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Commentaries on Hebrews 2:12

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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

INTRODUCTION TO Hebrews 2 In this chapter the apostle, from the superior excellency of Christ, by whom the Gospel revelation is come, discoursed of in the preceding, urges the believers he writes to, to a more diligent attention to the Gospel, and the doctrines of it; to which he adds another motive inducing thereunto, lest those things should be let slip, and be lost, Hebrews 2:1 and then, by...

John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren,.... These words, with the following clause, are cited from Psalms 22:22 as a proof of what the apostle had before asserted; and that this psalm is to be understood, not of the Jewish nation, or people of Israel, nor of Esther, nor of David, but of the Messiah, appears from the title of it, "Aijeleth, Shahar", which signifies "the morning hind";...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

In this chapter the apostle, I. Makes some application of the doctrine laid down in the chapter foregoing concerning the excellency of the person of Christ, both by way of exhortation and argument, ver. 1-4. II. Enlarges further upon the pre-eminence of Christ above the angels, ver. 5-9. III. Proceeds to remove the scandal of the cross, ver. 10-15. IV. Asserts the incarnation of Christ, taking...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will sing praise unto thee. That is a quotation from the 22nd Psalm.

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of thy church will I sing praise unto thee. The apostle was writing to Hebrews, and therefore he quoted from the books with which they were familiar. He here quotes the 22nd Psalm as the words of the Messiah.

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee. Christ, the center of the celestial chairs, is also the center of all the bands of true singers that are yet here below.