50 Fun Facts About Book of Hebrews

Hebrews 13:2 says some who showed hospitality to strangers unknowingly entertained which guests?

Angels are the unexpected guests, and the next verse turns to another kind of care: remembering those in prison as if chained beside them.

Hebrews 11:1 defines faith as assurance of what is hoped for and certainty of what else?

What we do not see is the second half of the definition, and the chapter then applies it to one Old Testament figure after another with the refrain 'by faith'.

Hebrews 4:12 says the word of God is active and sharper than which weapon, piercing soul and spirit?

A double-edged sword is the comparison, and the next verse presses the point: nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight.

Hebrews 6:19 pictures hope as which piece of a ship's gear, firm and secure for the soul?

An anchor is the image, and Hebrews says this hope reaches into the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone ahead.

Hebrews 12:1 says believers are surrounded by the faithful of earlier ages, pictured as a great what?

Cloud of witnesses is the phrase, pointing back to the heroes of chapter 11, and readers are told to throw off whatever hinders them.

Hebrews 10:25 warns believers not to neglect which practice, as some were in the habit of doing?

Meeting together is the habit in view; the King James Version calls it the assembling of ourselves together, and the verse before urges spurring one another to love and good deeds.

According to Hebrews 9:27, people are appointed to die once, and after that to face what?

Judgment follows a single death, and Hebrews draws a parallel: Christ too was offered just one time, to bear the sins of many.

Which man from before the flood does Hebrews 11:5 say was taken up so that he never saw death?

Enoch could not be found, Hebrews says, because God had taken him away, and before that he was commended for the way he lived.

The King James Version titles Hebrews as a letter of which apostle, though the text names no author?

Paul was the traditional guess, but the polished Greek is unlike his letters, and modern scholarship treats the author as unknown.

Hebrews 12 closes by urging worship with reverence and awe because God is described as what?

A consuming fire is the chapter's last image, a line borrowed from Deuteronomy 4:24, and it follows a promise of a kingdom nothing can shake.

Hebrews 11:6 says it is impossible to do what without faith, since seekers must believe God exists?

Please God is the answer, and the verse names two beliefs it requires: that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

Hebrews 9:22 says what cannot happen without the shedding of blood, a rule drawn from the law?

Forgiveness is the word in most modern Bibles, while the King James Version says remission, and the verse adds that nearly everything is purified with blood.

Hebrews 3 repeats a warning from Psalm 95: today, if you hear his voice, do not harden what?

Your hearts is the phrase, and Hebrews quotes it three times across chapters 3 and 4, recalling the generation that rebelled in the wilderness.

Hebrews 4:16 invites believers to approach which royal seat with confidence, to receive mercy?

The throne of grace is open, Hebrews argues, because the high priest there was tempted in every way and can sympathize with human weakness.

Hebrews 11:30 says the walls of which city fell after the people marched around them for seven days?

Jericho is the first conquest in the chapter's roll call, and the very next verse honours a woman of the city who sheltered Israel's spies.

Which prostitute does Hebrews 11:31 say did not perish because she welcomed the Israelite spies?

Rahab is one of only two women the chapter mentions by name, and Hebrews contrasts her with neighbours it calls disobedient.

Which man does Hebrews 11:7 say was warned about things not yet seen and so saved his family?

Noah built an ark on the strength of that warning, and Hebrews says that by doing so he condemned the world.

Which woman does Hebrews 11:11 say was enabled to conceive though barren and beyond the proper age?

Sarah considered the one who had promised faithful, Hebrews says, and the result was descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky.

According to Hebrews 12:2, what did Jesus endure for the joy set before him, scorning its shame?

The cross comes with a title: the verse calls Jesus the author and perfecter of faith, and tells readers to fix their eyes on him.

Hebrews 13:5 tells readers to be content with what they have and keep free from the love of what?

Money need not be the safety net, the verse argues, because God has promised never to leave or forsake his people.

Hebrews 1:2 says God made the universe through his Son and appointed him what of all things?

Heir is the title, and the next sentence adds that the Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his nature.

In the Psalm quoted at Hebrews 1:13, God promises to make the Son's enemies into what?

A footstool for the feet comes from Psalm 110, and Hebrews returns to the line in chapter 10, where Christ waits for it to come true.

Hebrews 1:9 says God anointed the Son above his companions with the oil of what?

Gladness, or joy in some translations, is the reward the quoted Psalm gives for loving righteousness and hating wickedness.

Hebrews 1:11 says the earth and the heavens will perish, wearing out like which everyday object?

A garment is the image, taken from Psalm 102, and the contrast is the point: creation wears out while the Son remains the same.

According to Hebrews 2:14, who holds the power of death and is destroyed through the death of Jesus?

The devil is named outright, and the next verse gives the result: freedom for those held in slavery all their lives by fear of dying.

Hebrews 5:12 tells readers who ought to be teachers that they still need what instead of solid food?

