Hebrews 2:10-11
“For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings. For both He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren.”
A key word in Hebrews 2:10-11 is “author” from the Greek word archegos, which is translated variously as “captain (KJV), author, pioneer, trail-blazer, and founder.” One basic concept from all of the uses of this word: An archegos is one who begins something so that others may enter into it.
An archegos can found a school that others may follow him into learning. An archegos can blaze a trail that others may follow. An archegos can begin a family that others may be born into it.
If a ship is headed to the rocks, and the only way to save the crew and passengers is for someone to swim ashore with a line and secure it on a tree or a rock so that others may follow him to shore, the one who swims with the line is the archegos. He did a deed so that others may follow.
Jesus is the archegos of our salvation! He blazed the trail! He set the pattern! He entered into a Family that others may follow. And in the process of blazing the trail, of setting the pattern, of entering into God’s Kingdom—He too was perfect. That is what the verse says.
The author of our salvation was made perfect through suffering. He was made complete as our Savior and High Priest. He is fully able to be the pioneer of our salvation, to ensure that we also will enter salvation and to be as He is. According to this verse, this was done to bring many sons to glory—the same glory as the Trail-blazer, the Pioneer, the Author, the Captain has.
