Paul Did Write Hebrews

[Bryancampbell]

The language of Hebrews as you read doesn't seem to be Paul at all. As I got deeper into the scripture of Hebrews before, I noticed the tone and the way it is written is uniquely different. That's something you will find out if you know Paul's letters and start reading this epistle.

There is no signature or greeting.
It is said the Greek is almost perfect, or more so.
It's style differs from the other epistles.
It makes full use of the Septuagint of the OT instead of the Hebrew.

When I read it, I think of some random person who knows God's word well. One who wants to make it clear to the Hebrews about the truth. I could be wrong in my description, correct me, but this is what I learned and found out. We must also realize Paul wasn't the only apostle going to and fro to the gentiles. Even Paul's epistles admit that there is work among the nations he has no right to boast over, because he didn't plant them and such.

Overall, we should be entirely focused on what this book is teaching rather than the author. It might even be a letter kept for so many generations, worth the preserving through the martyrdom, and uniquely translated to an accessible and privileged region where you live, for you to learn instruction, correction, reproof, and growth. Both our forefather, brothers, and not limited to sisters, who lost their lives just so you can continue walking in the way of the Word with these, gift of grace, of scripture for you to have personally.

 

[Enow]

The language of Hebrews as you read doesn't seem to be Paul at all. As I got deeper into the scripture of Hebrews before, I noticed the tone and the way it is written is uniquely different. That's something you will find out if you know Paul's letters and start reading this epistle.

There is no signature or greeting.
It is said the Greek is almost perfect, or more so.
It's style differs from the other epistles.
It makes full use of the Septuagint of the OT instead of the Hebrew.

When I read it, I think of some random person who knows God's word well. One who wants to make it clear to the Hebrews about the truth. I could be wrong in my description, correct me, but this is what I learned and found out. We must also realize Paul wasn't the only apostle going to and fro to the gentiles. Even Paul's epistles admit that there is work among the nations he has no right to boast over, because he didn't plant them and such.

Overall, we should be entirely focused on what this book is teaching rather than the author. It might even be a letter kept for so many generations, worth the preserving through the martyrdom, and uniquely translated to an accessible and privileged region where you live, for you to learn instruction, correction, reproof, and growth. Both our forefather, brothers, and not limited to sisters, who lost their lives just so you can continue walking in the way of the Word with these, gift of grace, of scripture for you to have personally.

I see Paul writing to the Christian Jews in a different way as directed towards them than he would write to the Christian Gentiles which applies to both Jews & Greek.

 

[Bryancampbell]

I see Paul writing to the Christian Jews in a different way as directed towards them than he would write to the Christian Gentiles which applies to both Jews & Greek.

I see a man who knows perfect Greek and uses the Greek Old Testament instead of the Hebrew to defend his case. Well it is said Barnabas helped Paul defend the Gentiles against Judaizers. It is said Apollos as well could have written it. I can believe it as well.

 

[Enow]

I see a man who knows perfect Greek and uses the Greek Old Testament instead of the Hebrew to defend his case. Well it is said Barnabas helped Paul defend the Gentiles against Judaizers. It is said Apollos as well could have written it. I can believe it as well.

By His help & by His grace, seeing how the author was in prison in Rome, knew Timothy as a companion of his and spoke of the same race in 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 as he did in Hebrews 12:1-2, I have to say it has to be Paul. But let Jesus be your Guide.

 

[Bryancampbell]

By His help & by His grace, seeing how the author was in prison in Rome, knew Timothy as a companion of his and spoke of the same race in 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 as he did in Hebrews 12:1-2, I have to say it has to be Paul. But let Jesus be your Guide.

A Guide to you, as well as me brother. =)

 

[Enow]

A Guide to you, as well as me brother. =)

May God cause the increase.

 

[Starcrash]

There are some believers out there that thinks Paul did not write Hebrews.

Compare Hebrews 12:1-2 with 1 Corinthians 9:24-27.

This is a case of confirmation bias, where you focus only on evidence that confirms your hypothesis and ignore evidence that doesn't. As others have pointed out, there are various differences in style between Hebrews and the epistles of Paul. You haven't attempted to explain these differences, but rather ignore them.

You ought to read up on Hebrews' authorship from an objective source.

