* /ἠλάττωσας //(aorist) //αὐτὸν βραχύ τι παρʼ ἀγγέλους,/
/You made him a little less that the angels/
/δόξῃ καὶ τιμῇ ἐστεφάνωσας// (aorist)// αὐτόν,/
/glory and value you crowned him/
*8* /πάντα ὑπέταξας//(aorist)// ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ.//)/
/All things you subjected below his feet) /
ἐν τῷ γὰρ ὑποτάξαι (aorist inf.) [αὐτῷ] τὰ πάντα οὐδὲν ἀφῆκεν (aorist) αὐτῷ ἀνυπότακτον.
For in putting all /things/ in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control
Νῦν δὲ οὔπω ὁρῶμεν (present) αὐτῷ τὰ πάντα ὑποτεταγμένα· (perfect passive part.)
But now we do not see all /things/ in subjection (intensive perfect) to him
*9*τὸν δὲ βραχύ τι παρʼ ἀγγέλους ἠλαττωμένον (perfect pass.
Part.) βλέπομεν (present) Ἰησοῦν
but we see him, who for a little while was made lower than the angels namely Jesus,
διὰ τὸ πάθημα τοῦ θανάτου δόξῃ καὶ τιμῇ ἐστεφανωμένον (perfect pass.
part.),
crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death
ὅπως χάριτι θεοῦ ὑπὲρ παντὸς γεύσηται (aorist) θανάτου.[2]
So that by the grace of God he might taste death
*Exegetical Outline*
*5* Οὐ γὰρ ἀγγέλοις ὑπέταξεν (aorist) τὴν οἰκουμένην τὴν μέλλουσαν (pres.
part.) , περὶ ἧς (rp) λαλοῦμεν (Present) .
For it was not to angels /that /God subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking.
*6** *διεμαρτύρατο (Aorist) δέ πού τις λέγων (present part)·
but It has been testified somewhere saying:
/(//τί ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος /
/(What is man/
/ὅτι// μιμνῄσκῃ //(present pass) //αὐτοῦ,// /
/that you are mindful of him/
/[//τί ἐστιν//] //ἢ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου /
/What is the son of man/
/ //ὅτι// ἐπισκέπτῃ //(present) //αὐτόν;/
that you acknowledge him
* *
*7* /ἠλάττωσας //(aorist) //αὐτὸν βραχύ τι παρʼ ἀγγέλους,/
/You made him a little less that the angels/
/ /
/δόξῃ καὶ τιμῇ ἐστεφάνωσας// (aorist)// αὐτόν,/
/glory and honor you crowned him/
* *
*8* /πάντα ὑπέταξας//(aorist)// ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ.//)/
/All things you subjected below his feet) /
ἐν τῷ γὰρ ὑποτάξαι (aorist inf.) [αὐτῷ] τὰ πάντα οὐδὲν ἀφῆκεν (aorist) αὐτῷ ἀνυπότακτον.
For in putting all /things/ in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control
Νῦν δὲ οὔπω ὁρῶμεν (present) αὐτῷ τὰ πάντα ὑποτεταγμένα· (perfect passive part.)
But now we do not see all /things/ in subjection (intensive perfect) to him
* *
*9*τὸν δὲ βραχύ τι παρʼ ἀγγέλους ἠλαττωμένον (perfect pass.
Part.) βλέπομεν (present) Ἰησοῦν
but we see him, who for a little while was made lower than the angels namely Jesus,
διὰ τὸ πάθημα τοῦ θανάτου δόξῃ καὶ τιμῇ ἐστεφανωμένον (perfect pass.
part.),
crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death
ὅπως χάριτι θεοῦ ὑπὲρ παντὸς γεύσηται (aorist) θανάτου.
so that by the grace of God he might taste death.
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Running Commentary:
The irony of Jesus is that while all things had been subject to him and now are subject to him, though it does not appear so at present, nonetheless his subjection to death is ultimately his crown and glory.
v5.
The reason for their speech was not to proclaim that God subjected the world (or maybe the Roman Empire) to the angels.
v6.
The content of the message is said elsewhere in Scripture.
v6b.
Special words: βλέπομεν (9) as the sense of seeing with the eyes
ὁρῶμεν (8b) as the sight for perceptive things
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Sermon Outline:
CPT: The reason Jesus suffered death for everyone is so that he might make all things subject to himself.
I.
Those who come to Jesus are subject to Him who is greater than the angels.
(vs.
5-6)
a.
Such has been testified.
(Ps.
8:4-6)
b. Key word is subjected “*ὑποτάσσω*” which means to place under one’s control by force or action or intention.
(2:5a)
i.
BDAG - *to cause to be in a submissive relationship,* */to subject, to subordinate/*[3]
ii.
ALGNT - (1) active /subject, bring under firm control, subordinate/[4]
c. Greater than angels
II.
Though all things are in subjection to him not everything now seems in subjection to him.
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