Hebrews 2:4 Meaning and Explanation
“God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?”
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Read Full Chapter →God Himself confirmed the message through signs, wonders, miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, given as He willed.
What Does Hebrews 2:4 Mean?
The chain of testimony reaches its summit: behind the Lord's words and the witnesses' report stands God's own confirmation. He "bore witness" alongside them, adding His seal to their testimony through visible acts of power.
Signs, wonders, varied miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit all served one purpose -- to authenticate the saving message as truly from God. And these were distributed "according to his own will," not at human demand. The gospel does not rest on persuasive speech alone; God Himself underwrote it, leaving every hearer without excuse for treating it lightly.
Hebrews 2:4 in the Original Language
merismos (μερισμός), 'gifts' -- a distributing or apportioning, here the Spirit's gifts dealt out as God chooses.
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What does Hebrews 2:4 mean?
God Himself confirmed the message through signs, wonders, miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, given as He willed.