 

[iamsoandso]

,,,,,here is the truth,the same one who gave us the others,,,

 

[LT]

,,,,,here is the truth,the same one who gave us the others,,,

is this a quote from somewhere? I can't find it.

 

[iamsoandso]

2nd peter1;21

 

[LT]

2nd peter1;21

yes, AMEN! It is the Holy Spirit that led a man to write the words of Hebrews... the same Spirit inspired the books of the OT, the Gospels, and the other Epistles.

2Peter 1:21 For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

 

[iamsoandso]

yes the author of Hebrews as even the others in the new testament are all directing us to look at the very things god had foretold before hand,,,(Isaiah 46;10),,,,so as the author states of Christ he is after the order of Melchisedek,genesis and psalms and the explanation of the epistle to the Hebrews is to the effect of the fulfillment of the prophecies of old. the Gospels are the same, the other epistles an in-depth explanation of the lords fulfillment of the prophecy's,,,and rev.1;3 this prophecy,also the things from old that were fulfilled,the things being fulfilled at that time(ad96) and the things that were to be fulfilled in the future(rev.1;19),,,,

 

[nathan3]

Hebrews is written to those scattered . Peter is also talking to the same people, those scattered , Peter mentions Paul in his letters, and gives Paul his approval also and mentions this letter:

2 Peter 3: 15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto "him" ( Paul ) hath written unto "you" ( those scattered; Hebrews ) ;

Those are the scattered abroad Peter also wrote to. Peter says Paul also, wrote to the Hebrews ( those scattered abroad ). If Hebrews is not Paul's letter; where is it ? Hebrews has to be written by Paul.

 

[Angela53510]

I am pretty sure God wrote Hebrews through the Holy Spirit.

As far as Paul, I would say that is a definite no! Notice how Paul wrote all his epistles to churches. Hebrews is just written to an ethnic group, although it is certainly invaluable to anyone. Suggestions have been made that it was written to Christians in Rome, because in the earliest manuscripts, Romans and Hebrews are often found together.

Besides the people which OldHermit cited, I heard a very interesting proposition about the author. It could have been Priscilla, who was a teacher and leader in her own right. Apollo was her student. She might have been trying to hide her identity, since a woman in those days would have lacked credibility. Although there is one reference to the author employing a masculine participle modifying the word "I" in Hebrews 11:32 it might have been a subtle fiction to keep people from thinking it was a woman.

In fact, Craig Bloomberg, in "From Pentecost to Patmos" says that Paul is the LEAST likely candidate.

1. No other letter of Paul is anonymous, while 2 Thess 3:17 suggest that Paul affixed his name to all his letters.

"I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. This is the sign of genuineness in every letter of mine; it is the way I write." 2 Thess. 3:17

2. The style and form of argument are entirely different from all of Paul's letters, including the disputed ones, and these differences prove far greater than the differences between the undisputed Pauline letters and the so-called deutero-Pauline epistles.

3. Hebrews 2:3 shows that the author learned the gospel second hand, rather via a direct encounter with the Lord. Paul never says this - it is always about his conversion on the road to Damascus, and the Lord teaching him directly.

"how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard" Hebrews 2:3

4. None of the other letters attributed to Paul was ever debated in the ancient debates in the ancient discussions about the New Testament canon, while Hebrews was, precisely because the question of the authorship was unresolved.

5. Even in 200 AD, Origen declared "only God knew who wrote the epistle of Hebrews, and that conclusion remains the safest."

As far as the "religion" of the early church fathers, there was only one church in those days. Of course, both Catholics and the Eastern Orthodox claim it was "them"! However, there were many Christian centers in those days, and some of those churches have survived to the present, including the very great church in Alexandria, Egypt. In fact, it was there, that the bishop Pope Heracleus used the word (papas in Greek) was bishop from 227-240AD.

Patriarch of Alexandria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Enow]

This is a case of confirmation bias, where you focus only on evidence that confirms your hypothesis and ignore evidence that doesn't. As others have pointed out, there are various differences in style between Hebrews and the epistles of Paul. You haven't attempted to explain these differences, but rather ignore them.

You ought to read up on Hebrews' authorship from an objective source.

Later on I did by citing that Paul wrote to the Christian Jews differently as opposed to writing to the churches in addressing Christians that were Jews & Gentiles. Paul being a Jew would address those things Jewish for which there is no more sacrifice for sins.

