Hebrews 13:8

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

King James Version (1611)
Iesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for euer.

King James Version
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

English Standard Version
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

New American Standard Bible
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, and forever.

New Century Version
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Legacy Standard Bible
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Berean Standard Bible
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus Christ never changes! He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Complete Jewish Bible
Yeshua the Messiah is the same yesterday, today and forever.

Darby Translation
Jesus Christ [is] the same yesterday, and to-day, and to the ages [to come].

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Remember them which haue the ouersight of you, which haue declared vnto you the word of God: whose faith followe, considering what hath bene the ende of their conuersation. Iesus Christ yesterday, and to day, the same also is for euer.

George Lamsa Translation
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and for ever.

Good News Translation
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Lexham English Bible
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Literal Translation
Jesus Christ, the same yesterday and today and forever.

Amplified Bible
Jesus Christ is [eternally changeless, always] the same yesterday and today and forever.

American Standard Version
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and to-day, yea and for ever.

Bible in Basic English
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.

Hebrew Names Version
Yeshua the Messiah is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

International Standard Version
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today - and forever!John 8:58; Hebrews 1:12; Revelation 1:4;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
Jeshu Meshiha is yesterday, and to-day, and for ever.

Murdock Translation
Jesus the Messiah is the same, yesterday, to-day, and for ever.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Iesus Christe yesterday and to day, and the same for euer.

English Revised Version
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, yea and for ever.

World English Bible
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and to day and for ever.

Weymouth's New Testament
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and to-day--yes, and to the ages to come.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Jhesu Crist, yistirdai, and to dai, he is also into worldis.

Update Bible Version
Jesus Christ [is] the same yesterday and today, and forever.

Webster's Bible Translation
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever.

New English Translation
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever!

New King James Version
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

New Living Translation
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

New Life Bible
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

New Revised Standard
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Jesus Christ, yesterday, and to-day, is the same, - and unto the ages.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Jesus Christ, yesterday, and today: and the same for ever.

Revised Standard Version
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Iesus Christ yesterdaye and to daye and the same continueth for ever.

Young's Literal Translation
Jesus Christ yesterday and to-day the same, and to the ages;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Iesus Christ yesterdaye and Todaye, & the same cotinueth for euer.

Mace New Testament (1729)
Jesus Christ is always the same, yesterday, to-day, and for ever. be not then misled by artful, novel doctrines:

Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus ain't changing a lick. He's the same every day.

Contextual Overview

¹Stay on good terms with each other, held together by love. Be ready with a meal or a bed when it's needed. Why, some have extended hospitality to angels without ever knowing it! Regard prisoners as if you were in prison with them. Look on victims of abuse as if what happened to them had happened to you. Honor marriage, and guard the sacredness of sexual intimacy between wife and husband. God draws a firm line against casual and illicit sex. ⁵Don't be obsessed with getting more material things. Be relaxed with what you have. Since God assured us, "I'll never let you down, never walk off and leave you," we can boldly quote, God is there, ready to help; I'm fearless no matter what. Who or what can get to me? ⁷Appreciate your pastoral leaders who gave you the Word of God. Take a good look at the way they live, and let their faithfulness instruct you, as well as their truthfulness. There should be a consistency that runs through us all. For Jesus doesn't change—yesterday, today, tomorrow, he's always totally himself. ⁹ Don't be lured away from him by the latest speculations about him. The grace of Christ is the only good ground for life. Products named after Christ don't seem to do much for those who buy them. ¹⁰The altar from which God gives us the gift of himself is not for exploitation by insiders who grab and loot. In the old system, the animals are killed and the bodies disposed of outside the camp. The blood is then brought inside to the altar as a sacrifice for sin. It's the same with Jesus. He was crucified outside the city gates—that is where he poured out the sacrificial blood that was brought to God's altar to cleanse his people. ¹³So let's go outside, where Jesus is, where the action is—not trying to be privileged insiders, but taking our share in the abuse of Jesus. This "insider world" is not our home. We have our eyes peeled for the City about to come. Let's take our place outside with Jesus, no longer pouring out the sacrificial blood of animals but pouring out sacrificial praises from our lips to God in Jesus' name. ¹⁶ Make sure you don't take things for granted and go slack in working for the common good; share what you have with others. God takes particular pleasure in acts of worship—a different kind of "sacrifice"—that take place in kitchen and workplace and on the streets. ¹⁷ Be responsive to your pastoral leaders. Listen to their counsel. They are alert to the condition of your lives and work under the strict supervision of God. Contribute to the joy of their leadership, not its drudgery. Why would you want to make things harder for them?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Hebrews 1:12, Psalms 90:2, Psalms 90:4, Psalms 102:27, Psalms 102:28, Psalms 103:17, Isaiah 41:4, Isaiah 44:6, Malachi 3:6, John 8:56-58, James 1:17, Revelation 1:4, Revelation 1:8, Revelation 1:11, Revelation 1:17, Revelation 1:18

Reciprocal: Genesis 43:12 - double Exodus 3:14 - I AM hath Exodus 3:15 - my memorial Exodus 38:1 - General Psalms 9:7 - But Psalms 93:2 - thou Psalms 102:12 - thou Isaiah 30:33 - of old Isaiah 43:13 - before Isaiah 46:4 - even to your Lamentations 5:19 - remainest Micah 5:2 - whose Habakkuk 1:12 - thou not Habakkuk 3:6 - his John 1:1 - the beginning John 1:15 - he was John 8:58 - Before Romans 16:26 - everlasting 2 Corinthians 1:19 - was not 2 Corinthians 1:20 - all Philippians 2:6 - in Colossians 1:17 - he 1 Timothy 6:16 - only 2 Timothy 1:3 - with Hebrews 7:24 - he continueth Revelation 4:8 - which

Cross-References

Genesis 13:3
He moved on from the Negev, camping along the way, to Bethel, the place he had first set up his tent between Bethel and Ai and built his first altar. Abram prayed there to God .

