Hebrews 3 - Introduction
1:1 formerly (g-11) Or 'of old.'... [ Continue Reading ]
1:1 formerly (g-11) Or 'of old.'... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
3:2 house. (d-16) See Numbers 12:7 .... [ Continue Reading ]
3:5 his (e-8) That is, God's house, in which Moses was faithful as a ministering servant. The contrast is with 'Moses as a servant in,' and 'Christ as a Son over.' The Father is not brought in as such at all, but the Son is over the house as Son. The connection with its being God's house is evident,... [ Continue Reading ]
3:6 his (e-6) That is, God's house, in which Moses was faithful as a ministering servant. The contrast is with 'Moses as a servant in,' and 'Christ as a Son over.' The Father is not brought in as such at all, but the Son is over the house as Son. The connection with its being God's house is evident,... [ Continue Reading ]
3:7 Spirit, (f-7) See Psalms 95:7-11 .... [ Continue Reading ]
3:9 where (g-1) Some translate 'wherewith,' that is, 'with which temptation.'... [ Continue Reading ]
3:11 rest. (h-13) A Hebraism involving a strong negative. Compare Numbers 14:23 ; Mark 8:12 .... [ Continue Reading ]
3:14 companions (i-5) _ Metochos_ , as ch. 1.9 (quoting Psalms 45:7 ), to which it alludes. It is not 'partakers of Christ.'... [ Continue Reading ]
3:15 provocation; (k-21) I have no doubt, in spite of objections, that 16-19 is a parenthesis.... [ Continue Reading ]
3:16 not (l-12) Or 'was it not indeed.'... [ Continue Reading ]
3:17 carcases (a-18) Lit. 'limbs.' often used for a carcase. Some suppose the idea of the body falling to pieces.... [ Continue Reading ]
3:18 word? (b-23) _ Apeitheo_ . see Note e, John 3:36 . 'Who had not hearkened to the word' is, I apprehend, the true force here. It is taken from the LXX, Numbers 14:43 and Deuteronomy 1:26 , which refer to the occasion on which God declared their carcases should fall in the wilderness.... [ Continue Reading ]