Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
Hebrews 3:1-19
CH. 3. SUPERIORITY OF CHRIST TO MOSES (1–6). EXHORTATION AGAINST HARDENING THE HEART (7–19)
CH. 3. SUPERIORITY OF CHRIST TO MOSES (1–6). EXHORTATION AGAINST HARDENING THE HEART (7–19)
CHAPTER III. _Jesus is the High Priest of our profession_, 1. _And is counted worthy of more honour than Moses, as the Son_ _Israelites did, and were excluded from the earthly rest in_ _Canaan_, 7...
WHEREFORE - That is, since Christ sustains such a character as has been stated in the previous chapter; since he is so able to succour those who need assistance; since he assumed our nature that he mi...
CHAPTER 3 _ 1. As Son over the house of God, greater than Moses (Hebrews 3:1)_ 2. The danger of unbelief (Hebrews 3:7) 3. The need of faith (Hebrews 3:14)...
HEBREWS 3:1 TO HEBREWS 4:13. As Christ is higher than the angels, so He is _greater than Moses,_ through whom the first covenant was established. The comparison with Moses, however, occupies only a fe...
The superiority of Christ to Moses is illustrated in two ways: (_a)_ Moses belonged to the house as part of it (_i.e._ was himself one of the members of the chosen community); Christ was the builder o...
Brothers who are dedicated to God, you who are sharers in heaven's calling, because of all this you must fix your attention on him whom our creed holds to be the apostle and the high priest of God, I...
GREATER THAN THE GREATEST (Hebrews 3:1-6)...
HOLY. See Acts 9:13. BRETHREN. i.e. of one another. PARTAKERS. Greek. _metochos._ See Hebrews 1:9. HEAVENLY. Greek. _epouranios_. See John 3:12. CALLING. Compare...
_Wherefore_ The same word (ὅθεν) as in Hebrews 2:17, where see the note. It is an inference from the grandeur of Christ's position and the blessedness of His work as set forth in the previous Chapter...
_CHRIST IS TO BE PREFERRED TO MOSES -- HEBREWS 3:1-6:_ The "partakers of the heavenly calling," must seriously consider Jesus, "the Apostle and High Priest of our profession." Those that “partake of t...
ΌΘΕΝ (G3606) посему, следовательно; _букв._ из этого; имеется в виду, что последующий довод является следствием вывода, сделанного ранее (Buchanan), ΚΛΉΣΙΣ (G2821) зов. Здесь _gen._ со словом ΜΈΤΟΧΟΙ...
DISCOURSE: 2278 NAMES AND OFFICES OF CHRIST Hebrews 3:1. _Holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus_. OUR Lord possessed,...
WHEREFORE, HOLY BRETHREN, &C.— _Holy brethren_ may refer to what he said of those who were _sanctified_ in Christ, ch. Hebrews 2:11. _Partakers of the heavenly calling_ signifies,"Partakersof the call...
III. _He is superior to Moses. Hebrews 3:1 to Hebrews 4:13_ A. _The comparison of Jesus and Moses with respect to greatness and glory. Hebrews 3:1-6_ _TEXT_...
CHRIST SUPERIOR TO MOSES. (Hebrews 3:1-6). Our present portion introduces us to the third division of the Epistle, a division which runs on to Hebrews 4:6. The first division, comprising but the thre...
Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; As Moses especially was the prophet by whom 'God in time past spak...
11 The destruction of the earth and the heavens is but a crisis in their change (12), for they are not to be made non-existent, but created anew. All things are in a state of flux until the consummati...
3:1 partakers (c-4) Here _ metochos_ , who have been made, called to be, partakers of it. They had been _ koinonoi_ of Israel's rights. See ch. 2.14....
JESUS CHRIST, LORD OF THE HOUSEHOLD OF GODS (_b_) Christ is superior also to Moses; for He is Son over the house of God, whereas Moses was only a servant in it....
WHEREFORE] A new section begins here, in which argument and exhortation are blended. The connexion with the preceding is not quite plain. It may lie in the fact that Christ has been described (Hebrews...
HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN? HEBREWS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 3 2 THE SUPERIOR *APOSTLE 3:1-4:13 JESUS IS SUPERIOR TO MOSES 3:1-6 V1 Brothers and sisters in Christ who belong to God, you share the...
