“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also complete it. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.
Hebrews 3:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Yet Jesus is worthy of more glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has more honor than the house itself. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Yet Jesus has been considered worthy of much greater honor and glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has more honor than the house [itself]. American Standard Version (1901) For he hath been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by so much as he that built the house hath more honor than the house. Common English Bible But he deserves greater glory than Moses in the same way that the builder of the house deserves more honor than the house itself. Catholic Public Domain Version For this Jesus was considered worthy of greater glory than Moses, so much so that the house which he has built holds a greater honor than the former one. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For this man was counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, by so much as he that hath built the house, hath greater honour than the house. |
“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also complete it. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.
And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
For we are God’s coworkers, working together; you are God’s field, God’s building.
Now if the ministry of death, chiseled in letters on stone tablets, came in glory so that the people of Israel could not gaze at Moses’s face because of the glory of his face, a glory now set aside,
He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything.
but we do see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
(For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.)
Christ, however, was faithful over God’s house as a son, and we are his house if we hold firm the boldness and the pride inspired by hope.