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Hebrews 2:11
For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The anonymous author of Hebrews writes to Jewish Christians wavering toward the synagogue, arguing that Christ's suffering qualified him as brother rather than distant priest.
The words — ἁγιάζω (hagiazō, "to sanctify") appears twice in the same clause: active participle ἁγιάζων for the One who sanctifies, passive participle ἁγιαζόμενοι for those being sanctified. The identical root in two voices is what binds the pair into "the same family."
The thread — Hebrews 10:10 states the mechanism (sanctified through Christ's once-for-all sacrifice); Romans 8:29 states the goal (conformed to the image of the Son); John 20:17 records Jesus himself using "brothers" for the disciples.
Why it lands — The verse fixes the reader's identity on Christ's own claim, not on their performance. If he is not ashamed to call them brothers, the relationship stands whether or not they feel qualified.
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The Greek words
King James Version
For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
Cross-references
- Romans 8:29 For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.
- Hebrews 10:10 And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
- John 20:17 “Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
- Hebrews 10:14 because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.
- Hebrews 13:12 And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.
- Matthew 12:48 But Jesus replied, “Who is My mother, and who are My brothers?”
- John 17:19 For them I sanctify Myself, so that they too may be sanctified by the truth.
- John 17:21 that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
- Matthew 25:40 And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’
- Acts 17:26 From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.