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HEBREWS 12:1 euvperi,staton {A}
The reading euvperi,spaston (“easily distracting”), which occurs
in î46 and 1739 (and perhaps lies behind itd, z), is either a
palaeographical error or a deliberate mo...
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CHAPTER XII.
_Having so many incitements to holiness, patience, and_
_perseverance, we should lay aside every hinderance, and run_
_with patience the race that is set before us, taking our_
_bless...
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WHEREFORE - In view of what has been said in the previous chapter.
SEEING WE ALSO ARE ENCOMPASSED ABOUT WITH SO GREAT A CLOUD OF
WITNESSES - The apostle represents those to whom he had referred in
the...
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CHAPTER 12
_ 1. Looking away unto Jesus (Hebrews 12:1)_
2. The Contradiction of sinners (Hebrews 12:3)
3. Chastened as sons (Hebrews 12:5)
4. Exhortations ...
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HEBREWS 12:1. WITNESSES: _ i.e_. men who bore witness to God by faith.
The idea of spectators is not contained in the Greek word. EASILY
BESET US: lit. easily entangling, an image from trailing garmen...
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THE RACE AND THE GOAL (Hebrews 12:1-2)...
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Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses enveloping us,
let us strip off every weight and let us rid ourselves of the sin
which so persistently surrounds us, and let us run with steadfas...
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WHEREFORE. Greek. _toigaroun,_. very emph. word of inference; Occurs
only here and 1 Thessalonians 4:8. Resume from Hebrews 10:39.
SEEING. &C. = we also having so great. cloud of witnesses surroundin...
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An exhortation to patient steadfastness
1. _Wherefore_ The Greek word is a very strong particle of inference
not found elsewhere in the N. T. except in 1 Thessalonians 4:8.
_seeing we also are compa...
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ΤΟΙΓΑΡΟΥ͂Ν. A very strong particle of inference not found
elsewhere in the N. T. except in 1 Thessalonians 4:8.
ΚΑῚ ἩΜΕΙ͂Σ Κ.Τ.Λ. “Let us also, seeing we are
compassed with so great a cloud of witnes...
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AN EXHORTATION TO PATIENT STEADFASTNESS...
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CH. 12. An exhortation to faithful endurance (1–3) and a reminder
that our earthly sufferings are due to the fatherly chastisement of
God (4–13). The need of earnest watchfulness (14–17). Magnificent...
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_RUN THE CHRISTIAN RACE -- HEBREWS 12:1-3:_ This great chapter begins,
"wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of
witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin whic...
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DISCOURSE: 2334
CHRIST’S PERSEVERING DILIGENCE
Hebrews 12:1. Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so
great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin
which doth so e...
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WHEREFORE, SEEING— The word _also_ in our translation of this verse
should by all means be expunged. The connection is this: _"Seeing,_
therefore, that we Christians are, as it were, surrounded with t...
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III.
_The perfect and final faith of the Christian dispensation. Hebrews
12:1-29_.
A.
_Jesus, the Author and Perfector of our faith. Hebrews 12:1-3_.
_TEXT_
Hebrews 12:1-3
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THE DEMANDS OF FAITH
(Hebrews 12:1)
Our present verse is a call to constancy in the Christian profession;
it is an exhortation unto steadfastness in the Christian life; it is a
pressing appeal for ma...
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Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of
witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so
easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that i...
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1 This cloud of "witnesses" consists of those just enumerated, who
witness to the life of faith. It has no reference to any who are
watching the Hebrews. A witness is one who testifies, and it is the...
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12:1 witnesses (a-11) Witness, in English, has two senses. 'seeing, so
as to bear witness,' and 'giving testimony to.' The last only I
apprehend is in the Greek here. sin (b-19) Or 'the sin.' entangle...
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THE CONTEST. ENDURANCE, HOLINESS, AND DIVINE COMMUNION PROPOSED TO THE
SONS OF GOD
Inspired by the example of those victorious heroes of faith who now
encompass us, we ought to run our race patiently,...
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WITNESSES] The Gk. word is _martyres_. The word means primarily 'one
who bears witness' to something he has seen or experienced. Here the
witnesses are those who have borne testimony to the victorious...
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HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN?
HEBREWS
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 12
THE RIGHT WAY TO LIVE 12:1-29
JESUS IS OUR EXAMPLE 12:1-3 V1 Like a great cloud, there are a lot of
*witnesses round us. Let us then...
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WHEREFORE SEEING WE ALSO ARE COMPASSED ABOUT. — Rather, _Therefore
let us also_ — _since we are compassed about with so great a cloud
of witnesses_ — _having put away all encumbrance and the sin_...
_...
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CHAPTER XIII.
A CLOUD OF WITNESSES.
"By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to
come. By faith Jacob, when he was a-dying, blessed each of the sons of
Joseph; and worship...
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CHAPTER XIV.
CONFLICT.
"Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a
cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so
easily beset us, and let us run with...
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Τοιγαροῦν καὶ ἡμεῖς.… “Wherefore, as we have
so great a cloud of witnesses encompassing us, let us likewise lay
aside every encumbrance and sin that clings so close and run with
endurance the race tha...
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PERSISTENTLY PRESS FORWARD
Hebrews 12:1
In one of Raphael's pictures the clouds, when looked at minutely, are
seen to be composed of little cherub-faces; and those who have already
witnessed and suff...
