Charles Ellicott Commentary Hebrews 13:25

"Grace be with you all. Amen." — Hebrews 13:25 (ASV)

Grace be with you all.—This brief closing benediction is also found in Titus 3:15, and, with the omission of “all,” in Colossians 4:18; 1 Timothy 6:21; 2 Timothy 4:22.

As in the other Epistles, the subscription lacks authority, not being found (in the form given above) in any manuscript of the Epistle earlier than the ninth century. No ancient manuscript contains more than the simple notice, “To the Hebrews,” except the Alexandrian, which adds “written from Rome.” The mention of Rome or Italy is, no doubt, due to Hebrews 13:24. It is also possible that Hebrews 13:23 is the only authority for the reference to Timothy as the bearer of the Epistle, for an ancient interpretation understands that verse to speak not of the release of Timothy from captivity, but of his departure on some official mission.

The works primarily used have been the commentaries on the Epistle by Bleek, Dolitzsch, Hofmann, Lünemann, Kurtz, Bengel, Ewald, Alford, Wordsworth, McCaul, and Biesenthal; Westcott On the Canon; Lightfoot’s Clement; Bleek’s Einleitung in das N. T. (by Mangold); Ewald’s Geschichte; Davidson’s two Introductions to the New Testament; Reuss’s History of Christian Theology; Riehm’s special work on the Doctrinal System of this Epistle; Stanley’s Sermons and Essays; the Commentaries on the Psalms by Delitzsch, Perowne, Jennings and Lowe; and Carpzov’s Sacrae Exercitationes.