Hebrews 2:9

2:9 but we see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while,11 now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death,12 so that by God’s grace he would experience13 death on behalf of everyone.

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11	tn Or “who was made a little lower than the angels.”
12	tn Grk “because of the suffering of death.”
13	tn Grk “would taste.” Here the Greek verb does not mean “sample a small amount” (as a typical English reader might infer from the word “taste”), but “experience something cognitively or emotionally; come to know something” (cf. BDAG 195 s.v. γεύομαι 2).