Hebrews 12:2

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising its shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀφορῶντες εἰς τὸν τῆς πίστεως ἀρχηγὸν καὶ τελειωτὴν Ἰησοῦν· ὃς ἀντὶ τῆς προκειμένης αὐτῷ χαρᾶς ὑπέμεινεν σταυρὸν, αἰσχύνης καταφρονήσας, ἐν δεξιᾷ τε τοῦ θρόνου τοῦ Θεοῦ εκάθισεν.

Transliteration

Aphorōntes unto the of pisteōs archēgon and teleiōtēn Iēsoun; who anti the prokeimenēs to him charas hypemeinen stauron, aischynēs kataphronēsas, in right and of the thronou of Theou ekathisen.

Grammar Details

• *Aphorōntes*: participle, present active, nominative, plural, masculine - looking away/fixing eyes
• *pisteōs*: noun, genitive, singular, feminine - of faith
• *archēgon*: noun, accusative, singular, masculine - author/founder/leader
• *teleiōtēn*: noun, accusative, singular, masculine - perfecter/completer/finisher
• *Iēsoun*: noun, accusative, singular, masculine - Jesus
• *anti*: preposition + genitive - instead of/for/in place of
• *prokeimenēs*: participle, present middle/passive, genitive, singular, feminine - set before/lying before
• *charas*: noun, genitive, singular, feminine - of joy
• *hypemeinen*: verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - endured/withstood
• *stauron*: noun, accusative, singular, masculine - cross
• *aischynēs*: noun, genitive, singular, feminine - of shame
• *kataphronēsas*: participle, aorist active, nominative, singular, masculine - having despised/disregarded
• *thronou*: noun, genitive, singular, masculine - of throne
• *Theou*: noun, genitive, singular, masculine - of God
• *ekathisen*: verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - sat down

Word Meanings

• *Aphorōntes*: looking away/fixing eyes upon/gazing at
• *archēgon*: author/founder/leader/originator/prince
• *teleiōtēn*: perfecter/completer/finisher
• *anti*: instead of/for/in place of/because of
• *kataphronēsas*: having despised/disregarded/thought little of/shown contempt for

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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 is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  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 is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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 is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of [our] faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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 is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  lokynge vnto Iesus the auctor and fynnyssher of oure fayth which for the ioye that was set before him abode the crosse and despysed the shame and is set doune on the right honde of ye trone of God.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  lokynge vnto Iesus ye auctor and fynissher of faith: which whan the ioye was layed before him, abode the crosse, and despysed the shame, and is set downe on ye righte hade of ye trone of God.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Looking vnto Iesus the authour and finisher of our faith, who for the ioy that was set before him, endured the crosse, and despised the shame, and is set at the right hand of the throne of God.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Lokyng vnto Iesus, the captayne and finissher of our fayth, which for the ioy that was set before hym, endured the crosse, hauyng dispised the shame, and is set downe on the ryght hande of the throne of God.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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 is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  looking to the author and perfecter of faith -- Jesus, who, over-against the joy set before him -- did endure a cross, shame having despised, on the right hand also of the throne of God did sit down;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of `our' faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of [our] faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Having our eyes fixed on Jesus, the guide and end of our faith, who went through the pains of the cross, not caring for the shame, because of the joy which was before him, and who has now taken his place at the right hand of God's seat of power.

• World English Bible (2000)

  looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

Referenced Verses

• Mic 7:7 : 7 But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
• Heb 1:3 : 3 The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of His nature, sustaining all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
• Eph 5:2 : 2 And walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself for us, a sacrificial offering to God, a pleasing aroma.
• Titus 2:13-14 : 13 while we await the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. 14 He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify a people for His own possession, who are eager to do good works.
• 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh but made alive in the Spirit.
• 1 Pet 2:23-24 : 23 When He was reviled, He did not revile in return. When He suffered, He did not threaten, but entrusted Himself to the One who judges justly. 24 He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness. By His wounds, you have been healed.
• Heb 9:28 : 28 so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to bring salvation to those who are eagerly waiting for Him.
• Phil 3:20 : 20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
• Luke 24:26 : 26 Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?"
• Acts 5:31 : 31 God exalted him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
• John 12:27-28 : 27 Now My soul is troubled. And what shall I say? 'Father, save Me from this hour'? But this is why I came to this hour. 28 Father, glorify Your name." Then a voice came from heaven: "I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again."
• Isa 53:3 : 3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Like one from whom people hide their faces, he was despised, and we did not esteem him.
• Ps 138:8 : 8 The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, Lord, endures forever. Do not abandon the works of your hands.
• Phil 1:6 : 6 Being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
• Phil 2:8-9 : 8 He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death—even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God highly exalted Him and gave Him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow—in heaven, on earth, and under the earth— 11 and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
• Heb 5:9 : 9 And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him.
• Heb 13:13 : 13 Therefore, let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore.
• 1 Pet 3:22 : 22 He is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, with angels, authorities, and powers subjected to Him.
• Rev 2:8 : 8 To the angel of the church in Smyrna, write: These are the words of the First and the Last, who was dead and came to life:
• 1 Pet 4:14-16 : 14 If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. 15 If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler. 16 However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name.
• 1 Pet 1:11 : 11 They inquired into what time or situation the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when He testified beforehand about the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow.
• Heb 10:5-9 : 5 Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says, "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but You prepared a body for Me. 6 You were not pleased with whole burnt offerings and offerings for sin. 7 Then I said, 'Behold, I have come—it is written about Me in the scroll of the book—to do Your will, O God.'" 8 After saying above that sacrifices, offerings, whole burnt offerings, and offerings for sins You did not desire nor were pleased with—which are offered according to the law— 9 then He said, 'Behold, I have come to do Your will.' He takes away the first to establish the second. 10 And by that will, we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 11 Every priest stands daily ministering and offering the same sacrifices time after time, which can never take away sins. 12 But this One, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God.
• Heb 10:14 : 14 For by one offering, He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
• Heb 10:33 : 33 Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insults and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated.
• Heb 11:36 : 36 Still others experienced mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
• Heb 7:19 : 19 (for the law made nothing perfect), but a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.
• Heb 8:1 : 1 Now here is the main point: We have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens.
• Heb 1:13 : 13 To which of the angels did God ever say, 'Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet'?
• Heb 2:7-9 : 7 You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor, 8 and You put everything under his feet.' In putting everything under him, God left nothing that is not subject to him. However, at present, we do not yet see everything subjected to him. 9 But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone. 10 For it was fitting for Him—for whom and through whom everything exists—to bring many sons to glory by making the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
• 2 Tim 4:8 : 8 Now there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me but also to all who have loved His appearing.
• Isa 8:17 : 17 I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.
• Isa 31:1 : 1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, relying on horses and trusting in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are strong, but who do not look to the Holy One of Israel and do not seek the LORD.
• Isa 45:22 : 22 Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
• Isa 49:6-7 : 6 He says, 'It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back the preserved ones of Israel. I will also make you a light to the nations so that you may bring my salvation to the ends of the earth.' 7 This is what the Lord, the Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, says: To the one despised and abhorred by the nations, to the servant of rulers: Kings will see you and stand to attention, and princes will bow down because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.
• Isa 50:6-7 : 6 I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard. I did not hide my face from insults and spitting. 7 Because the Sovereign LORD helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore, I have set my face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame.
• Ps 16:9-9 : 9 Therefore, my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices; my body also will rest secure. 10 For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You allow Your faithful one to see decay. 11 You make known to me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
• Ps 22:6-8 : 6 To you they cried out and were delivered; in you they trusted and were not put to shame. 7 But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people. 8 All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
• Ps 69:19-20 : 19 Come near to my soul and redeem it; because of my enemies, ransom me. 20 You know my reproach, my shame, and my disgrace; all my adversaries are before you.
• Ps 110:1 : 1 The Lord said to my lord: "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."
• Matt 16:21 : 21 From that time on, Jesus began to explain to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and on the third day be raised to life.
