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Hebrews 4 is the fourth chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrews in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.The author is anonymous, although the internal reference to "our brother Timothy" (Hebrews 13:23) causes a traditional attribution to Paul, but this attribution has been disputed since the second century and there is no decisive evidence for the authorship.
The Hebrew scriptures were an important source for the New Testament authors. [13] There are 27 direct quotations in the Gospel of Mark, 54 in Matthew, 24 in Luke, and 14 in John, and the influence of the scriptures is vastly increased when allusions and echoes are included, [14] with half of Mark's gospel being made up of allusions to and citations of the scriptures. [15]
D'Angelo and others regard the larger context of this passage (3:1–4:16) to be the superiority of Christ's message to the Law. While the comparison between Jesus and the angels is based on a number of OT citations, the comparison of Jesus and Moses turns on a single verse, Nu. 12:7.
The metaphor of running a race "with perseverance" appears in Hebrews 12:1, [5] and related metaphors appear in Philippians 2:16, [6] Galatians 2:2, [7] and Galatians 5:7. [8] In 2 Timothy 4:7, Paul writes "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith."
The New Testament is a collection of early Christian writings taken to be holy scripture.. The promises of God made in the Old Testament have now been fulfilled with the coming of Jesus, the Messiah (Book of Acts 2:30; 3:19, 24, 10:43; 26:6-7, 22; Epistle to the Romans 1:2-4; 1 Timothy 3:16; Epistle to the Hebrews 1:1-2; 1 Peter 1:10-12; 2 Peter 1:18-19).
The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language (MSG) is a paraphrase of the Bible in contemporary English. Authored by Eugene H. Peterson and published in segments from 1993 to 2002. [2] A Catholic version, The Message – Catholic / Ecumenical Edition, was published in 2013. [3]
Fragment 4 is a "chain-saying", seek–find–marvel–reign–rest, describing the steps towards salvation, where "rest" equals the state of salvation. [16] The saying is similar to themes found in Jewish Wisdom literature, [ n 8 ] and the similarity to a saying in the Gospel of Thomas suggests that the text may have been influenced by gnostic ...
Compare Matthew 3:11; Mark 1:8; Luke 3:16. [6] Acts 1:5 ἡμέρας (days) – Byz ς WH [6] ἡμέρας ἔως τῆς πεντηκοστῆς (days until the Pentacost) – D, cop sa cop mae Ephraem Augustine Cassiodorus [6] Acts 1:6 ἠρώτων αὐτὸν (asking [of] him) – WH [7] ἐπηρώτων αὐτὸν (inquiring him ...