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This commentary reveals the true purpose of the book of Hebrews: to exhort and encourage Jewish Christians to remain faithful to Jesus and not to turn back to Judaism. These words of comfort—intended to help early believers to hold fast to the Christian hope without wavering in the face of persecution, ridicule, and insults—contain lessons that can guide our own faith today.

§5 The Benefits of Christ’s Humanity (Heb. 2:10–18) Pursuing his argument that Christ’s humanity makes possible the fulfillment of God’s saving plan and therefore involves no inferiority of Jesus to the angels, the author now focuses on the full reality and benefits of the Son’s humanity. 2:10 / It was fitting refers to the full appropriateness of the way in which God accomplished his will through the death of Jesus. It was indeed the will of God, the sovereign creator of all, that brought about
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