For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. Instead of the daily ministry of priests, Christ's service is perfected, by the one sacrifice, w... [ Continue Reading ]
For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins. FOR - if the law could have perfected the worshippers. THEY - the sacrifices. ONCE PURGED - IF once for all cleansed (). CONSCIENCE - consciousness of sin... [ Continue Reading ]
But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. BUT - So far from those sacrifices purging from consciousness of sins 4:2) BUT - So far from those sacrifices purging from consciousness of sins 4:2). IN ... - in the fact of their being offered, and during the offer... [ Continue Reading ]
For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. FOR - Reason why, necessarily, there is a continually-recurring 'remembrance of sins' in legal sacrifices (Hebrews 10:3). Typically, "the blood of bulls," etc., had power; but it was only in virtue of the one anti... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: Christ's voluntary self-offering, in contrast to those inefficient sacrifices, fulfils perfectly "the will of God" as to redemption, by completely stoning 'for (our) sins... [ Continue Reading ]
In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. BURNT OFFERINGS, [ holokautoomata (G3646)] - 'whole burnt offerings.' THOU HAST HAD NO PLEASURE - God had pleasure in [ eudokeesas (G2106), 'was well pleased with'] them, in so far as they were in obedience to his positive Ol... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. I COME, [ heekoo (G2240)] -'I am come' (note Hebrews 10:5). 'Here we have the creed of Jesus: "I am come to I COME, [ heekoo (G2240)] - 'I am come' (note Hebrews 10:5). 'Here we have the creed of Jesus... [ Continue Reading ]
Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; HE - Christ. SACRIFICE ... 'Aleph (') A C Delta f, Vulgate, read 'sacrifices and offerings' (plural). This verse combines the two... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. THEN SAID HE - `At that very time (namely, when speaking by David's mouth in the 40th Psalm) He hath said.' The rejection of the legal sacrifices involves Jesus' voluntary offer to make th... [ Continue Reading ]
By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. BY - IN. So "in" and "through" occur in the same sentence, 1 Peter 1:22; also 1 Peter 1:5, Greek. The 'IN (fulfillment of) which will' (cf. the use of IN, Ephesians 1:6) expresses the originating ca... [ Continue Reading ]
And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: AND. A new contrast: the frequent repetition of the sacrifices. PRIEST. So 'Aleph (') Delta f, Vulgate. But A C, 'high priest.' Though he did not in person stand "daily" off... [ Continue Reading ]
But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; THIS MAN - emphatic (Hebrews 3:3). FOREVER - join with "offered one sacrifice;" namely, the efficacy of which endures forever [ eis (G1519) to (G3588) dieenekes (G1336): continuously] (cf. Heb... [ Continue Reading ]
From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. EXPECTING, [ ekdechomenos (G1551)] - the Son 'awaiting' the fulfillment of the divine promise (Psalms 110:1) until the Father shall 'send Him forth to triumph over all His foes.' He is now sitting at rest (Hebrews 10:12), invisibly... [ Continue Reading ]
For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. FOR. The sacrifice being "forever" in its efficacy (Hebrews 10:12) needs no renewal. "For," etc. THEM THAT ARE SANCTIFIED, [ hagiazomenous (G37)] - 'them that are being sanctified.' The sanctification (consecration to God)... [ Continue Reading ]
Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, [ De (G1161)] 'Moreover.' IS A WITNESS - of the truth I am setting forth. The Father's witness, Hebrews 5:5; the Son's, Hebrews 10:5; now that of the Holy Spirit, called accordingly "the Spirit of grace," Hebrews... [ Continue Reading ]
_THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THEM AFTER THOSE DAYS, SAITH THE LORD, I WILL PUT MY LAWS INTO THEIR HEARTS, AND IN THEIR MINDS WILL I WRITE THEM;_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin. WHERE REMISSION OF THESE IS - as there is under the Gospel covenant (). 'Here ends the finale (Hebrews 10:1) of the tripartite arrangement (Hebrews 7:1; Hebrews 7:26; Hebrews 9:13) of the middle portion of the letter. Its great t... [ Continue Reading ]
Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, Here begins the third and last division of the letter: our duty now while waiting for the Lord's second advent. Resumption and expansion of the exhortation (Hebrews 4:14: cf. Hebrews 10:22 here) wherewith he clo... [ Continue Reading ]
By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; WHICH. The antecedent is 'the entering;' not, as the English version, "way." Translate, 'which (entering) He has consecrated (not as though already existing, but has INAUGURATED as a new thing... [ Continue Reading ]
