Hebrews 2:15

For verily he took not on him the nature of angels,.... Good angels; for they are all along spoken of in this book; and it would have been impertinent to have said this of evil angels: and this is to…

And deliver them - Not all of them “in fact,” though the way is open for all. This deliverance relates: (1) To the dread of death. He came to free them from that. (2) From death itself - that is,…

And deliver them who through fear of death - It is very likely that the apostle has the Gentiles here principally in view. As they had no revelation, and no certainty of immortality, they were…

Here the apostle proceeds to assert the incarnation of Christ, as taking upon him not the nature of angels, but the seed of Abraham; and he shows the reason and design of his so doing.

I. The…

them who Lit. "those, as many as," i.e. "all who."

through fear of death This was felt, as we see from the O.T., far more intensely under the old than under the new dispensation. Dr Robertson Smith…