WHEREFORE. — The address which here begins (the first direct address in the Epistle) bears the same relation to all that has preceded, as Hebrews 2:1 bears to the first chapter. In particular, the con...
CHAPTER III. FUNDAMENTAL ONENESS OF THE DISPENSATIONS. Hebrews 3:1 - Hebrews 4:13 (R.V.). "Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High-priest of our conf...
Ὅθεν, “wherefore,” if through Jesus God has spoken His final and saving word (Hebrews 1:1), thus becoming the Apostle of God, and if the high priest I speak of is so sympathetic and faithful that for...
to Hebrews 4:13. Chapter s 3 and 4 as far as Hebrews 3:13, form one paragraph. The purpose of the writer in this passage, as in the whole Epistle, is to encourage his readers in their allegiance to Ch...
SUPERIOR TO MOSES Hebrews 3:1 Dwell on those opening words:- _holy_, such is God's ideal for us; _brethren_, by reason of our union with Christ, and with one another in Him; _partakers, etc_., God is...
The argument now passed to the second claim of superiority, that over all human leaders. He is first seen as superior to Moses and Joshua. He is "the Apostle" completely fulfilling the function repres...
CHRIST'S SUPERIORITY OVER MOSES Because of the things He has done, Christians should center their thoughts on Jesus, who is the "Apostle and High Priest of our confession" (Hebrews 3:1). An apostle is...
Wherefore, (1) holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the (a) Apostle and High Priest of our (b) profession, Christ Jesus; (1) Having laid the foundation that is to say, declared a...
The....high priest of our profession. That is, of the faith we confess, or profess. Christ is also here called our apostle, i.e. sent by his Father. (Witham) --- Jesus Christ is not only our apostle,...
(1) Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; (2) Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was...
CONTENTS The Holy Ghost is here still preaching Christ. The Lord, the Spirit, calls upon the Church, to pause, and contemplate, the Person of Jesus. He draws a Comparison between Christ and Moses. He...
The epistle to the Hebrews differs in some important respects from all those which have been before us; so much so that many have questioned whether it be the writing of the apostle Paul, of Apollos,...
_ALPHA AND OMEGA_ ‘Consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; Who was faithful to Him that appointed Him.’ Hebrews 3:1 Christ Himself shall be the Alpha and Omega of our...
_CHRIST AND MOSES_ ‘Wherefore, holy brethren … consider … Christ Jesus; Who was faithful … as also Moses was faithful … Whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hop...
1._Wherefore, holy brethren, etc. _He concludes the preceding doctrine with a necessary exhortation, that the Jews should attentively consider what sort of being and how great Christ is. As he had bef...
Thus the Lord is set before us as the Apostle and High Priest of believers from among the Jews, the true people. I say,"from among the Jews," not that He is not our Priest, but that here the sacred wr...
WHEREFORE, HOLY BRETHREN,.... The apostle calls the Hebrews "brethren", not because they were of the same natural stock and lineage, but because they were in the same spiritual relation; they all had...
Hebrews 3:1. ῞Οθεν, ἀδελφοὶ ἅγιοι, κλήσεως ἐπουρανίου μέτοχοι, κατανοήσατε τὸν ἀπόστολον καὶ ἀρχιερέα τῆς ὁμολογίας ἡμῶν, Χριστὸν ᾿Ιησοῦν· πιστὸν ὄντα τῷ ποιήσαντι αὐτὸν, ὠς καὶ Μωυσῆς ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ οἴκῳ...
Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; Ver. 1. _Holy brethren_] HOLY, because partakers of a calling that i...
HEB. 3:1. WHEREFORE, HOLY BRETHREN, PARTAKERS OF THE HEAVENLY CALLING, CONSIDER THE APOSTLE AND HIGH PRIEST OF OUR PROFESSION, CHRIST JESUS; _ Blank Bible_ comment: Both are prophecies mentioned apo...
The apostle, in the first chapter of this epistle, having affirmed that Jesus of Nazareth, by whom the gospel revelation was given to mankind, is God's _Son_, in a peculiar sense; a sense in which no...
