Hebrews 2:12-13
“Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee. And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.”
King James Version · the opening — all 2 verses are below
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The risen Christ speaks Psalm 22:22 — 'I will declare thy name unto my brethren' — and Isaiah 8:17-18 — 'Behold I and the children which God hath given me': the sufferer of Psalm 22 emerges from death to lead His family in praise.
Read the whole passage — all 2 verses (KJV)
2:12Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.
2:13And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.
Fulfillment References
Psalm 22:22 Isaiah 8:17-18 John 20:17 Matthew 28:10
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalThe risen Second Man leads the family He redeemed: 'my brethren… my Father, and your Father' (Jn. 20:17) — Psalm 22:22 fulfilled verbally, the lost father-son relationship between God and the race restored in the triumphant Last Adam.
JewishPsalm 22 moves from lament to thanksgiving in Israel's assembly; Isaiah 8 concerns the prophet and his sign-children in Ahaz's crisis.
CatholicChrist our brother sanctifies the Church, His assembly, fulfilling the psalm in the liturgy of praise.
ProtestantThe hinge of Psalm 22: the same speaker pierced in v.16 declares God's name to his brethren in v.22 — death, then testimony.
DispensationalIsaiah's 'children given me' typifies Christ and the believing remnant amid national unbelief.
AcademicHebrews reads Psalm 22 as a continuous script of the Messiah's passion and vindication — the same psalm the Gospels quote at the crucifixion (Mt. 27:46).
Scholarship & Sources
The Psalm 22 usage across the NT is standard in commentary (France on Matthew; Bruce and Guthrie on Hebrews); John 20:17's 'brethren' as the psalm's fulfillment is noted from the early Fathers.
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