Hebrews 12:2 - Tree of Life Version

² focusing on Yeshua, the initiator and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before Him, He endured the cross, disregarding its shame; and He has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Looking away [from all that will distract] to Jesus, Who is the Leader and the Source of our faith [giving the first incentive for our belief] and is also its Finisher [bringing it to maturity and perfection]. He, for the joy [of obtaining the prize] that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising and ignoring the shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God. [Ps. 110:1.]

American Standard Version (1901)

² looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Common English Bible

² and fix our eyes on Jesus, faith’s pioneer and perfecter. He endured the cross, ignoring the shame, for the sake of the joy that was laid out in front of him, and sat down at the right side of God’s throne.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Let us gaze upon Jesus, as the Author and the completion of our faith, who, having joy laid out before him, endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and who now sits at the right hand of the throne of God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² Looking on Jesus, the author and finisher of faith, who having joy set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and now sitteth on the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 12:2 Cross References

Psalm 110:1

A psalm of David. Adonai declares to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”

Psalm 138:8

Adonai will fulfill His purpose for me. Your lovingkindness, Adonai, endures forever. Do not abandon the work of Your hands.

Isaiah 31:1

Oy , those going down to Egypt for help. They are relying on horses, trusting in chariots since they are many, and in horsemen since they are very mighty, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel nor seek Adonai!

Isaiah 45:22

Turn to Me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth. For I am God—there is no other.

Isaiah 53:3

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief, One from whom people hide their faces. He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

Isaiah 8:17

I will wait for Adonai, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob, and I will look eagerly for Him.

Micah 7:7

But I—I will watch for Adonai. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

Zechariah 12:10

“Then I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication, when they will look toward Me whom they pierced. They will mourn for him as one mourns for an only son and grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for a firstborn.

Numbers 21:9

So Moses made a bronze snake and put it on a pole, and it happened that whenever a snake bit anyone and he looked at the bronze snake, he lived.

Matthew 16:21

From that time on, Yeshua began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and ruling kohanim and Torah scholars, and be killed, and be raised on the third day.

Matthew 20:28

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

Mark 14:36

And He was saying, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for You! Take this cup from Me! Yet not what I will, but what You will.”

Mark 15:28

[footnote: Later mss. add: So the Scripture was fulfilled which says, 'He was counted with the sinners.' See Isa. 53:12.]

Mark 16:19

Then the Lord Yeshua, after He had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

Mark 9:12

Now He told them, “Indeed Elijah comes first; he restores all things. And how is it written that the Son of Man must suffer much and be treated with contempt?

Mark 9:24

Immediately the boy’s father cried out, “I believe! Help my unbelief!”

Luke 17:5

Then the emissaries said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”

Luke 23:11

Now Herod together with his soldiers were treating Him with contempt and mocking Him. They put splendid clothing on Him and sent Him back to Pilate.

Luke 24:26

Was it not necessary for Messiah to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?”

John 1:29

The next day, John sees Yeshua coming to him and says, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

John 12:24

Amen, amen I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the earth and dies, it remains alone. But if it dies, it produces much fruit.

John 12:32

And as I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all to Myself.”

John 13:3

Yeshua knew that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was returning to God.

John 6:40

For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who sees the Son and trusts in Him may have eternal life; and I will raise him up on the last day.”

John 8:56

Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day; he saw it and was thrilled.”

Acts 2:36

“Therefore let the whole house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him—this Yeshua whom you had crucified—both Lord and Messiah!”

Acts 3:15

You killed the Author of life—the One God raised from the dead! We are witnesses of it.

Acts 5:31

This One God exalted at His right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and removal of sins.

Acts 5:41

So they left the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they were considered worthy to be dishonored on account of His name.

1 Corinthians 1:18

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

1 Corinthians 1:23

but we proclaim Messiah crucified—a stumbling block to Jewish people and foolishness to Gentile people,

Ephesians 2:16

and to reconcile both to God in one body through the cross—by which He put the hostility to death.

Ephesians 5:2

and walk in love, just as Messiah also loved us and gave Himself up for us as an offering and sacrifice to God for a fragrant aroma.

Philippians 1:6

I am sure of this very thing—that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the Day of Messiah Yeshua.

Philippians 3:20

For our citizenship is in heaven, and from there we eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Yeshua the Messiah.

2 Timothy 4:8

In the future there is reserved for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not to me only, but also to everyone who has longed for His appearing.

Hebrews 1:13

But to which of the angels has He ever said, “Sit at My right hand, until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet”?

Hebrews 1:3

This Son is the radiance of His glory and the imprint of His being, upholding all things by His powerful word. When He had made purification for our sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

Hebrews 10:14

For by one offering He has perfected forever those being made holy.

Hebrews 10:33

Sometimes you were publicly exposed to abuses and afflictions, and other times you became partners with those who were treated this way.

Hebrews 11:36

Others experienced the trial of mocking and scourging—yes, and even chains and prison.

Hebrews 12:3

Consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you may not grow weary in your souls and lose heart.

Hebrews 13:13

So let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing His disgrace.

Hebrews 5:9

And once made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him—

Hebrews 7:19

for Torah made nothing perfect. But on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

Hebrews 8:1

Now here is the main point being said. We do have such a Kohen Gadol, who has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens.

Hebrews 9:28

so also Messiah, was offered once to bear the sins of many. He will appear a second time, apart from sin, to those eagerly awaiting Him for salvation.

James 2:1

My brothers and sisters, do not hold the faith of our glorious Lord Yeshua the Messiah while showing favoritism.

1 Peter 1:11

They were trying to find out the time and circumstances the Ruach of Messiah within them was indicating, when predicting the sufferings in store for Messiah and the glories to follow.

1 Peter 3:18

For Messiah once suffered for sins also—the righteous for the unrighteous—in order to bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive by the Ruach.

1 Peter 3:22

He has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels and authorities and powers subjected to Him.

Jude 1:21

Keep yourselves in the love of God, eagerly waiting for the mercy of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah that leads to eternal life.

Revelation 1:11

saying, “Write what you see in a scroll, and send it to Messiah’s seven communities—to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”

Revelation 1:17

When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me, saying, “Do not be afraid! I am the First and the Last,

Revelation 1:8

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says Adonai Elohim, “Who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty!”

Revelation 2:8

To the angel of Messiah’s community in Smyrna write: “Thus says the First and Last, who was dead and came to life.