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Good News Translation

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus Continued;   Thompson Chain Reference - God;   Immutability;   Mutability-Immutability;   The Topic Concordance - Change;   Jesus Christ;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Christ Is God;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Yesterday and Today;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Time;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Beneficence;   Discontent;   Eternity of God;   Jesus Christ;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jehovah;   Omega;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hebrews;   Immutability of God;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Hebrews Epistle to the;   Lord's Supper (Ii);   Necessity;   Pre-Eminence ;   Supremacy;   Time;   Witness (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Immutability;   Yesterday, Yesternight;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Begotten;   Christ;   Yesterday;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Marriage;   Names titles and offices of christ;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hebrews, Epistle to the;   Immutability;   Unchangeable;  

Devotionals:

- Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for November 26;   Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for August 23;   Every Day Light - Devotion for February 24;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
King James Version (1611)
Iesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for euer.
King James Version
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
English Standard Version
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
New American Standard Bible
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, and forever.
New Century Version
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Legacy Standard Bible
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Berean Standard Bible
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Contemporary English Version
Jesus Christ never changes! He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Complete Jewish Bible
Yeshua the Messiah is the same yesterday, today and forever.
Darby Translation
Jesus Christ [is] the same yesterday, and to-day, and to the ages [to come].
Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Remember them which haue the ouersight of you, which haue declared vnto you the word of God: whose faith followe, considering what hath bene the ende of their conuersation. Iesus Christ yesterday, and to day, the same also is for euer.
George Lamsa Translation
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and for ever.
Lexham English Bible
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Literal Translation
Jesus Christ, the same yesterday and today and forever.
Amplified Bible
Jesus Christ is [eternally changeless, always] the same yesterday and today and forever.
American Standard Version
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and to-day, yea and for ever.
Bible in Basic English
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.
Hebrew Names Version
Yeshua the Messiah is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
International Standard Version
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today - and forever!John 8:58; Hebrews 1:12; Revelation 1:4;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
Jeshu Meshiha is yesterday, and to-day, and for ever.
Murdock Translation
Jesus the Messiah is the same, yesterday, to-day, and for ever.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Iesus Christe yesterday and to day, and the same for euer.
English Revised Version
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, yea and for ever.
World English Bible
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and to day and for ever.
Weymouth's New Testament
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and to-day--yes, and to the ages to come.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Jhesu Crist, yistirdai, and to dai, he is also into worldis.
Update Bible Version
Jesus Christ [is] the same yesterday and today, and forever.
Webster's Bible Translation
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever.
New English Translation
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever!
New King James Version
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
New Living Translation
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
New Life Bible
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
New Revised Standard
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Jesus Christ, yesterday, and to-day, is the same, - and unto the ages.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Jesus Christ, yesterday, and today: and the same for ever.
Revised Standard Version
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Iesus Christ yesterdaye and to daye and the same continueth for ever.
Young's Literal Translation
Jesus Christ yesterday and to-day the same, and to the ages;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Iesus Christ yesterdaye and Todaye, & the same cotinueth for euer.
Mace New Testament (1729)
Jesus Christ is always the same, yesterday, to-day, and for ever. be not then misled by artful, novel doctrines:
Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus ain't changing a lick. He's the same every day.

Contextual Overview

1 Keep on loving one another as Christians. 2 Remember to welcome strangers in your homes. There were some who did that and welcomed angels without knowing it. 3 Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them. Remember those who are suffering, as though you were suffering as they are. 4 Marriage is to be honored by all, and husbands and wives must be faithful to each other. God will judge those who are immoral and those who commit adultery. 5 Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, "I will never leave you; I will never abandon you." 6 Let us be bold, then, and say, "The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid. What can anyone do to me?" 7 Remember your former leaders, who spoke God's message to you. Think back on how they lived and died, and imitate their faith. 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. 9 Do not let all kinds of strange teachings lead you from the right way. It is good to receive inner strength from God's grace, and not by obeying rules about foods; those who obey these rules have not been helped by them. 10 The priests who serve in the Jewish place of worship have no right to eat any of the sacrifice on our altar.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Hebrews 1:12, Psalms 90:2, Psalms 90:4, Psalms 102:27, Psalms 102:28, Psalms 103:17, Isaiah 41:4, Isaiah 44:6, Malachi 3:6, John 8:56-58, James 1:17, Revelation 1:4, Revelation 1:8, Revelation 1:11, Revelation 1:17, Revelation 1:18

Reciprocal: Genesis 43:12 - double Exodus 3:14 - I AM hath Exodus 3:15 - my memorial Exodus 38:1 - General Psalms 9:7 - But Psalms 93:2 - thou Psalms 102:12 - thou Isaiah 30:33 - of old Isaiah 43:13 - before Isaiah 46:4 - even to your Lamentations 5:19 - remainest Micah 5:2 - whose Habakkuk 1:12 - thou not Habakkuk 3:6 - his John 1:1 - the beginning John 1:15 - he was John 8:58 - Before Romans 16:26 - everlasting 2 Corinthians 1:19 - was not 2 Corinthians 1:20 - all Philippians 2:6 - in Colossians 1:17 - he 1 Timothy 6:16 - only 2 Timothy 1:3 - with Hebrews 7:24 - he continueth Revelation 4:8 - which