WHEREFORE; on account of the character and work of Christ as exhibited in the previous chapter. HEAVENLY CALLING; by which God called and inclined them to prepare for heaven. Habitual contemplation o...
WHEREFORE, HOLY BRETHREN, PARTAKERS OF THE HEAVENLY CALLING, CONSIDER THE APOSTLE AND HIGH PRIEST OF OUR PROFESSION, CHRIST JESUS,...
THE SUPERIORITY OF CHRIST OVER MOSES. Christ compared with Moses:...
"Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling." Let us keep in mind that this is addressed to Jewish believers. How great a contrast to that which their own religion had taught them! Ea...
1-6 Christ is to be considered as the Apostle of our profession, the Messenger sent by God to men, the great Revealer of that faith which we profess to hold, and of that hope which we profess to have...
OLBGrk; HEBREWS CHAPTER 3 HEBREWS 3:1 Christ is showed to be more worthy than Moses. HEBREWS 3:7 We must be careful therefore not to follow the example of the obstinate and unbelieving Israelites in t...
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Hebrews 3:1. HOLY BRETHREN. No mere complimentary title, but descriptive of the blessed brotherhood to which Christ and all who believe belong. PARTAKERS OF, partners in a ‘calling' that comes from h...
HOLY BRETHREN (αδελφο αγιο). Only here in N.T., for αγιοις in 1 Thessalonians 5:27 only in late MSS. See Hebrews 2:11 for same idea. First time the author makes direct appeal to the readers, though...
PARTAKERS Companions; the same word translated, "fellows" in (Hebrews 1:9)....
Hebrews 3:1 Christ the Lord, and Moses the Servant. I. To speak of Moses to the Jews was always a very difficult and delicate matter. It is hardly possible for Gentiles to realise or understand the v...
Hebrews 3:1 The Study of Jesus. I. The Person of Christ is the great miracle and mystery of the universe enshrined in the Christian faith; and that is the object which we are invited perpetually to c...
Hebrews 3:1. _Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus._ Would God we considered him more! He is supremely wor...
Hebrews 3:1. _Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus:_ Oh, that he had more consideration at our hands! Cons...
Hebrews 3:1. _Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;_ Think of him, think how great he is, think what attent...
CONTENTS: Christ the Son better than Moses the servant. Warning against unbelief. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Moses. CONCLUSION: We owe to Jesus Christ as the principal messenger sent of Go...
Hebrews 3:1. _Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling,_ who, as the sons of God, are called to eternal glory, _consider the Apostle and Highpriest of our profession,_ that he unite...
My Christian brothers. The usual New Testament meaning of this is "fellow Christians," including both men and women. WHO ALSO. God calls us through the message of the Good News (John 6:44-45). The Jew...
HEBREWS 3:1 Jesus Is Superior to the Mosaic Law. Having concluded that Jesus is superior to the mediators of the Mosaic law (angels, Hebrews 2:2), the author now establishes Jesus’ superiority to Mose...
COMPARISON OF THE TWO GREAT MEDIATORS _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ IN the estimation of the Jews the pre-eminence of the Law—by that term meaning the Old Testament dispensation—was seen in three...
EXPOSITION THE SON SUPERIOR TO MOSES. Here begins the second section of the argument of the first four chapters (see summary given under Hebrews 1:5). But though a new branch of the argument begins, i...
Shall we turn in our Bibles now to Hebrews the third chapter. Wherefore, holy brethren (Hebrews 3:1), The word wherefore immediately leads us back to that which is immediately preceding, and that is...
1 Corinthians 1:2; 1 Corinthians 10:17; 1 Corinthians 9:23; 1 John 1:3;...
The leading ideas of the preceding section are echoed in this verse : brethren, of whom Christ made himself the brother : holy, in virtue of the work of the sanctifier. Wherefore [ο θ ε ν]. Drawing a...
The heavenly calling — God calls from heaven, and to heaven, by the gospel. Consider the Apostle — The messenger of God, who pleads the cause of God with us. And High Priest — Who pleads our cause wit...
These words are an exhortation to the believing Hebrews, to CONSIDER and ponder in their hearts the high dignity and excellency of Christ, as the great prophet and apostle of his church; and in them,...