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ヘブライ人への手紙 2:4

4 さらに神も、しるしと不思議とさまざまな力あるわざとにより、また、御旨に従い聖霊を各自に賜うことによって、あかしをされたのである。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Holy Spirit;   Miracles;   Scofield Reference Index - Holy Spirit;   Test-Tempt;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Miracles;   Miraculous Gifts of the Holy Spirit;   Witness of the Holy Spirit;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Miracles;   Signs;   Trinity;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Kinsman-Redeemer;   Testimony;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Covenant;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Holy Ghost;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hebrews, the Epistle to the;   Miracles;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hebrews;   Messiah;   Miracles, Signs, Wonders;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the New Testament;   Spiritual Gifts;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Faith;   Hebrews Epistle to the;   Miracles;   Perseverance;   Regeneration;   Sign ;   Will;   Witness;   Wonders;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Fellow;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Sin;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Divers;   Gift;   Hebrews, Epistle to the;   Miracle;   Spiritual Gifts;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Apostle;  

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

God: Mark 16:20, John 15:26, Acts 2:32, Acts 2:33, Acts 3:15, Acts 3:16, Acts 4:10, Acts 14:3, Acts 19:11, Acts 19:12, Romans 15:18, Romans 15:19

gifts: or, distributions, 1 Corinthians 12:4-11, Ephesians 4:8-11

according: Daniel 4:35, Ephesians 1:5, Ephesians 1:9

Reciprocal: Psalms 74:9 - We see Psalms 86:10 - For Ezekiel 4:3 - This Daniel 6:27 - and he Daniel 11:3 - do Zechariah 9:14 - seen Luke 9:2 - General Luke 14:34 - but Luke 24:48 - General John 6:30 - What John 8:18 - and John 14:11 - or John 14:26 - Holy Ghost John 15:24 - If John 19:35 - he that Acts 2:11 - wonderful Acts 2:22 - a man Acts 4:20 - the things Acts 4:33 - with Acts 5:12 - by Acts 5:32 - and so Acts 8:7 - unclean Acts 13:31 - who Acts 15:8 - bare Acts 20:24 - to testify 1 Corinthians 1:6 - was 1 Corinthians 12:10 - the working 1 Corinthians 12:11 - as 2 Corinthians 6:7 - the power 2 Corinthians 13:8 - General Galatians 3:2 - Received 1 Thessalonians 1:5 - in the Hebrews 6:4 - partakers Hebrews 10:15 - General 1 Peter 1:12 - with 1 Peter 4:17 - what 1 John 5:7 - the Holy 1 John 5:9 - we

Gill's Notes on the Bible

God also bearing them witness,.... The apostles of Christ; God testifying to their mission and commission, and the truth of the doctrine they preached:

both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles; such as taking up serpents without hurt, healing the sick, causing the lame to walk, and raising the dead, and casting out devils, and the like; all which were for the confirmation of the Gospel preached by them: a sign, wonder, or miracle, for these signify the same thing, is a marvellous work done before men, by the power of God, to confirm a divine truth; God is the sole author of miracles; and they were done in the first ages of Christianity, when they were necessary, to give evidence of the truth of it, and to establish men in it; and these were various, as before observed: and gifts of the Holy Ghost; such as besides gifts of healing and working miracles, gifts of foretelling things to come, discerning of spirits, speaking with divers kinds of tongues, and the interpretation of tongues, 1 Corinthians 12:8 according to his own will; either according to the will of God, who bore testimony by these miracles and gifts; or according to the will of the Holy Spirit, who distributed them to men severally as he pleased, 1 Corinthians 12:11.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

God also bearing them witness - By miracles. Giving them the sanction of his authority, or showing that they were sent by him. No man can work a miracle by his own power. When the dead are raised, the deaf made to hear and the blind to see by a word, it is the power of God alone that does it. He thus becomes a “witness” to the divine appointment of him by whose instrumentality the miracle is performed; or furnishes an attestation that what he says is true; see notes on Acts 14:3.

With signs and wonders. - These words are usually connected in the New Testament. The word rendered “signs” - σημεῖον sēmeion - means any miraculous event that is suited to show that what had been predicted by a prophet would certainly take place; see Matthew 12:38; compare note on Isaiah 7:11. A “wonder” - τέρας teras - denotes a portent, or prodigy - something that is suited to excite wonder or amazement - and hence, a miracle. The words together refer to the various miracles which were performed by the Lord Jesus and his apostles, designed to confirm the truth of the Christian religion.

And with divers miracles. - Various miracles, such as healing the sick, raising the dead, etc. The miracles were not of one class merely, but were various, so that all pretence of deception should be taken away.

And gifts of the Holy Ghost. - Margin, “Distributions.” The various influences of the Holy Spirit enabling them to speak different languages, and to perform works beyond the power of man; see notes on 1 Corinthians 12:4-11.

According to his will - As he chose. He acted as a sovereign in this. He gave them where he pleased, and imparted them in such measure as he chose. The sense of this whole passage is, “The gospel has been promulgated to man in a solemn manner. It was first published by the Lord of glory himself. It was confirmed by the most impressive and solemn miracles. It is undoubtedly a revelation from heaven; was given in more solemn circumstances than the Law of Moses, and its threatenings are more to be dreaded than those of the Law. Beware, therefore, how you trifle with it, or disregard it. It cannot be neglected with safety; its neglect or rejection must be attended with condemnation.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Hebrews 2:4. God also bearing them witness — He did not leave the confirmation of these great truths to the testimony of men; he bore his own testimony to them by signs, wonders, various miracles, and distributions of the Holy Ghost, Πνευματος 'Αγιου μερισμοις. And all these were proved to come from himself; for no man could do those miracles at his own pleasure, but the power to work them was given according to God's own will; or rather, God himself wrought them, in order to accredit the ministry of his servants.

For the meaning of signs, wonders, &c., See the note on "Deuteronomy 4:34".


 
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