Cross-References

Genesis 13:2
Abram was a very rich man, with sheep, goats, and cattle, as well as silver and gold.
Genesis 13:3
Then he left there and moved from place to place, going toward Bethel. He reached the place between Bethel and Ai where he had camped before
Genesis 13:6
And so there was not enough pasture land for the two of them to stay together, because they had too many animals.
Genesis 13:7
So quarrels broke out between the men who took care of Abram's animals and those who took care of Lot's animals. (At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were still living in the land.)
Genesis 13:9
So let's separate. Choose any part of the land you want. You go one way, and I'll go the other."
Genesis 13:11
So Lot chose the whole Jordan Valley for himself and moved away toward the east. That is how the two men parted.
Genesis 13:14
After Lot had left, the Lord said to Abram, "From where you are, look carefully in all directions.
Genesis 13:17
Now, go and look over the whole land, because I am going to give it all to you."
Genesis 13:18
So Abram moved his camp and settled near the sacred trees of Mamre at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord .
Genesis 45:24
He sent his brothers off and as they left, he said to them, "Don't quarrel on the way."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and today, and for ever. Who is the substance of the word spoken by the above mentioned rulers, the author and object of their faith, and the end in which their conversation terminated. These words may be expressive of the duration of Christ: he was "yesterday", which does not design the day immediately foregoing, nor some little time past, but ancient times, formerly, of old; and though it does not extend to eternity, which is true of Christ, yet may be carried further than to the days of his flesh here on earth, even to the whole Old Testament dispensation; yea, to the beginning of the world, when he existed not only as the eternal Word, the everlasting "I am", but as the Saviour and Redeemer of his people; during which dispensation he frequently appeared in an human form, and was the sum of all promises and prophecies, and the substance of all types and shadows, and the spiritual food of his people: and he is "today" under the Gospel dispensation; in his person as God-man, and in his offices as prophet, priest, and King: and will be so "for ever": he will never die more; his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his priesthood an unchangeable one. Moreover, these words may regard the immutability of Christ; who is unchangeable in his person, perfections, and essence, as God; and in his love to his people; and in the fulness of his grace, and in the efficacy of his blood, and in the virtue of his sacrifice and righteousness: it may be observed, that ο αυτος, translated "the same", answers to הוא, "he", a name of God, Psalms 102:27 and which is used in Jewish writings x for a name of God; and so it is among the Turks y: and it is expressive of his eternity, immutability, and independence; and well agrees with Christ, who is God over all, blessed for ever.

x Seder Tephillot, fol. 2. 1. & 4. 1. Ed. Basil. fol. 6. 2. & 7. 1. Ed. Amstelod. Zehar in Exod. fol. 35. 4. Maimonides in Misn. Succa, c. 4. sect. 5. y Smith de Moribus Turc. p. 40.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jesus Christ the same yesterday ... - As this stands in our common translation, it conveys an idea which is not in the original. It would seem to mean that Jesus Christ, the unchangeable Saviour, was the end or aim of the conduct of those referred to, or that they lived to imitate and glorify him. But this is by no means the meaning in the original. There it stands as an absolute proposition, that “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever;” that is, that he is unchangeable. The evident design of this independent proposition here is, to encourage them to persevere by showing that their Saviour was always the same; that he who had sustained his people in former times, was the same still, and would be the same forever. The argument here, therefore, for perseverance is founded on the “immutability” of the Redeemer. If he were fickle, vacillating, changing in his character and plans; if today he aids his people, and tomorrow will forsake them; if at one time he loves the virtuous, and at another equally loves the vicious; if he formed a plan yesterday which he has abandoned today; or if he is ever to be a different being from what he is now, there would be no encouragement to effort. Who would know what to depend on? Who would know what to expect tomorrow? For who could have any certainty that he could ever please a capricious or a vacillating being? Who could know how to shape his conduct if the principles of the divine administration were not always the same? At the same time, also, that this passage furnishes the strongest argument for fidelity and perseverance, it is an irrefragable proof of the divinity of the Saviour. It asserts immutability - sameness in the past, the present, and to all eternity but of whom can this be affirmed but God? It would not be possible to conceive of a declaration which would more strongly assert immutability than this.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Hebrews 13:8. Jesus Christ the same yesterday — In all past times there was no way to the holiest but through the blood of Jesus, either actually shed, or significantly typified. To-day - he is the lamb newly slain, and continues to appear in the presence of God for us. For ever-to the conclusion of time, he will be the way, the truth, and the life, none coming to the Father but through him; and throughout eternity, εις τους αιωνας, it will appear that all glorified human spirits owe their salvation to his infinite merit. This Jesus was thus witnessed of by your guides, who are already departed to glory. Remember HIM; remember them; and take heed to yourselves.


 
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