KJV: Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.
YLT: being stedfast to Him who did appoint him, as also Moses in all his house,
Darby: who is faithful to him that has constituted him, as Moses also in all his house.
ASV: who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also was Moses in all his house.
| πιστὸν | faithful |
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Parse: Adjective, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: πιστός Sense: trusty, faithful. |
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| ὄντα | being |
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Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: εἰμί Sense: to be, to exist, to happen, to be present. |
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| τῷ | to the [One] |
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Parse: Article, Dative Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| ποιήσαντι | having appointed |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Dative Masculine Singular Root: ποιέω Sense: to make. |
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| καὶ | also |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: καί Sense: and, also, even, indeed, but. |
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| Μωϋσῆς | Moses |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: Μωσεύς Sense: the legislator of the Jewish people and in a certain sense the founder of the Jewish religion. |
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| οἴκῳ | house |
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Parse: Noun, Dative Masculine Singular Root: οἶκος Sense: a house. |
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| αὐτοῦ | of Him |
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Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself. |
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Greek Commentary for Hebrews 3:2
Present active participle with predicate accusative agreeing with Ιησουν Iēsoun “as being faithful.” That appointed him See 1 Samuel 12:6. Dative case of the articular participle (aorist active) of ποιεω poieō and the reference is to God. Note πιστος pistos as in Hebrews 2:17. As also was Moses The author makes no depreciatory remarks about Moses as he did not about the prophets and the angels. He cheerfully admits that Moses was faithful “in all his house” (εν ολωι τωι οικωι αυτου en holōi tōi oikōi autou), an allusion to Numbers 12:7 (εαν ολωι τωι οικωι μου ean holōi tōi oikōi mou) about Moses. The “his” is God‘s. The use of οικος oikos for the people (family) of God, not the building, but the group (1 Timothy 3:15) in which God is the Father. But wherein is Jesus superior to Moses? The argument is keen and skillful. [source]
Rend. “is faithful.” A general designation of inherent character. He is faithful as he ever was. [source]
Const. with was faithful. Jesus was faithful even as Moses was faithful. The subject of the high-priesthood of Christ, introduced in this verse, is not carried out in detail by showing the superiority of Jesus to earthly high priests. This is reserved for chs. 5-7. Instead, the writer proceeds to show that Christ is superior to Moses, as he has already shown his superiority to angels. He will thus have shown Christ's superiority to both the agencies by which the old covenant was mediated. The subject is a delicate one to treat for Jewish readers to whom Moses was the object of the deepest veneration; but the treatment displays tact by placing Moses in the foreground beside Christ as an example of fidelity to his commission. Justice is thus done to the familiar historical record, and to God's own testimony, Numbers 12:7. The general sense of the comparison is that Moses was as faithful as any servant in a house can be, while Christ was not a servant in the house, but a son, and displayed his fidelity in that capacity. -DIVIDER- -DIVIDER- [source]
Constituted him apostle and high priest. Some render created, referring to Christ's humanity or to his eternal generation. So the Old Latin, creatori suo; but this does not suit the context. Ποιεῖν often in Class. in the sense of institute, as sacrifices, funerals, assemblies, etc., and in the middle voice of adoption as a son. See 1 Samuel 12:6; Mark 3:14; Acts 2:36. [source]
The highest example of human fidelity known to the readers. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Hebrews 3:2
Καὶ andintroduces the further development of the thought of Hebrews 3:2, Hebrews 3:3- fidelity, and the corresponding honor. It is not a second proof of the superiority of Christ to Moses. See Numbers 12:7. [source]
Perfect passive indicative of αχιοω axioō to deem worthy, permanent situation described with definite claim of Christ‘s superiority to Moses. Δοχης Doxēs in genitive case after ηχιωται ēxiōtai For παρα para after the comparative πλειονος pleionos see Hebrews 1:4, Hebrews 1:9; Hebrews 2:7. By so much as A proportionate measurement (common use of κατα kata and the quantitative relative οσος hosos). Than the house Ablative case of comparison after πλειονα pleiona The architect is superior to the house just as Sir Christopher Wren is superior to St. Paul‘s Cathedral. The point in the argument calls for Jesus as the builder But it is God‘s house as αυτου autou means (Hebrews 3:2, Hebrews 3:5) and ου hou in Hebrews 3:6. This house of God existed before Moses (Hebrews 11:2, Hebrews 11:25). Jesus as God‘s Son founded and supervised this house of God. [source]
True to His own nature and promises; keeping faith with Himself and with man. The word is applied to God as fulfilling His own promises (Hebrews 10:23; Hebrews 11:11); as fulfilling the purpose for which He has called men (1 Thessalonians 5:24; 1 Corinthians 1:9); as responding with guardianship to the trust reposed in Him by men (1 Corinthians 10:13; 1 Peter 4:19). “He abideth faithful. He cannot deny Himself” (2 Timothy 2:13). The same term is applied to Christ (2 Thessalonians 3:3; Hebrews 3:2; Hebrews 2:17). God's faithfulness is here spoken of not only as essential to His own being, but as faithfulness toward us; “fidelity to that nature of truth and light, related to His own essence, which rules in us as far as we confess our sins” (Ebrard). The essence of the message of life is fellowship with God and with His children (1 John 1:3). God is light (1 John 1:5). Walking in the light we have fellowship, and the blood of Jesus is constantly applied to cleanse us from sin, which is darkness and which interrupts fellowship. If we walk in darkness we do not the truth. If we deny our sin the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, “God, by whom we were called unto the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful ” (1 Corinthians 1:9) to forgive our sins, to cleanse us from all unrighteousness, and thus to restore and maintain the interrupted fellowship. [source]