Milk is for infants, the passage says, while solid food is for those whose senses are trained by constant use to tell good from evil.

When God made his promise to Abraham, Hebrews 6:13 says he swore the oath by what?

Himself was the only guarantor left, Hebrews reasons, since people swear by someone greater and an oath settles every argument.

Hebrews 6:18 names which act as impossible for God?

To lie is impossible for God, so the promise and the oath behind it are called two unchangeable things for those who have fled to him.

Hebrews 6:4–6 says those who taste the heavenly gift and then fall away cannot be restored to what?

Repentance cannot be renewed for them, the passage warns, because they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and shaming him openly.

Hebrews 6:1 urges readers to leave the elementary teachings about Christ behind and go on to what?

Maturity, or perfection in the King James Version, means building past foundations the passage lists, such as instruction about baptisms and the laying on of hands.

Hebrews calls Jesus a priest forever in the order of which figure, who blessed Abraham after a battle?

Melchizedek appears in Genesis with no recorded parents, birth or end of life, which Hebrews reads as a picture of a priesthood that never ends.

Hebrews 7:2 says king of Salem, a title of the priest who blessed Abraham, means king of what?

Peace is the meaning of Salem, and Hebrews adds that the priest's own name translates as king of righteousness.

Hebrews 8 quotes which prophet at length, promising a new covenant unlike the one made at the exodus?

Jeremiah's promise includes laws placed in people's minds, and Hebrews concludes that calling the covenant new makes the first one obsolete.

According to Hebrews 9:4, what was kept inside the ark of the covenant along with the stone tablets?

A jar of manna, made of gold, sat there with the tablets and a staff that had budded, beneath the cherubim of glory.

Hebrews 9:7 says the high priest entered the tabernacle's inner room how often, always bringing blood?

Once a year was the limit, and Hebrews reads the restriction as a sign that the way into God's presence had not yet been opened.

Hebrews 9:16–17 explains the new covenant by comparing it to which legal document?

A will and a covenant are the same word in Greek, diatheke, and Hebrews plays on both senses of it in this chapter.

Hebrews 10:25 says believers should encourage one another all the more as they see what approaching?

The Day goes unexplained in the verse, but a little later Hebrews quotes a promise that the one who is coming will come without delay.

After warning about deliberate sin, Hebrews 10:31 calls it fearful to fall into whose hands?

The living God closes a warning that leans on Deuteronomy, quoting its line that vengeance belongs to the Lord, who will repay.

Hebrews 10:4 says it is impossible for the blood of which sacrificial animals to take away sins?

Bulls and goats were offered again and again, and Hebrews argues that sacrifices which truly worked would have stopped being offered.

Hebrews 10:11–12 contrasts priests who stand daily with Christ, who after one sacrifice did what?

Sat down is the telling detail: priests on their feet never finish, while a seated one has completed the work, at God's right hand.

Which man does Hebrews 11:4 say offered God a better sacrifice than his brother and still speaks?

Abel was commended as righteous when God approved his gifts, and Hebrews later says the sprinkled blood of Jesus speaks a better word than his.

Hebrews 11:19 says Abraham, tested by God, reasoned that God could do what?

Raise the dead is what Abraham expected, Hebrews says, and in a sense he did get Isaac back, the son through whom his offspring were promised.

Hebrews 11:22 says Joseph, near his end, spoke of the exodus and gave instructions about what?

His bones close a run of deathbed scenes in the chapter, after Isaac blessing his sons and Jacob blessing his grandsons.

Hebrews 11:24 says Moses, choosing to suffer with God's people, refused to be called the son of whom?

Pharaoh's daughter is the title he gave up, and Hebrews says he valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, looking ahead to his reward.

Which commander does Hebrews 11:32 name beside Gideon, though not the prophetess who summoned him?

Barak refused to march unless Deborah went with him, yet he is the one Hebrews names, along with Samson, Jephthah, David and Samuel.

Hebrews 7 argues that which tribe paid a tenth through its ancestor Abraham, before the tribe existed?

Levi collects tithes under the law, so Hebrews treats the tenth Abraham gave as proof that the priest who received it outranks the Levitical line.

Hebrews 12:16 warns against being godless like Esau, who traded what for a single meal?

His birthright went for one meal, and Hebrews adds the sequel: he later sought the blessing with tears and was rejected.

Hebrews 13:16 says not to neglect doing good and which other practice, calling both sacrifices?

Sharing with others is paired with doing good, and the verse before names a third sacrifice: praise, the fruit of lips that confess God's name.

Which co-worker, called our brother, does Hebrews 13:23 report has been released?

Timothy's release is one of the letter's few personal notes, and the author hopes to travel with him and see the readers soon.

Which eloquent Alexandrian preacher from Acts did Martin Luther propose as the author of Hebrews?

Apollos is described in Acts as an eloquent man, well versed in the Scriptures, which suits a letter built on Old Testament quotations.