What does Hebrews 13:8 mean?

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
Hebrews 13:8, King James Version

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The verse in its chapter

Hebrews 13:6-10

  1. 6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
  2. 7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
  3. 8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
  4. 9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
  5. 10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.

Study note

Tyndale Open Study Notes (CC BY-SA 4.0).

13:8 Though the community was facing new challenges, Jesus Christ is the same, and his Good News does not change. • yesterday: Jesus was the Father’s agent in creation (1:2, 10). • today: Jesus currently sits at the Father’s right hand (1:13; 7:26-28; 10:12). He will rule the universe forever (1:8, 10-12).

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About the book of Hebrews

Author
anonymous; already debated in the early church
When
probably before AD 70
Period
Igreja primitiva, c. 30 a 70 d.C. (in Portuguese)

Authorship: the book itself or Christian tradition. Approximate dates, as in Carson and Moo, An Introduction to the New Testament, and Longman and Dillard, An Introduction to the Old Testament.

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