and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.
15. And deliver them who, etc. This passage expresses in a striking manner how miserable is the life of those who fear death, as they must feel it to be dreadful, because they look on it apart from Christ; for then nothing but a curse appears in it: for whence is death but from God’s wrath against sin?
Christ took hold of the seed of Abraham, not angels; the fallen angels He let lie under their sin without help or hope. He assumed our nature so that the same nature that had sinned could suffer to restore us, and now there is hope even for the chief of sinners.
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Commenting on Hebrews 2:14-18
For verily he took not on him the nature of angels,.... Good angels; for they are all along spoken of in this book; and it would have been impertinent to have said this of evil angels: and this is to be understood not of a denying help and assistance to the angels; for though they have not redemption from Christ, which they needed not, yet...