Alot of believers would cite that Paul had a different gospel also, but he did not. Paul said the same thing as the disciples & Jesus had said.... that by believing in Him we are saved.

Confirmation can only be done by going before that throne of grace. Nowhere else.

 

[4enlightment]

Now a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man and mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus. This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things of the Lord... Acts 18:24
The Book of Hebrews

Alexandria (اسكندرية, pronounced [eskendeˈrejjæ] in Egyptian Arabic)[SUP][see other names][/SUP] is the second largest city and the second largest metropolitan area in Egypt after Greater Cairo by size and number of population of 4.1 million,
Alexandria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Habiru or Apiru or ˁpr.w (Egyptian) was the name given by various Sumerian, Egyptian, Akkadian, Hittite, Mitanni, and Ugaritic sources (dated, roughly, between1800 BC and 1100 BC) to a group of people living as nomadic invaders in areas of the Fertile Crescent from Northeastern Mesopotamia and Iran to the borders of Egypt inCanaan.[SUP][1][/SUP] Depending on the source and epoch, these Habiru are variously described as nomadic or semi-nomadic, rebels, outlaws, raiders, mercenaries, and bowmen, servants, slaves, migrant laborers, etc.
Habiru - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The word Hebrew is never found in history except what was mention in the scriptures, and so it must been misspelled or mispronounce. Which the word Habiru is the word that Egyptians use as to describe a certain social class of people, like nomadic, and which the Israelites was once consider a group of people without a nation until God made them a kingdom. And Apollo was raised in Egypt.

 

[nathan3]

The meaning of Hebrew says a lot. : / it just takes a moment to look at it in the Greek and Hebrew. Use a Strong's concordance , maybe a Smiths Bible dictionary can get you on the right track also.

 

[jb]

The epistle to the Hebrews was primarily and specially addressed to the Hebrews of the East, particularly those of Jerusalem and Palestine. The Christians there personally knew the author of the epistle, even though he did not append His name to the epistle, for we read in Heb 13v18,23, “Pray for us, for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly; but I beseech you the rather to do this, in order that I may be restored to you the sooner…And again, know ye that our brother Timothy has been set at liberty, with whom, if he come soon, I will visit you.”

The churches of Alexandria, Asia, Syria Jerusalem, and Palestine, the people to whom the epistle to the Hebrews was primarily addressed, say that Paul wrote it. Cyril of Jerusalem attributes the epistle to Paul. Theodoret also states that Eusebius wrote that Paul was the author of the epistle to the Hebrews, “and that all the ancients entertained this opinion concerning the authorship of the epistle.” Jerome also confirmed that Paul was the author of Hebrews, he wrote, “All the Greek writers received it as His.” The Church at Antioch confirms the Pauline authorship of Hebrews, which was the centre from which Paul’s missionary journeys originated by Divine commission and command. Chrysostom of Antioch and Constantinople, ascribes Hebrews to Paul, as does Theodore of Mopsuestia in Cilicia, both of Paul’s own country, and many other important witnesses. The Council of Nicea, 325 AD, and the Synod of Laodicea, 363 AD, received Hebrews as a genuine work of Paul.

NONE of the other Apostles had such a grasp of New Testament truth so as to be able to pen The Epistle to the Hebrews but Paul, even at the end of his days Peter had to admit that the things that Paul wrote were hard to understand (2Pet 3v16), so the idea that Paul didn't write it is kind of short sighted!

Yahweh Shalom...

 

[4enlightment]

The meaning of Hebrew says a lot. : / it just takes a moment to look at it in the Greek and Hebrew. Use a Strong's concordance , maybe a Smiths Bible dictionary can get you on the right track also.

It may also be derived from Heber
Hebrew. - Smith's Bible Dictionary Online

There is no recorded evidence of the Hebrew nation except for the scriptures. The Habiru which sounds like Hebrew were different groups nomadic tribes that wander in the wilderness.


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[nathan3]

It may also be derived from Heber
Hebrew. - Smith's Bible Dictionary Online

There is no recorded evidence of the Hebrew nation except for the scriptures. The Habiru which sounds like Hebrew were different groups nomadic tribes that wander in the wilderness.

I dont think you understand what the word means :/ I really wish people would take the time to study a bit. You tube is not going to be able to help anyone about this. That definition from the smiths gave you alot.