And having an high priest over the house of God; HIGH PRIEST, [ hierea (G2409) megan (G3173)]. A different term [ archiereus (G749)] is used always in this letter for "high priest." Translate, 'A Great Priest:' one at once King and "Priest upon His throne" (Zechariah 6:13): a royal Priest, and a pr... [ Continue Reading ]
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. WITH A TRUE HEART - without hypocrisy: 'in truth, and with a perfect heart;' thoroughly imbued with "the truth" (). See ; . FULL ASSURANCE... [ Continue Reading ]
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) PROFESSION [ homologian (G3671 ) 'CONFESSION '] OUR FAITH [ tees (G3588) elpidos (G1680)] 'OUR PROFESSION, [ homologian (G3671 ), 'CONFESSION,'] OUR FAITH, [ tees (G3588) elpidos (G1680)] - 'OUR HOP... [ Continue Reading ]
And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: As elsewhere, love follows faith and hope: the Pauline triad of graces. CONSIDER, [ katanooomen (G2657)] - with the mind attentively fixed on "one another" (note, Hebrews 3:1), contemplating considerately the characters and... [ Continue Reading ]
Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. ASSEMBLING OF OURSELVES TOGETHER, [ episunagoogeen (G1997)] - is only found here and 2 Thessalonians 2:1 (the gathering together of the ele... [ Continue Reading ]
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, Compare Hebrews 6:4, etc. There the warning was, that if there be not diligence in progressing, a falling off, and then an apostasy, will ensue: here it is, if there be lukew... [ Continue Reading ]
But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. A CERTAIN - an indescribable. The indefiniteness, as of something special, makes the description the more terrible [cf. tina (G5101), James 1:18 ]. LOOKING FOR, [ ekdochee (G1561)] - 'expectat... [ Continue Reading ]
He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: DESPISED, [ atheteesas (G114)] - utterly and heinously set aside, not merely in minor detail, but the whole law, as by idolatry (Deuteronomy 17:2). So apostasy answers to such utter violation of the old covenant. Compar... [ Continue Reading ]
Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? SORER, [ cheironos (G5501) timoorias (G5098)... [ Continue Reading ]
For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. HIM - who utters no empty threats. VENGEANCE BELONGETH UNTO ME - `To me belongeth vengeance:' exactly according with Paul's quotation, . LORD SHALL JUDG... [ Continue Reading ]
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. FEARFUL THING TO FALL INTO THE HANDS. It is good, like David, to fall into the hands of God rather than man, with filial faith in one's father's love, though God chastises (). 'It is fearful' to fall into His hands as a presumptuous... [ Continue Reading ]
But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions; As previously he warned them by the awful end of apostates, so here he stirs them up by the remembrance of their own faith, patience, and self-sacrificing love. So Revelation 2:3... [ Continue Reading ]
Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used. The persecutions referred to were probably endured by the Hebrew Christians at their first conversion, not only in Palestine, but also in Rome and elsew... [ Continue Reading ]
For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance. YE HAD COMPASSION OF ME IN MY BONDS. So 'Aleph ('). But A Delta, Vulgate, omit "me," and read [ desmiois (G1198) for desmois (G11... [ Continue Reading ]
Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. Consequent exhortation to confidence and endurance, as Christ is soon coming. CAST NOT AWAY. They now have "confidence," and it will not withdraw of itself, unless they 'cast it away' willfully (cf. Hebrews 3:14).... [ Continue Reading ]
For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. PATIENCE, [ hupomonees (G5281)] - 'enduring perseverance.' The kindred verb in the Septuagint, Habakkuk 2:3, is translated 'wait for it' (cf. James 5:7). AFTER YE HAVE DONE THE WILL OF GOD - `t... [ Continue Reading ]
For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. Encouragement to enduring perseverance, by consideration of the shortness of the time until Christ shall come, and God's rejection of him that draws back, from Habakkuk 2:3. A LITTLE WHILE (). HE THAT SHALL COME - l... [ Continue Reading ]
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. JUST. 'Aleph (') A, Vulgate, read 'MY just man.' God is the speaker-`He who is just in my sight.' Bengel, with Delta f, 'The just shall live by MY faith.' So the Hebrew, , literally, 'The just shall... [ Continue Reading ]
But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. A Pauline elegant turning-off from denunciatory warnings to charitable hopes (2 Thessalonians 2:13). SAVING OF THE SOUL, [ peripoieesin (G4047)] - 'acquisition (or obtaining) of the soul.' Th... [ Continue Reading ]