Hebrews 3:2
Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.
KJV
πιστὸν ὄντα τῷ ποιήσαντι αὐτὸν ὡς καὶ Μωϋσῆς ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ.
Greek NT
qui fidelis est ei, qui fecit illum, sicut et Moyses in omni domo ejus.
Vulgate
who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also was Moses in all his house.
ASV
Who is faithful to him that made him, as was also Moses in all his house.
Douay-Rheims
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Moses
In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Μωσεύς
moseus
noun · 81×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οἶκος
oikos
noun · 115×
πιστός
pistos
adjective · 67×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅλος
olos
adjective · 109×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.
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Num 12:7 · adapted"My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house."Numbers: Moses faithful in all his house — Christ compared to Moses
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: ἐν | Holmes/WHmarg: ἐν | WH/Treg/NIV/RP: + ὅλῳ
- ἐν — SBLGNT
- ἐν — SBLGNT, Westcott-Hort (margin)
- + ὅλῳ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§117The spiritual sense. Thanks to the unity of God's plan, not only the text of Scripture but also the realities and events about which it speaks can be signs. 1. the allegorical sense. We can acquire a more profound understanding of events by recognizing their significance in Christ; thus the crossing of the Red Sea is a sign or type of Christ's victory and also of Christian Bapt…
1. I did indeed think that enough had been said already against the hollow professors of Arius's madness, whether for their refutation or in the truth's behalf, to insure a cessation and repentance of their evil thoughts and words about the Saviour. They, however, for whatever reason, still do not succumb; but, as swine and dogs wallow in their own vomit and their own mire, rat…
As a prophet, Moses spoke not his own words but the words of God. Philo describes three kinds of prophecy in Moses: direct divine speech, question-and-answer between Moses and God, and prophetic ecstasy in which the divine Spirit takes full possession of the prophet. Moses' prophecy surpasses all others because he spoke with God face to face.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 10:2 — And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
- 1Tim 3:15 — But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
- 2Tim 2:2 — And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
- 2Tim 2:20 — But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
- Col 1:7 — As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;
- Deut 18:15 — The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
- Deut 18:18 — I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
- Deut 31:30 — And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.
- Eph 2:22 — In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
- Heb 2:17 — Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the p
- Heb 3:5 — And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;
- Heb 3:5 — And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;
- John 3:30 — He must increase, but I must decrease.
- John 6:38 — For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
- John 17:4 — I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
- Luke 16:10 — He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
- Num 12:7 — My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.
- Num 12:7 — My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.
- Ps 99:7 — He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.