Christ especially discussed?
11. Where is the high priesthood of Christ
especially discussed?
12. Identify by content the ve warning
sections of Hebrews.
13. Name key words of the epistle. What
key verse represents the theme?
VIII. FURTHER STUDY
1. The high priesthood of Jesus is related
to the person and o ce of Melchizedek in
4:14—5:10. Study this Old Testament
character, and arrive at your conclusions
why he is a type of Jesus the High Priest.
2. Chapter 1 deals at length with angels.
Study further why angels are the rst
objects of comparison with Jesus in the
sequence of 1:1—7:28.
IX. OUTLINE
HEBREWS: Consider Jesus, Our Great
High Priest
SUPERIOR PERSON
1:1—7:28
Son Superior to Angels
1:1—2:4
Jesus as Redeemer
2:5-18
Christ Superior to Moses and Joshua 3:1—4:13
Jesus Superior to Aaron
4:14—5:10
Warning Against Sloth and Apostasy 5:11—6:20
Jesus, Priest Forever
7:1-28
SUPERIOR INSTITUTIONS
8:1—10:18
Better Covenant and Tabernacle
8:1—9:12
Better Sacrifice
9:13—10:18
SUPERIOR LIFE
10:19—13:25
Confidence of Faith
10:19-39
Examples of Faith
11:1—12:2
Endurance of Faith
12:3-29
Workings of Faith
13:1-25
X. SELECTED READING
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
Ross, Robert W. “Hebrews.” In The
Wycliffe Bible Commentary, pp. 1401-8.
Scroggie, W. Graham, Know Your Bible,
2:265-82.
COMMENTARIES
Bruce, F. F. The Epistle to the Hebrews.
Lenski, R.C.H. The Interpretation of the
Epistle to the Hebrews and of the Epistle
of James.
Newell, William R. Hebrews Verse by
Verse. Westcott, B. F. The Epistle to the
Hebrews.
OTHER RELATED SOURCES
Murray, Andrew. The Holiest of All.
Strong, James. The Exhaustive
Concordance of the Bible.
Thomas, Robert L., ed. New American
Standard Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible.
3. R.C.H. Lenski, The Interpretation of the
Epistle to the Hebrews and of the Epistle of
James, p. 21.
4. Andrew Murray, The Holiest of All, p. 23.
5. John Phillips, Exploring the Scriptures, p.
262.
6. The abbey in London displays the tombs
of Christian statesmen of past centuries, as
Hebrews 11 eulogizes the faith lives of Old
Testament saints.