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Highlights in Hebrews (with Roger Kirby) Part 5 - Hebrews 2:9 Jesus as representative man “we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honour because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.” Our writer quotes the psalmist (Psalm 8:4–6) in Hebrews 2:6-8: “What is mankind that you are mindful of them, a son of man that you care for him? You made them a little[ lower than the angels; you crowned them with glory and honour and put everything under their feet.” It is a tricky passage as is obvious from the lengthy footnotes in most English versions. The second line seems to be singular while all the other lines refer to mankind in the plural. It is the nearly unanimous opinion of modern translations that this is correct. The quotation refers back to Genesis 1:26 where God says, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, ov