Genesis 13:14
After Lot separated from him, God said to Abram, "Open your eyes, look around. Look north, south, east, and west. Everything you see, the whole land spread out before you, I will give to you and your children forever. I'll make your descendants like dust—counting your descendants will be as impossible as counting the dust of the Earth. So—on your feet, get moving! Walk through the country, its length and breadth; I'm giving it all to you."

Genesis 13:18
Abram moved his tent. He went and settled by the Oaks of Mamre in Hebron. There he built an altar to God .

Genesis 45:24
Then he sent his brothers off. As they left he told them, "Take it easy on the journey; try to get along with each other."

Exodus 2:13
The next day he went out there again. Two Hebrew men were fighting. He spoke to the man who started it: "Why are you hitting your neighbor?"

Psalms 133:1
A Pilgrim Song of David How wonderful, how beautiful, when brothers and sisters get along! It's like costly anointing oil flowing down head and beard, Flowing down Aaron's beard, flowing down the collar of his priestly robes. It's like the dew on Mount Hermon flowing down the slopes of Zion. Yes, that's where God commands the blessing, ordains eternal life.

Proverbs 15:1
A gentle response defuses anger, but a sharp tongue kindles a temper-fire.

Proverbs 15:18
Hot tempers start fights; a calm, cool spirit keeps the peace.

Proverbs 20:3
It's a mark of good character to avert quarrels, but fools love to pick fights.

Matthew 5:9
"You're blessed when you can show people how to cooperate instead of compete or fight. That's when you discover who you really are, and your place in God's family.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and today, and for ever. Who is the substance of the word spoken by the above mentioned rulers, the author and object of their faith, and the end in which their conversation terminated. These words may be expressive of the duration of Christ: he was "yesterday", which does not design the day immediately foregoing, nor some little time past, but ancient times, formerly, of old; and though it does not extend to eternity, which is true of Christ, yet may be carried further than to the days of his flesh here on earth, even to the whole Old Testament dispensation; yea, to the beginning of the world, when he existed not only as the eternal Word, the everlasting "I am", but as the Saviour and Redeemer of his people; during which dispensation he frequently appeared in an human form, and was the sum of all promises and prophecies, and the substance of all types and shadows, and the spiritual food of his people: and he is "today" under the Gospel dispensation; in his person as God-man, and in his offices as prophet, priest, and King: and will be so "for ever": he will never die more; his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his priesthood an unchangeable one. Moreover, these words may regard the immutability of Christ; who is unchangeable in his person, perfections, and essence, as God; and in his love to his people; and in the fulness of his grace, and in the efficacy of his blood, and in the virtue of his sacrifice and righteousness: it may be observed, that ο αυτος, translated "the same", answers to הוא, "he", a name of God, Psalms 102:27 and which is used in Jewish writings x for a name of God; and so it is among the Turks y: and it is expressive of his eternity, immutability, and independence; and well agrees with Christ, who is God over all, blessed for ever.

x Seder Tephillot, fol. 2. 1. & 4. 1. Ed. Basil. fol. 6. 2. & 7. 1. Ed. Amstelod. Zehar in Exod. fol. 35. 4. Maimonides in Misn. Succa, c. 4. sect. 5. y Smith de Moribus Turc. p. 40.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jesus Christ the same yesterday ... - As this stands in our common translation, it conveys an idea which is not in the original. It would seem to mean that Jesus Christ, the unchangeable Saviour, was the end or aim of the conduct of those referred to, or that they lived to imitate and glorify him. But this is by no means the meaning in the original. There it stands as an absolute proposition, that “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever;” that is, that he is unchangeable. The evident design of this independent proposition here is, to encourage them to persevere by showing that their Saviour was always the same; that he who had sustained his people in former times, was the same still, and would be the same forever. The argument here, therefore, for perseverance is founded on the “immutability” of the Redeemer. If he were fickle, vacillating, changing in his character and plans; if today he aids his people, and tomorrow will forsake them; if at one time he loves the virtuous, and at another equally loves the vicious; if he formed a plan yesterday which he has abandoned today; or if he is ever to be a different being from what he is now, there would be no encouragement to effort. Who would know what to depend on? Who would know what to expect tomorrow? For who could have any certainty that he could ever please a capricious or a vacillating being? Who could know how to shape his conduct if the principles of the divine administration were not always the same? At the same time, also, that this passage furnishes the strongest argument for fidelity and perseverance, it is an irrefragable proof of the divinity of the Saviour. It asserts immutability - sameness in the past, the present, and to all eternity but of whom can this be affirmed but God? It would not be possible to conceive of a declaration which would more strongly assert immutability than this.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Hebrews 13:8. Jesus Christ the same yesterday — In all past times there was no way to the holiest but through the blood of Jesus, either actually shed, or significantly typified. To-day - he is the lamb newly slain, and continues to appear in the presence of God for us. For ever-to the conclusion of time, he will be the way, the truth, and the life, none coming to the Father but through him; and throughout eternity, εις τους αιωνας, it will appear that all glorified human spirits owe their salvation to his infinite merit. This Jesus was thus witnessed of by your guides, who are already departed to glory. Remember HIM; remember them; and take heed to yourselves.