and tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,

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  • WEB World English Bible

    and tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,

  • TYNDALE Tyndale New Testament (1534)

    and have tasted of the good worde of God and of the power of the worlde to come:

  • GNV Geneva Bible (1599)

    And haue tasted of the good word of God, and of the powers of the world to come,

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Cross-references (7)

Passages linked to Hebrews 6:5 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Luke 8:13 Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.
  • 1 Peter 2:3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious:
  • Matthew 13:20-21 What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it; yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
  • Mark 4:16-17 These in the same way are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy. They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.
  • 2 Peter 2:20 For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
  • Hebrews 2:5 For he didn’t subject the world to come, of which we speak, to angels.
  • Mark 6:20 for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 5 And have tasted the good word of God,…

5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,

Ver. 5. And have tasted the good word] Catching at the promises, as children do at sweetmeats, rejoicing therein, as the stony ground hearers did, conceiving a rolling opinion, as Haman did, that they are the men whom the King of heaven will honour.

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And the powers of the world to come] i.e. The wonderful works of the world to come, as glorification, resurrection, last judgment, whereinto a hypocrite may see far, and have a glimpse of heaven, or a flash of hell upon his conscience, as Balaam, Spira.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain And have tasted the good word of God; so…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain If they shall fall away,.... This is not supposed…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain And have tasted the good word of God -…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 5. And have tasted the good word of…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain And have tasted the good word of God -…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain tasted the good word of God--distinct from "tasted OF…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 5. The last couplet connecting the word and the…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 5. and have tasted the good word of God]…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (5) Tasted the good word of God.—There is a…
B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 5. And have tasted the good word of God.…
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 6:5 tasted the goodness of the word of God:…

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