Hebrews 3 in the early church
122 passages quote, allude to, or echo Hebrews 3, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Verses: 1 · 2 · 3 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 16 · 17 · 18 · 19
Hebrews 3:1
Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, set your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess.
Hebrews 3:2
He was faithful to the One who appointed Him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.
Hebrews 3:3
For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heb 3:3 | Homilies on Matthew 37.2 · John Chrysostom | quotation, high confidence | ca. 390 |
Hebrews 3:5
Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house, testifying to what would be spoken later.
Hebrews 3:6
But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.
Hebrews 3:7
Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heb 3:7 | Exhortation to the Greeks 9.84 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 190–200 |
| Heb 3:7 | Catechetical Lecture 17.33 · Cyril of Jerusalem | quotation, high confidence | ca. 350 |
| Heb 3:7–8 | On the Holy Spirit 3 · Didymus the Blind | quotation, high confidence | Greek ca. 360-390; Latin 387-391 |
| Heb 3:7 | Homilies 13.6 · Basil of Caesarea | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 363-378 |
| Heb 3:7–11 | Sermon 46 · Peter Chrysologus | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 425-450 |
Hebrews 3:8
do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heb 3:8 | Liber Orsiesii 26 · Orsiesius | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 380-390 |
| Heb 3:8 | Liber Orsiesii 33 · Orsiesius | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 380-390 |
| Heb 3:8 | Letters 31.1 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 394–413 |
Hebrews 3:10
Therefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.’
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heb 3:10–11 | Fragment 5 · Peter of Alexandria | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 300–311 |
| Heb 3:10 | Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 42.12.3 · Epiphanius of Salamis | allusion, medium confidence | 374-377 |
Hebrews 3:11
So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heb 3:11 | Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 45 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century) |
Hebrews 3:12
See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heb 3:12 | Commentary on John 32.396 · Origen | echo, low confidence | ca. 230–248 |
| Heb 3:12–13 | Letter 42 · Basil of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 357–378 |
Hebrews 3:13
But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heb 3:13 | Exhortation to the Greeks 9.84 · Clement of Alexandria | allusion, high confidence | ca. 190–200 |
| Heb 3:13 | PG 12:1551 (Ps 93–97 LXX) · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Heb 3:13 | Homilies on Joshua 4.4 · Origen | allusion, low confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Heb 3:13 | Catechetical Lecture 15.32 · Cyril of Jerusalem | quotation, high confidence | ca. 350 |
| Heb 3:13 | Catechetical Lecture 23.15 · Cyril of Jerusalem | quotation, high confidence | ca. 350 |
| Heb 3:13 | Sermon 58.5 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| Heb 3:13 | The Lord's Sermon on the Mount 2.7 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 393–396 |
| Heb 3:13 | Letters 23.39 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 394–413 |
| Heb 3:13 | Commentary on Jeremiah 1.12 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 414-419 |
Hebrews 3:14
We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heb 3:14 | Homilies on Numbers 3.4 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Heb 3:14 | Prophetic Extracts 4.31 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | before 325 (probably ca. 310–320) |
| Heb 3:14 | Demonstration of the Gospel 4.16.36 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Heb 3:14 | Demonstration of the Gospel 5.2.4 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Heb 3:14 | Tractates on the Psalms 118.8.16 · Hilary of Poitiers | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360–367 |
| Heb 3:14 | Letter 65.13 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Heb 3:14 | Exposition of Psalm 118 8.54.4 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386-397 |
| Heb 3:14 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 43.13.2 · Ambrose | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 387-397 |
Hebrews 3:16
For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heb 3:16–19 | Demonstration 11.7 · Aphrahat | allusion, high confidence | 337-345 |
Hebrews 3:17
And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heb 3:17 | On First Principles 4.3.12 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398) |
| Heb 3:17 | Homilies on Numbers 20.1 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Heb 3:17 | Homilies on Numbers 27.4 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Heb 3:17 | Homilies on Numbers 27.7 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Heb 3:17 | Commentary on Romans 7.13 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| Heb 3:17 | Cib. 1 · Methodius of Olympus | allusion, high confidence | late 3rd cent. (disputed) |
| Heb 3:17 | Homilies 1.9 · Basil of Caesarea | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 363-378 |
| Heb 3:17 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 36.48.2 · Ambrose | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 387-397 |
Hebrews 3:18
And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heb 3:18 | Exhortation to the Greeks 9.85 · Clement of Alexandria | allusion, high confidence | ca. 190–200 |
Hebrews 3:19
So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heb 3:19 | Exhortation to the Greeks 9.85 · Clement of Alexandria | allusion, high confidence | ca. 190–200 |