Frank

After I wrote my comment the other day, referring to the testimony of Hebrews 2:2-4 to the Scriptural rule that every word of testimony or declaration must be confirmed by two or more witnesses, out of curiosity, I consulted the Expositor’s Bible Commentary on Hebrews and the NIV Application on Hebrews, curious as to the “scholarly” understanding of this passage. The only difference of opinion seems to have been if the author had two or three witnesses in mind in this “courtroom” scene. According to one understanding of Heb. 2:2-4, there are two witnesses, the Apostles, and then God the Father, who confirms Jesus and his message to the world by signs and wonders done among them, and to the church by the granting it the Spirit and his gifts. But according to the other understanding of this passage, which is viewed as being Trinitarian in nature, much like 1 Cor. 12:1-12, it is both God the Father and the Holy Spirit who, in confirmation of Jesus and his message as divinely approved, are the “divine” witnesses who take the stand in the courtroom of the universe. But in either interpretation the Scriptural rule of confirmation by two or more witnesses is still upheld. Nice to know the scholars agree with us, eh?