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Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Hebrews 13:8
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Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.

Explanation

The writer has just told readers to remember their leaders who taught them God's word (13:7). Leaders pass away, but Jesus does not change. Verse 9 warns against strange teachings.

Original language
  • Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous): Jesus/Joshua
    Greek · Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · Strong's G2424G · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Jesus.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Hebrews 13:8, word 1

  • Χριστὸς (Christos): Christ
    Greek · Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · Strong's G5547 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Christ.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Hebrews 13:8, word 2

  • ἐχθὲς (echthes): yesterday
    Greek · Adverb · Strong's G5504 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Yesterday.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Hebrews 13:8, word 3

  • σήμερον (sēmeron): today
    Greek · Adverb · Strong's G4594 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Today.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Hebrews 13:8, word 5

  • αὐτὸς (autos): he/she/it/self
    Greek · Personal pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine · Strong's G0846 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    The same.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Hebrews 13:8, word 7

  • αἰῶνας (aiōnas): an age
    Greek · Noun, accusative, plural, masculine · Strong's G0165H · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Ages: for ever.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Hebrews 13:8, word 11

Cross-references
  • Hebrews 1:12 · Same theme

    You remain the same, and Your years will never end.

  • Malachi 3:6 · Background

    I the LORD do not change.

  • Hebrews 13:7 · Surrounding passage

    Remember your leaders.

Sources

Original language and places

Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Greek)

Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς ἐχθὲς καὶ σήμερον ὁ αὐτὸς καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.

  1. ἸησοῦςIēsous“Jesus”
    Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · “Jesus/Joshua” · Strong's G2424G
  2. ΧριστὸςChristos“Christ”
    Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · from Χριστός · “Christ” · Strong's G5547
  3. ἐχθὲςechthes“yesterday”
    Adverb · from χθές · “yesterday” · Strong's G5504
  4. καὶkai“and”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  5. σήμερονsēmeron“today”
    Adverb · “today” · Strong's G4594
  6. ὁho“[is] the”
    Article, nominative, singular, masculine · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  7. αὐτὸςautos“same”
    Personal pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  8. καὶkai“and”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  9. εἰςeis“to”
    Preposition · “toward” · Strong's G1519
  10. τοὺςtous“the”
    Article, accusative, plural, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  11. αἰῶνας.aiōnas“ages.”
    Noun, accusative, plural, masculine · from αἰών · “an age” · Strong's G0165H
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  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)