Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
Hebrews 10:32-39
WORDS OF APPEAL AND ENCOURAGEMENT
WORDS OF APPEAL AND ENCOURAGEMENT
Verse 32. _BUT CALL TO REMEMBRANCE_] It appears from this, and indeed from some parts of the Gospel history, that the first believers in Judea were greatly persecuted; our Lord's crucifixion, Stephen...
BUT CALL TO REMEMBRANCE THE FORMER DAYS - It would seem from this, that at the time when the apostle wrote this Epistle they were suffering some severe trials, in which they were in great danger of ap...
CHAPTER 10 _ 1. The all-sufficiency of the one offering (Hebrews 10:1)_ 2. Exhortations (Hebrews 10:19) 3. Warning (Hebrews 10:26) 4. Encouragements ...
As in ch. 6, the writer turns from solemn warning to encouragement, based on the past record of his readers. He reminds them of the valour they had shown in the days immediately succeeding their conve...
THE ONLY TRUE SACRIFICE (Hebrews 10:1-10)...
Remember the former days. Remember how, after you had been enlightened, you had to go through a hard struggle of suffering, partly because you yourselves were held up to insult and involved in afflict...
CALL TO REMEMBRANCE. keep ever in mind. Greek. _anamimnesko._ See 1 Corinthians 4:17. AFTER YE WERE. having been. ILLUMINATED. Greek. _Photizo_. See Hebrews 6:4 and compare App-130. ENDURED. Greek....
Words of appeal and encouragement 32. _But call to remembrance the former days_ Rather, "keep in remembrance." Here, as in Hebrews 6:9-12, he mingles appeal and encouragement with the sternest warnin...
_THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH -- HEBREWS 10:32-39:_ You can easily remain faithful when you remember how God blessed you through former trials and troubles. Christians are many times exposed to all ki...
ΆΝΑΜΙΜΝΉΣΚΕΣΘΕPRAES. _imper. med. (dep.) от_ ΆΝΑΜΙΜΝΉΣΚΩ (G363) напоминать себе, помнить, ΠΡΌΤΕΡΟΝ (G4387) прошлый, первый. Хотя разница между _сотр._ и superl, в койне стала слабой, эта фраза может...
DISCOURSE: 2314 THE BENEFIT OF PAST EXPERIENCE Hebrews 10:32. _Call to remembrance the former days_. TO take a retrospect of our past lives, is the duty of every child of man. Without a frequent revi...
AFTER YE WERE ILLUMINATED,— The Hebrews, to whom this epistle was addressed, were Christian converts, long since illuminated, (ch. Hebrews 5:12 Hebrews 6:4.) had suffered great persecutions, and seem...
_Exhortation based on the priesthood of Christ. Hebrews 10:19-39_. _TEXT_ Hebrews 10:19-39 Hebrews 10:19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the Holy Place by the bl
THE PATH OF TRIBULATION (Hebrews 10:32-34) God has not promised His people a smooth path through this world; instead, He has ordained that "we must through much tribulation’’ enter His kingdom (Acts...
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 t...
7 So Christ "offers Himself flawless to God", not at the cross, but on coming into the world, as the Israelite presented his sacrifice at the door of the tabernacle (Heb_9:14; Lev_1:1-5). 11 The great...
SACRIFICE COMPLETE IN THE FULFILMENT OF GOD'S WILL. THE OPEN WAY TO GOD Recapitulation and close of the argument. The sacrifices of the Law were ineffective to cleanse the conscience, as shown by thei...
WERE ILLUMINATED] RV 'enlightened,' i.e. became Christians: cp. Hebrews 6:4. FIGHT OF A AFFLICTIONS] see Intro. § 3, 'Recipients and Probable Date.'...
HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN? HEBREWS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 10 A NEW *SACRIFICE AND WAY TO LIFE 10:1-39 THE LAW WAS A SHADOW OF THINGS TO COME 10:1-4 V1 The law of Moses provides only a poor copy...
