Hebrews 6:5

Tasted. Gr. geuomai (see on v. 4). The word suggests more than a superficial acquaintance. It suggests study, meditation, and acceptance.

Powers. Gr. dunameis (see on Acts 1:8), here probably meaning “miracles,” as in Heb. 2:4. In the early apostolic age many miracles were wrought, deliverances effected, the sick healed, and even the dead restored to life (Acts 3:6-9; 5:15, 16; 6:8; 8:6; 12:7; 20:9-12). To taste these powers is to have a part in them, either as the subject of healing or of some other miracle, or as having performed them, or as having witnessed them.

World to come. Or, “coming age,” here probably a reference to the future age, of which the Gospel Era with its miracles was a foretaste, or an earnest.

These different qualifications are enumerated to show that these persons had had a genuine experience. They had witnessed God’s mighty power in their own lives and in the lives of others. Much had been entrusted to them, and much might be expected.