Hebrews 12:2 (NKJV)
looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews 12:2 (NASB)
looking only at Jesus, the originator and perfecter of the faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Obviously the Greek words have not been consistency translated, leading some to hold differing views as to the meaning of the statement.
The Greek word translated above as author or originator is "archēgos" (G747) and refers to furnishing the first cause of something. Thus our belief in the attributes of Jesus (God the Son, Messiah, Savior and Lord) has as its first cause Jesus, His birth, life, death and resurrection.
The second Greek word translated above as finisher or perfecter is "teleiōtēs" (G5051) and refers to furnishing the completed end-point of something.
Or in other words Jesus is the beginning and the end of our faith. He provides the attributes in which we trust, and the model of how deeply our trust is rooted, i.e. Christ faithfulness to the point of death.
looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews 12:2 (NASB)
looking only at Jesus, the originator and perfecter of the faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Obviously the Greek words have not been consistency translated, leading some to hold differing views as to the meaning of the statement.
The Greek word translated above as author or originator is "archēgos" (G747) and refers to furnishing the first cause of something. Thus our belief in the attributes of Jesus (God the Son, Messiah, Savior and Lord) has as its first cause Jesus, His birth, life, death and resurrection.
The second Greek word translated above as finisher or perfecter is "teleiōtēs" (G5051) and refers to furnishing the completed end-point of something.
Or in other words Jesus is the beginning and the end of our faith. He provides the attributes in which we trust, and the model of how deeply our trust is rooted, i.e. Christ faithfulness to the point of death.
