1. Hebrews 2:9 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What is special about the mention of the name "Jesus"?

Hebrews 2:9 (ESV)

9 But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.

For the first time we hear the earthly name of the Son and that without any title (which is rather unusual in the New Testament), right at the moment when the author begins to deal with Jesus’ humiliation.1