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13 Again he says,[a] “I will be confident in him,” and again, “Here I am,[b] with[c] the children God has given me.”[d] 14 Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in[e] their humanity,[f] so that through death he could destroy[g] the one who holds the power of death (that is, the devil), 15 and set free those who were held in slavery all their lives by their fear of death.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 2:13 tn Grk “and again,” as a continuation of the preceding.
  2. Hebrews 2:13 tn Grk “behold, I,” but this construction often means “here is/there is” (cf. BDAG 468 s.v. ἰδού 2).
  3. Hebrews 2:13 tn Grk “and.”
  4. Hebrews 2:13 sn A quotation from Isa 8:17-18.
  5. Hebrews 2:14 tn Or “partook of” (this is a different word than the one in v. 14a).
  6. Hebrews 2:14 tn Grk “the same.”
  7. Hebrews 2:14 tn Or “break the power of,” “reduce to nothing.”