Hebrews 1:1

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In the past God spoke to our people through the prophets. {\cf2\super [1]} God spoke to them many times and in many different ways.

Cross References

Genesis 3:15

I will make you and the woman enemies to each other. Your children and her children will be enemies. You will bite her child’s foot, but he will crush your head.”

Joel 2:28

“After this I will pour (give) my Spirit\par on all kinds of people.\par Your sons and daughters will prophesy. {\cf2\super [21]} \par Your old men will dream dreams.\par Your young men will see visions. {\cf2\super [22]} \par

Luke 1:55

God has done what he promised\par to our ancestors, {\cf2\super [17]} to Abraham, {\cf2\super [18]} \par and to his children forever.”\par

Luke 1:72

God said he would give mercy to our fathers. {\cf2\super [23]} \par And he remembered his holy promise.\par

Luke 24:27

Then Jesus began to explain everything that had been written about himself in the Scriptures. {\cf2\super [393]} Jesus started with the books of Moses and then he talked about what the prophets had said about him.

Luke 24:44

Jesus said to them, “Remember when I was with you before? I said that everything written about me must happen—everything written in the law of Moses, the books of the prophets, {\cf2\super [396]} and the Psalms.”

John 16:13

But when the Spirit of truth {\cf2\super [224]} comes, he will lead you into all truth. The Spirit of truth will not speak his own words. He will speak only what he hears. He will tell you the things that will happen.

John 7:22

But you obey the law Moses gave you the law about circumcision {\cf2\super [108]} —and sometimes you do it on a Sabbath day. (Really, Moses is not the one that gave you circumcision. Circumcision came from our people \{that lived before Moses\}.) Yes, you often circumcise babies on a Sabbath day.

John 9:29

We know that God spoke to Moses. But we don’t even know where this man (Jesus) comes from!”

Acts 13:32

We tell you the Good News {\cf2\super [271]} about the promise God made to our ancestors.

Acts 2:30

David was a prophet {\cf2\super [33]} and knew something God said. God promised David that he would make a person from David’s family to be a king like David. {\cf2\super [34]}

Acts 28:23

Paul and the Jews chose a day for a meeting. On that day many more of these Jews met with Paul at his house. Paul spoke to them all day long. Paul explained the kingdom of God to them. Paul tried to persuade them to believe the things about Jesus. He used the law of Moses and the writings of the prophets {\cf2\super [527]} to do this.

Acts 3:21

But Jesus must stay in heaven until the time when all things will be made right again. God told about this time when he spoke long ago through his holy prophets.

Hebrews 11:2

God was pleased with those people who lived a long time ago, because they had faith like this.

Hebrews 12:25

Be careful and don’t refuse to listen when God speaks. Those people (Israelites) refused to listen to him when he warned them on earth. And those people did not escape. Now God is speaking from heaven. So now it will be worse for those people who refuse to listen to him.

Hebrews 2:2

The teaching (the law) that God spoke through angels was shown to be true. And every time the \{Jewish\} people did something against that teaching they were punished for what they did. They were punished when they did not obey that teaching.

Hebrews 2:3

The salvation \{that was given to us\} is very great. So surely we also will be punished if we live like this salvation is not important. It was the Lord (Jesus) who first told people about this salvation. And the people who heard him proved to us that this salvation is true.

Hebrews 3:5

Moses was faithful in all God’s house (family) like a servant. He told people the things that God would say in the future.

Hebrews 4:8

We know that Joshua {\cf2\super [31]} did not lead the people into the rest {\cf2\super [32]} \{God promised\}. We know this because God spoke later about another day \{for rest\} (“today”).

Hebrews 5:5

It is the same with Christ. He did not choose himself to have the glory of becoming a high priest. But God chose him. God said to Christ,

Hebrews 9:19

First, Moses {\cf2\super [111]} told all the people every commandment in the law. Then Moses took the blood of calves and mixed it with water. Then he used red wool and a branch of hyssop {\cf2\super [112]} to sprinkle the blood and water on the book of the law and on all the people.