4 Reasons that Suggest Hebrews was Written Before A.D. 70

The Apologetics Study Bible offers 4 reasons to believe that the Book of Hebrews was written prior to 70 A.D.

They are as follows:

"First, the author and his readers belonged to the second generation of Christians.  They neither saw nor heard Jesus in person (2:3).  Second, if the Timothy mentioned in 13:23 was Paul's younger associate, then the letter requires a date sometime during his lifetime.  Third, the reference to sacrifices in 10:1-2 seems to indicate sacrifices were still being offered.  Some point to the writer's use of the present tense to describe the sacrifices (7:8; 9:6-7, 9, 13:10) as evidence that the temple was still standing in Jerusalem.  Finally, the use of Hebrews in 1 Clement (36:1-6), a document usually dated around A.D. 95 or 96, shows that the author wrote it before this time.  To repeat, then, though a date anytime between A.D. 60-96 is possible for Hebrews, the book was likely written sometime prior to A.D. 70."1

Courage and Godspeed,

Chad

Footnotes:

1. The Apologetics Study Bible, Introduction to the Book of Hebrews, p. 1821.

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