16For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
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And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, …
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-18)Here the apostle proceeds to assert the incarnation of Christ, as taking upon him not the nature of angels, but the seed of Abraham; and he shows the reason and design of his so doing. I. The incarnation of Christ is asserted (Heb. 2:16): Verily he took not upon him the nature of angels, but he took upon him the seed of Abraham . He took part of flesh and blood. Though as God he pre-existed from a…
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