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Philippians 3:5View Full Chapter
5 I was circumcised on the eighth day.
I am from the people of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin.
I am a Hebrew of the Hebrews.
With respect to observing the Law, I’m a Pharisee.
Judith 10:12View Full Chapter
12 They arrested her and asked, “Who are your people? Where did you come from? And where are you going?”
She replied, “I’m a daughter of the Hebrews, and I’m escaping from them because they are about to be handed over to you to be consumed.
Wisdom 11:13View Full Chapter
13 When they heard that the Hebrews were benefiting from their punishment, they perceived that it was the Lord’s doing.
2 Maccabees 7:31View Full Chapter
31 But you, King, who have invented all sorts of evil against the Hebrews, will by no means escape God’s power.
2 Maccabees 11:13View Full Chapter
13 Showing intelligence, Lysias pondered the reality of this defeat and realized that the Hebrews, assisted by God’s power, couldn’t be defeated. So he sent a messenger
2 Maccabees 15:37View Full Chapter
37 After things turned out this way with Nicanor, the Hebrews controlled the city from that time on. So at this point I will stop.
4 Maccabees 4:11View Full Chapter
11 Apollonius fell down half dead in the temple court that was open to people of every nation and lifted his hands up to heaven. With tears, he begged the Hebrews to pray for him and to intervene with the heavenly army.
4 Maccabees 5:2View Full Chapter
2 He ordered his soldiers to bring the Hebrews forward one by one and to force them to eat pork and meat from animals sacrificed to idols.
4 Maccabees 9:6View Full Chapter
6 If the old men among the Hebrews fulfilled their duty toward God by enduring torture for the sake of godly character, it would be even more appropriate for us who are young to die with contempt for the same torture that our aged teacher defeated.
Hebrews 1View Full Chapter
The Son is God’s ultimate messenger
1 In the past, God spoke through the prophets to our ancestors in many times and many ways. 2 In these final days, though, he spoke to us through a Son. God made his Son the heir of everything and created the world through him. 3 The Son is the light of God’s glory and the imprint of God’s being. He maintains everything with his powerful message. After he carried out the cleansing of people from their sins, he sat down at the right side of the highest majesty. 4 And the Son became so much greater than the other messengers, such as angels, that he received a more important title than theirs.
Speaking to the Son and angels
5 After all, when did God ever say to any of the angels:
You are my Son.
Today I have become your Father?Or, even,
I will be his Father,
and he will be my Son?6 But then, when he brought his firstborn into the world, he said,
All of God’s angels must worship him.
7 He talks about the angels:
He’s the one who uses the spirits for his messengers
and who uses flames of fire as ministers.8 But he says to his Son,
God, your throne is forever
and your kingdom’s scepter is a rod of justice.
9 You loved righteousness and hated lawless behavior.
That is why God, your God,
has anointed you more than your companions with the oil of joy.10 And he says,
You, Lord, laid the earth’s foundations in the beginning,
and the heavens are made by your hands.
11 They will pass away,
but you remain.
They will all wear out like old clothes.
12 You will fold them up like a coat.
They will be changed like a person changes clothes,
but you stay the same,
and the years of your life won’t come to an end.13 When has he ever said to any of the angels,
Sit at my right side
until I put your enemies under your feet like a footstool?14 Aren’t all the angels ministering spirits who are sent to serve those who are going to inherit salvation?