Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
DANGER OF NEGLECTING SO GREAT SALVATION, FIRST SPOKEN BY CHRIST; TO WHOM, NOT TO ANGELS, THE NEW DISPENSATION WAS SUBJECTED; THOUGH HE WAS FOR A TIME HUMBLED BELOW THE ANGELS: THIS HUMILIATION TOOK PLACE BY DIVINE NECESSITY FOR OUR SALVATION. (Heb. 2:1-18)
Therefore—Because Christ the Mediator of the new covenant is so far (Hebrews 1:5-14) above all angels, the mediators of the old covenant.
the more earnest—Greek, "the more abundantly."
heard—spoken by God (Hebrews 1:1); and by the Lord (Hebrews 2:3).
let them slip—literally "flow past them" (Hebrews 4:1).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Hebrews 2:1:
1 Thessalonians 5:21-22
Hebrews 4:14
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