General letters and Revelation
The book of Hebrews
A call to hold on to Christ, who is greater than angels, Moses, and the priests of old.
Hebrews never names its author. The writer was well known to the readers and to Timothy (Hebrews 13:23), and its Greek is some of the finest in the New Testament. It speaks of the temple sacrifices as still going on (10:1–2), so it was written before AD 70.
Kinds of writing
- Letter 100%
Key verses
God has spoken to us by his Son. God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.
Hebrews 1:1-2 (World English Bible)
Faith defined. Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:1 (World English Bible)
People
AbelAbrahamMelchizedekMosesAaronRahabJesusTimothy
Places
Mount SinaiMount ZionMost Holy PlaceItaly
On the timeline
Abram rescues Lot; Melchizedek blesses AbramAbraham offers Isaac on MoriahThe Ten Commandments at Mount SinaiThe tabernacle is set upThe letter to the Hebrews is written
Hebrews quotes or alludes to the Old Testament 37 times (counted in the site’s Old in the New).
Dating notes
This timeline plots AD 65. Origen said, “God knows who wrote it.” The span is an estimate; Scripture doesn’t say when the book was written.