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COMPARING: JESUS WITH MOSES
Hebrews 3:2
GREATER THAN
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In the span of two chapters, the author of Hebrews has demonstrated from the pages of the Old Testament that Jesus is superior to angels.
Someone among the Hebrews who received the epistle might ask whether Jesus is greater than Moses.
The Jews thought that no one was greater than Moses, for he gave the people of Israel two tablets of stone on which God had written the law (Exod.
34).
The angels, by contrast, were only intermediaries at the time the law was given (Acts 7:38, 53).
Having concluded that Jesus is superior to the mediators of the Mosaic law (i.e., angels, 2:2), the author now establishes the superiority of Jesus to Moses himself (3:1–6), of Jesus to the Aaronic high priesthood (4:14–7:28), of the new covenant in Jesus’ blood to the former covenant (8:1–13), and of Jesus’ death to the Mosaic sacrifices (9:1–10:18).
Acts 13:
FAITHFUL
(I) Trustworthy (1 Cor.
7:25; 1 Tim.
1:12; 2 Tim.
2:2; 1 Pet.
4:19; Rev. 19:11; Sept.: 1 Sam.
3:20; Prov.
20:6).
True, sure, trustworthy, believable, worthy of credit (Rev.
1:5; 2:13; 3:14; Sept.: Ps. 89:38; Prov.
14:5; Is. 8:2).
(I) Trustworthy (1 Cor.
7:25; 1 Tim.
1:12; 2 Tim.
2:2; 1 Pet.
4:19; Rev. 19:11; Sept.: 1 Sam.
3:20; Prov.
20:6).
True, sure, trustworthy, believable, worthy of credit (Rev.
1:5; 2:13; 3:14; Sept.: Ps. 89:38; Prov.
14:5; Is. 8:2).
Of things, true, sure, such as ho lógos (ho, def.
art.; lógos [3056], word), the word (1 Tim.
1:15; 3:1; 4:3; 2 Tim.
2:11; Titus 1:9; 3:8; Rev. 21:5; 22:6).
In Acts 13:34, tá hósia Dabíd tá pistá (tá, neut.
def.
art.; hósia, neut.
pl. of hósios [3741], sacred; Dabíd [1138], of David), the sure, inviolable, sacred things (promises, blessings) of David, the sure ones.
(II) Faithful in duty to oneself and to others, of true fidelity (Col.
4:9; 1 Pet.
5:12, a faithful brother; Rev. 2:10).
Of God as faithful to His promises (1 Cor.
1:9, “dependable the God” [a.t.]; 10:13; 1 Thess.
5:24; 2 Thess.
3:3; Heb.
10:23; 11:11; 1 John 1:9; Sept.: Deut.
32:4); of Christ (2 Tim.
2:13).
As an attestation or oath, God is faithful (2 Cor.
1:18).
Especially of servants, ministers, who are faithful in the performance of duty (Matt.
24:45; 25:21, 23; Luke 12:42; 1 Cor.
4:2; Eph.
6:21; Col. 1:7, 9; 4:7; Heb.
2:17).
With epí (1909), upon, with, followed by the dat.
pl. of olígos (3641), a little, epʾ olíga, with little things (Matt.
25:21, 23); with en (1722), in, followed by the acc.
(Luke 16:10–12; 19:17; Eph.
1:1; Col. 1:2; 1 Tim.
3:11; Heb.
3:5); by the dat. of person (Heb.
3:2; Sept.: Num.
12:7; 1 Sam.
22:14).
(III) With an act.
sense, firmness in faith, confiding, trusting, believing, equivalent to ho pisteúōn, the pres.
part. of pisteúō (4100), to believe (John 20:27; Gal.
3:9).
Followed by the dat.
(Acts 16:15; 1 Cor.
4:17).
Used in an absolute sense (Acts 10:45; 16:1; 2 Cor.
6:15; 1 Tim.
4:3, 10, 12; 5:16; 6:2; Titus 1:6; Rev. 17:14).
Used in the acc.
as an adv., pistón poiéō (poiéō [4160], to do, perform), meaning to do faithfully, in a believing manner, as a Christian (3 John 1:5; Sept.: Ps. 101:6).
(II) Faithful in duty to oneself and to others, of true fidelity (Col.
4:9; 1 Pet.
5:12, a faithful brother; Rev. 2:10).
Of God as faithful to His promises (1 Cor.
1:9, “dependable the God” [a.t.]; 10:13; 1 Thess.
5:24; 2 Thess.
3:3; Heb.
10:23; 11:11; 1 John 1:9; Sept.: Deut.
32:4); of Christ (2 Tim.
2:13).
(III) With an act.
sense, firmness in faith, confiding, trusting, believing, equivalent to ho pisteúōn, the pres.
part. of pisteúō (4100), to believe (John 20:27; Gal.
3:9).
Jesus and Moses fulfilled their God-appointed roles (2:17; 3:5; cf.
Num.
12:7; 1 Chron.
17:14 LXX).
Although Jesus is superior to Moses, Moses still receives significant respect (cf.
Num.
12:7–8), which elevates Jesus all the more.
Num 12:
The translation employs the past tense, “he was faithful” (italics added).
However, the author, by using a present participle in the original, intimates that the work God appointed Jesus to do did not terminate when his earthly task was complete, but continues in heaven.
Jesus continues to be faithful in his high-priestly work of intercession and in preparing a place for his people (John 14:3).
He remains faithful in loving and in perfecting the church of which he is the head.
GREATER HONOUR
mk 9:
V. 3 expresses the author’s concern for the supremacy of Christ over Moses, using as a supplementary argument the hellenistic commonplace that a builder is greater than his building.
The argument reaches its climax in vv.
5f., which use further material (θεράπων) from the OT text.
Yet throughout the series of comments, there is also a steady downgrading of the rôle of Moses: first he is simply compared with Jesus (v. 2), then subordinated (v.
3), and finally contrasted with him (vv.
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