God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsGod having provided some better thing concerning us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.
God for us something better having provided, that apart from us they might not be made perfect.
God having foreseen some better thing for us, that they should not be made perfect without us.
About this book
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About this book
New TestamentHebrews — The NT's most sustained Old-Testament argument — an extended demonstration that Jesus is ‘better than’ every institution Judaism knew. Priesthood, covenant, tabernacle, sacrifice: all fulfilled in one great high priest.
- Author
- Unknown — the book itself does not name its author. Traditional attribution is Pauline (Clement of Alexandria, Origen, much of the Eastern church); Luther proposed Apollos; Tertullian preferred Barnabas; Harnack proposed Priscilla. Site does not adjudicate
- Date
- Mid-to-late 1st century AD, almost certainly before AD 70 (the book argues against the ongoing Temple liturgy as if the Temple still stands)