In the last six verses the writer has enforced his exhortation by an appeal to the danger of falling away and the fearful consequences of unfaithfulness. From warning he now turns to encouragement, as...
CHAPTER IX. AN ADVANCE IN THE EXHORTATION. "Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by the way which He dedicated for us, a new and living way, throug...
As in the parallel passage in chap. 6, the writer at Hebrews 10:9 suddenly turns from the presentation of the terrifying aspect of apostasy to make appeal to more generous motives, so here he now enco...
Dreadful result of falling from faith....
BEWARE OF BACKSLIDING Hebrews 10:26 The willful sin here referred to does not consist in isolated acts, but in a determined course of action, persisted in until the very desire for a better life wan...
The writer now deals with the subject of the better worship. In this connection he again quotes from the prophecy of Jeremiah in order to emphasize the prediction of the new covenant concerning the fo...
BELIEVING TO THE SAVING OF THE SOUL Just as he did in chapter 6, the writer turned to encourage the Hebrew brethren. He wanted them to remember the days of persecution they previously endured. This wa...
(11) But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions; (11) As he terrified the fallers away from God, so does he now comfort them...
_But call to mind the former days, &c. After having laid before them the severity of God's judgments, he comforts them with the hopes they may have of their eternal salvation, from what they had alrea...
(32) But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions; (33) Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflic...
The apostle now resumes his great theme, Christ called a Priest of God for ever after the order of Melchisedec. He alludes, in the beginning of our chapter, to the historical facts of Genesis. We must...
_THE BLESSING OF REMEMBRANCE_ ‘But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions.’ Hebrews 10:32 Remember the circumstances under...
32._But call to remembrance, etc. _In order to stimulate them, and to rouse their alacrity to go forward, he reminds them of the evidences of piety which they had previously manifested; for it is a sh...
In Chapter 10 this principle is applied to the sacrifice. Its repetition proved that sin was there. That the sacrifice of Christ was only offered once, was the demonstration of its eternal efficacy. H...
BUT CALL TO REMEMBRANCE THE FORMER DAYS,.... The words may be considered either as a declaration of what they had done, and be read, "but ye do call to remembrance", c. or as an exhortation to remembe...
᾿Αναμιμνήσκεσθε δὲ τὰς πρότερον ἡμέρας, ἐν αἷς φωτισθέντες, πολλὴν ἄθλησιν ὑπεμείνατε παθημάτων, τοῦτο μὲν, ὀνειδισμοῖς τε καὶ θλίψεσι θεατριζόμενοι, τοῦτο δὲ, κοινωνοὶ τῶν οὕτως ἀναστρεφομένων γενηθέ...
But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions; Ver. 32. _But call to remembrance_] q.d. You cannot utterly fall away, as those...
HEB. 10:32. BUT CALL TO REMEMBRANCE THE FORMER DAYS, IN WHICH, AFTER YE WERE ILLUMINATED, YE ENDURED A GREAT FIGHT OF AFFLICTIONS; Edwards in "The Manner of Seeking Salvation" sees Hebrews 10:32 as...
_But_ As if he had said, I trust you will be preserved from so terrible a ruin; and in order that you may, I exhort you to _call to remembrance the former days_ To look back upon past events, which, i...
CALL TO REMEMBRANCE; remember the grace of Christ, which sustained you in your former trials....
A motive of Christian patience:...
BUT CALL TO REMEMBRANCE THE FORMER DAYS, IN WHICH, AFTER YE WERE ILLUMINATED, YE ENDURED A GREAT FIGHT OF AFFLICTIONS,...
The attentive reader cannot but notice the thoroughness with which this subject is treated in these Chapter s. It is a matter of profound importance, basic as regards any true knowledge of God, and as...
32-39 Many and various afflictions united against the early Christians, and they had a great conflict. The Christian spirit is not a selfish spirit; it puts us upon pitying others, visiting them, hel...
