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commanded. And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust
through with a dart: And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear
and quake". Not only this, but at the beginning of the chapter we have an emphasis upon
discipline (chastening) and the three words used are particularly Pauline, paideuo (12: 6,
7, 10), see I Cor. 11: 32; II Cor. 6: 9; I Tim. 1: 20; II Tim. 2: 25; and Titus 2: 12;
elsewhere it is only used by Luke (Luke 23: 16, 22; Acts 7: 22; 22: 3), and once in
Rev. 3: 19. Paideutes `instructor', only found in Rom. 2: 20 and Heb. 12: 9, paideia
`instruction', `chastening', occurring only in Eph. 6: 4; II Tim. 3: 16 and Heb. 12: 5,
7, 8, 11. There is another example of digression in Heb. 3: 1-6, "For this man was
counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house
hath more honour than the house (For every house is builded by some man; but He that
built all things is God) And Moses was verily faithful in all his house, as a servant . . . . ."
Moreover, in this passage we have three words which are peculiarly Pauline, namely
klesis, calling, Rom. 11: 29; I Cor. 1: 26; 7: 20; Eph. 1: 18; 4: 1, 4; Phil. 3: 14;
II Thess. 1: 11; II Tim. 1: 9. It occurs elsewhere only once (II Pet. 1: 10). Homologia
`profession', has six N.T. references, three by Paul and three in Hebrews (II Cor. 9: 13;
I Tim. 6: 12, 13; Heb. 3: 1; 4: 14; 10: 23). Kauchema "rejoicing", (Rom. 4: 2;
I Cor. 5: 6; 9: 15, 16; II Cor. 1: 14; 5: 12; 9: 3; Gal. 6: 4; Phil. 1: 26; and Heb. 3: 6).
When we compare I Cor. 15: 26-28 and Heb. 2: 5-14, we have striking evidence of
the same mind behind the words. Not only is there the special use of `destroy' applied to
death as we have seen; there is in both the peculiar argument derived from the passage:
"Thou didst put all things under His feet" taken from Psa. 8: This quotation is found
nowhere else in the N.T. than in Paul's writings (I Cor. 15: 27; Eph. 1: 22; Heb. 2: 8);
in other words, they are confined to Paul and the writer of the epistle to the Hebrews.
The argument in each case is exactly the same. Adam is referred to by name in
I Cor. 15:, and clearly implied in Heb. 2: 6. "It is manifest that He is excepted which
did put all things under Him" (I Cor. 15: 27), is paralleled by the statement: "He left
nothing that is not put under Him" (Heb. 2: 8).
Hupotasso `to subject', is another Pauline word. Out of 40 N.T. reference Paul uses it
24 times and Hebrews 5 times in exactly the same way. Not only this, but in the same
context in Hebrews we have the exclusive Pauline words: parabasis `transgression'
(Heb. 2: 2; 9: 15; Rom. 2: 23; 4: 15; 5: 14; Gal. 3: 19; I Tim. 2: 14); parakoe
"disobedience" (Heb. 2: 2; Rom. 5: 19; II Cor. 10: 6);
endikos "just" (Heb. 2: 2;
Rom. 3: 8); metecho "to be a partaker" (Heb. 2: 14; 5: 13; 7: 13; I Cor. 9: 10, 12;
10: 17, 21, 30); douleia "bondage" (Heb. 2: 15; Rom. 8: 15, 21; Gal. 4: 24; 5: 1).
This strong evidence indeed that we have the same mind behind these contexts in
Hebrews and I Corinthians.
Quotations from the Old Testament.
When we come to consider further quotations from the O.T., we find the Pauline habit
of accumulating O.T. passages (See Rom. 3: 10-18; 9: 7-33), often joined together by
the characteristic kai palin `and again' (Rom. 15: 9-12; I Cor. 3: 19, 20). We find the
same characteristic in Hebrews; compare Heb. 1: 5-14; 2: 12, 13; 4: 4, 5; 10: 30. In