WORD

BIBLICAL

COMMENTARY

VOLUME 47B

Hebrews 9–13

WILLIAM L. LANE

General Editors

Bruce M. Metzger

David A. Hubbard†

Glenn W. Barker†

Old Testament Editor

John D. W. Watts

New Testament Editor

Ralph P. Martin

WORD BOOKS, PUBLISHER • DALLAS, TEXAS

Word Biblical Commentary

Hebrews 9–13

Copyright © 1991 by Word, Incorporated

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the publishers.

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Main entry under title:

Word biblical commentary.

Includes bibliographies.

1. Bible—Commentaries—Collected works.

BS491.2W67 220.7ʹ7 81–71768

ISBN 0-8499-0935-X (vol(s). 47B) AACR2

Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations in the body of the commentary are from the New International Version of the Bible, copyright © 1973 by New York Bible Society International, or are the author’s own. The author’s own translation of the text appears in italic type under the heading Translation.

Table of Contents

Editorial Preface

Author’s Preface

Abbreviations

Commentary Bibliography

Main Bibliography

III. The High Priestly Office of the Son (5:11–10:39)

F. The Necessity for New Cultic Action (9:1–10)

G. Decisive Purgation through the Blood of Christ (9:11–28)

H. The Ultimate Character of Christ’s Single, Personal Sacrifice for Sins (10:1–18)

I. The Fourth Warning: The Peril of Disloyalty to Christ (10:19–39)

IV. Loyalty to God through Persevering Faith (11:1–12:13)

A. The Triumphs of Perseverance in Faith (11:1–40)

1. In the Antediluvian Era (11:1–7)

2. In the Patriarchal Era (11:8–22)

3. In the Mosaic Era (11:23–31)

4. In Subsequent Eras (11:32–40)

B. The Display of the Necessary Endurance (12:1–13)

V. Orientation for Life as Christians in a Hostile World (12:14–13:25)

A. The Final Warning: The Peril of Refusing God’s Gracious Word (12:14–29)

B. Life within the Confessing Community (13:1–25)

1. Pastoral Precepts (13:1–6) 507

2. Communal Directives (13:7–19)

3. Closing Doxology (13:20–21)

4. Personal Note (13:22–25)

Indexes

Editor’s Note

For the convenience of the reader, page numbers for both volumes of this commentary on Hebrews (47A and 47B) are included in the Contents. Page numbers for the volume in hand are printed in boldface type, while those for the other volume are in lightface.

In addition, all of the front matter from vol(s). 47A but the Introduction has been repeated in vol(s). 47B so that the reader may have abbreviations, bibliography, and other pertinent information readily at hand.

Author’s Preface

When the invitation arrived to contribute the volume on Hebrews in the Word Biblical Commentary, I was advancing some preliminary studies toward a monograph on the christology of Hebrews. That research had made me alert to the distinctiveness and richness of the writer’s understanding of Jesus and redemption, and to the depth of his pastoral concern for a community in crisis. I welcomed the opportunity to immerse myself in the text and the discussion it ...