while[a] God was testifying at the same time by signs and wonders and various miracles and distributions of the Holy Spirit according to his will.

The Son’s Humiliation and Suffering

For he did not subject to angels the world to come, about which we are speaking. But someone testified somewhere, saying,

“What is man, that you remember him,
    or the son of man, that you care for him?

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 2:4 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was testifying at the same time”)

God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles,(A) and by gifts of the Holy Spirit(B) distributed according to his will.(C)

Jesus Made Fully Human

It is not to angels that he has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking. But there is a place where someone(D) has testified:

“What is mankind that you are mindful of them,
    a son of man that you care for him?(E)

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