Digital Logos Edition
“Supporters of this interpretation take the statements in vv. 4–5 as depicting the experience of those who had been exposed to the gospel, who had made a profession of faith, and who had been associated with the community of believers, but who were not actually saved.” (Volume 1, Page 144)
“Advocates of this view interpret vv. 4–5 as describing salvation and v. 6 as describing apostasy and the loss of salvation.6 This view has several strengths. First, it interprets the statements in vv. 4–5 as they are commonly understood.” (Volume 1, Page 137)
“How could the author of Hebrews be warning his readers about something that would be impossible for them to do?” (Volume 1, Page 143)
“F. H. A. Scrivener concluded that Beza’s edition of 1598 was the main source for the translators.87” (Volume 1, Page 53)
“Therefore, the questions in v. 4 are not whether taste means experience or whether the experience was real. Rather, the questions concern the extent of the experience and its efficacy for salvation. Since this same word may involve one or the other of these nuances, the word itself cannot determine whether those in view are saved or not.” (Volume 1, Pages 149–150)