• Matt 20:18-20 : 18 'Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn him to death.' 19 And they will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to flog, and to crucify him; and on the third day, he will rise again. 20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling before him and asking something from him.
• Matt 20:28 : 28 Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
• Matt 26:67-68 : 67 Then they spat in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him, 68 mocking and saying, "Prophesy to us, Christ! Who hit you?"
• Matt 27:27-50 : 27 Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the praetorium and gathered the whole cohort around Him. 28 They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him. 29 They twisted a crown of thorns and placed it on His head, and they put a staff in His right hand. Then they knelt before Him in mockery and said, 'Hail, King of the Jews!' 30 They spat on Him, took the staff, and struck Him on the head repeatedly. 31 After they had mocked Him, they took off the robe, put His own clothes back on Him, and led Him away to crucify Him. 32 As they were going out, they found a man of Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced to carry Jesus' cross. 33 When they came to a place called Golgotha, which means Place of a Skull, 34 they gave Him wine mixed with gall to drink. But after tasting it, He refused to drink it. 35 When they had crucified Him, they divided His garments among them, casting lots. This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet: 'They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.' 36 Then they sat down and kept watch over Him there. 37 Above His head they placed the written charge against Him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS. 38 Two robbers were crucified with Him, one on His right and the other on His left. 39 Those who passed by were hurling insults at Him, shaking their heads and saying, 40 'You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!' 41 In the same way, the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked Him, saying, 42 'He saved others, but He cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel; let Him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in Him. 43 'He trusts in God; let God deliver Him now, if He wants Him. For He said, "I am the Son of God."' 44 The robbers who were crucified with Him also heaped insults on Him in the same way. 45 From noon until three in the afternoon, darkness came over all the land. 46 About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out with a loud voice, 'Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?' (which means, 'My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?'). 47 When some of those standing there heard it, they said, 'He is calling Elijah.' 48 Immediately one of them ran and took a sponge, filled it with sour wine, placed it on a reed, and offered it to Him to drink. 49 But the others said, 'Wait, let us see if Elijah comes to save Him.' 50 Then Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and gave up His spirit.
• Mark 9:12 : 12 Jesus replied, 'Elijah does come first and restores all things. And how is it written about the Son of Man that he must suffer many things and be rejected?'
• Mark 9:24 : 24 Immediately the father of the child cried out, 'I believe! Help my unbelief!'
• Mark 14:36 : 36 "Abba, Father," he said, "everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will."
• Luke 17:5 : 5 The apostles said to the Lord, 'Increase our faith!'
• Luke 23:11 : 11 Then Herod, along with his soldiers, treated Him with contempt and mocked Him. They dressed Him in a splendid robe and sent Him back to Pilate.
• Luke 23:35-39 : 35 The people stood watching, and the rulers even mocked Him, saying, 'He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.' 36 The soldiers also mocked Him. They approached and offered Him sour wine, 37 and said, 'If You are the King of the Jews, save Yourself!' 38 Above Him was written an inscription: This is the King of the Jews. 39 One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at Him, saying, 'Aren't You the Christ? Save Yourself and us!'
• Isa 53:10-12 : 10 Yet it was the Lord's will to crush him and cause him to suffer. When you make his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand. 11 After his suffering, he will see the result and be satisfied. By his knowledge, my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death and was numbered with the transgressors. He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.
• John 1:29 : 29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, 'Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!'
• John 6:40 : 40 For this is the will of my Father: that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day.
• John 8:56 : 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day; he saw it and was glad.
• John 12:24 : 24 Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces much fruit.
• John 12:32 : 32 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to Myself."
• John 13:3 : 3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going back to God,
• John 13:31-32 : 31 When Judas had left, Jesus said, 'Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him.' 32 If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and will glorify Him at once.
• John 17:1-4 : 1 After Jesus had spoken these words, He looked up to heaven and said, 'Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, so that the Son may glorify You.' 2 Just as You gave Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all You have given Him. 3 Now this is eternal life: that they know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent. 4 I have glorified You on earth by completing the work You gave Me to do.
• Acts 2:25-26 : 25 David said about Him: ‘I saw the Lord always before me, because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.’ 26 Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; moreover, my body also will rest in hope,
• Acts 2:36 : 36 Therefore, let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.
• Acts 5:41 : 41 So they went out from the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy to suffer disgrace for the name.
• 1 Cor 1:7-8 : 7 So that you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, 8 Who will also strengthen you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Eph 2:16 : 16 and might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross, by which He put their hostility to death.
• Zech 12:10 : 10 And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on Me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
• Heb 12:3 : 3 Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
• 1 John 1:1-3 : 1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have observed and our hands have touched, concerning the Word of life— 2 the life was made visible, and we have seen it, and we testify and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was revealed to us— 3 what we have seen and heard we declare to you, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And truly, our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.
• Jude 1:21 : 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.
• Rev 1:8 : 8 I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God, the One who is, who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.
• Rev 1:11 : 11 saying, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last. Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.
• Rev 1:17 : 17 When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as though dead. Then He placed His right hand on me and said, 'Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last,