BUT CALL TO REMEMBRANCE THE FORMER DAYS: _But_ is not so much adversative as copulative, adding another direction for their persevering in Christianity, even the revolving in their minds, and bringing...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV But we are not of them that draw back unto perdition, but of them that believe to the saving of the soul."[148] Methodius Discourse III. Thaleia is the Spirit...
Hebrews 10:32 But G1161 recall G363 (G5732) former G4386 days G2250 in G1722 which G3739 illuminated G5461 ...
‘But call to mind the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings, partly, being continually made a gazingstock, both by reproaches and afflictions; a...
A CALL TO HIS READERS SO AS TO ENSURE THAT THEY WILL NOT SO FAIL (HEBREWS 10:32). He now reminds them of what they had suffered for Christ's sake in the past, and the compassion that they had revealed...
Hebrews 10:32. CALL TO REMEMBRANCE (rather, call up and keep in remembrance) THOSE FORMER DAYS IN WHICH, WHEN FIRST ENLIGHTENED (as in chap. Hebrews 6:4), YE ENDURED, without losing heart or hope (so...
Hebrews 10:19-39. For nearly four Chapter s the argument has remained unbroken by those exhortations which abound in the earlier parts of the Epistle. From chapter Hebrews 7:1 to Hebrews 10:18 the rea...
Hebrews 10:32-39. The argument now takes a turn, AS in chap. Hebrews 6:9. The writer hopes better things. He bids them to remember again and again their earlier struggles and their hope of a blessed r...
CALL TO REMEMBRANCE (αναμιμνησκεσθε). Present middle imperative of αναμιμνησκω, as in 2 Corinthians 7:15 "remind yourselves." The former days were some distance in the past (Hebrews 5:12), some year...
Hebrews 10:26 Warning against Apostasy. I. Note briefly some misconceptions which prevent some readers of Scripture from receiving in a meek and docile spirit solemn admonitions of the Holy Ghost, su...
Hebrews 10:19. Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his fl...
Hebrews 10:1. _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 the...
CONTENTS: Law only a shadow of things to come. Through Christ a way made into the Holiest for all believers. Warning to the Hebrews who were wavering between Jewish sacrifices and Christ's finished wo...
Hebrews 10:1. _The law having a shadow of good things to come._ St. Paul, ere his epistles were engrossed, weighed his words, adjusted his thoughts, collated them with the prophets, and knew the suppo...
REMEMBER. The Letter suddenly turns from God's vengeance, to appeal to their good works in the past. Compare Galatians 3:3; 2 Corinthians 7:15. After they had converted to Christ, they had suffered ma...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 10:32 RECALL THE FORMER DAYS. The author reminds readers how they proved their faith through serving Christ despite suffering (see Hebrews 6:9
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 10:32. ILLUMINATED.—Enlightened, by the preaching of the Christian truth. (Compare 2 Corinthians 4:6; 1 Peter 2:9.) At a later period the word φωτισθέντες becam...
EXPOSITION HEBREWS 10:1 CONCLUDING SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT WITH RESPECT TO CHRIST'S ETERNAL PRIESTHOOD....
For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very substance of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perf...
2 Corinthians 4:6; 2 John 1:8; 2 Timothy 2:3; 2 Timothy 4:7; 2 Timoth
After ye were illuminated [φ ω τ ι σ θ ε ν τ ε ς]. See on ch. Hebrews 6:4. A great fight [π ο λ λ η ν α θ λ η σ ι ν]. Aqlhsiv N. T. o, o LXX See on ajlqh strive, 2 Timothy 2:5. See Introduction, on t...
Enlightened — With the knowledge of God and of his truth....
Our apostle here proceeds to. new argument to persuade Christians to perseverance drawn from the consideration of their former sufferings for christianity: "Since ye were illuminated, that is, baptiz...