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After this rapid survey of the past, the writer makes his great
appeal. It is that we "consider Him" who is "the Author and Perfecter
of faith."
The final appeals of the Epistle fall into four sectio...
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REASONS TO ENDURE SUFFERING
Since there have been so many men of faith before, the writer asked
his readers to follow their example. The men and women of the previous
chapter are witnesses of the fait...
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Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of
witnesses, (1) let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which (a)
doth so easily beset [us], and let us run with patience the ra...
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Laying aside every weight; [1] i.e. all that may hinder us when we run
in the way of virtue.--- To the fight proposed to us. In the Greek it
is ore clear: let us run the proposed race. He compares the...
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CONTENTS
The opening of this Chapter contains an earnest and an affectionate
Exhortation to the Church, from the View of the Faithful, which had
been given in the preceding Chapter, to be steadfastly...
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(1) Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud
of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so
easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race tha...
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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...
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_SPIRITUAL ENVIRONMENT_
‘Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud
of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so
easily beset us, and let us run with...
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1._Wherefore, seeing we also, etc. _This conclusion is, as it were, an
epilogue to the former chapter, by which he shows the end for which he
gave a catalogue of the saints who excelled in faith under...
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The epistle now enters on the practical exhortations that flow from
its doctrinal instruction, with reference to the dangers peculiar to
the Hebrew Christians - instruction suited throughout to inspir...
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WHEREFORE, SEEING WE ALSO ARE COMPASSED ABOUT,...., As the Israelites
were encompassed with the pillar of cloud, or with the clouds of glory
in the wilderness, as the Jews say; 1 Corinthians 10:1, to...
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Having insisted long on a multitude of instances, to declare and
evidence the power and efficacy of faith to carry and safeguard
believers through all duties and difficulties that they may be called
u...
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Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of
witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so
easily beset _us_, and let us run with patience the race that...
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HEB. 12:1. WHEREFORE, SEEING WE ALSO ARE COMPASSED ABOUT WITH SO
GREAT A CLOUD OF WITNESSES, LET US LAY ASIDE EVERY WEIGHT, AND THE SIN
WHICH DOTH SO EASILY BESET (US), AND LET US RUN WITH PATIENCE T...
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By a bold but rhetorical figure, the apostle, in the beginning of this
chapter, represents the patriarchs, judges, kings, prophets, and
righteous men, whose faith he had celebrated in the preceding ch...
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COMPASSED ABOUT-CLOUD OF WITNESSES; the reference is to the Grecian
games, in which the racers were surrounded by a vast multitude of
spectators. Here the witnesses are those who have themselves run t...
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AN APPEAL TO HEED THE OLD TESTAMENT EXAMPLES, AIDED BY GOD'S
CHASTISEMENT.
The example of the believers of old and of Christ:...
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WHEREFORE SEEING WE ALSO ARE COMPASSED ABOUT WITH SO GREAT A CLOUD OF
WITNESSES, LET US LAY ASIDE EVERY WEIGHT, AND THE SIN WHICH DOTH SO
EASILY BESET US, AND LET US RUN WITH PATIENCE THE RACE THAT IS...
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How rightly now Chapter 12 admonishes the saints of God to act by
faith; for where faith is in godly exer\-cise, every honorable and
true responsibility will be willingly assumed, with the confidence...
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1-11 The persevering obedience of faith in Christ, was the race set
before the Hebrews, wherein they must either win the crown of glory,
or have everlasting misery for their portion; and it is set be...
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OLBGrk; HEBREWS CHAPTER 13 HEBREWS 12:1 An exhortation to patience and
constancy enforced by the example of Christ. HEBREWS 12:5 The benefit
of God's chastisements. HEBREWS 12:14 Exhortation to peace...
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1 Clement
Wherefore, having so many great and glorious examples set before us,
let us turn again to the practice of that peace which from the
beginning was the mark set before us;[85]
Clement of Ale...
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Hebrews 12:1 Therefore G5105 also G2532 are G2192 (G5723) surrounded
G4029 (G5740) G2254 great G5118 cloud...
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LET US LOOK TO THOSE WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE, WHO ARE NOW OUR WITNESSES,
AND TO JESUS OUR PERFECT COACH, FRONT-RUNNER AND TRAINER (HEBREWS
12:1)
‘Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about wit...
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Hebrews 12:1-11. Exhortation with encouragement and reproof, in view
of all these witnesses, and of the later example of Jesus, to maintain
the conflict, and to remember the love from which all discip...
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THEREFORE
(τοιγαρουν). Triple compound inferential participle (τοι,
γαρ, ουν) like the German _doch denn nun_, a conclusion of
emphasis, old particle, in N.T. only here and 1 Thessalonians 4:8.
Ther...
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THE SIN
Omit "the....
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Hebrews 12:1
The Visible Church an Encouragement to Faith.
I. Certainly it cannot be denied, that if we surrender our hearts to
Christ and obey God, we shall be in the number of the few. So it has
be...
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Hebrews 12:1
The Exemplar of Faith.
I. The cloud of witnesses is not the object on which our heart is
fixed. They testify of faith, and we cherish their memory with
gratitude, and walk with a firmer...
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L, 2. _Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a
cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which
doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race...
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After giving a long list of the heroes of faith, the apostle adds:
Hebrews 12:1. Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so
great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and th...
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The apostle, having deserted the heroes of the faith, represents them
as witnesses of the great race which Christians in all ages have to
run. All through the chapter he keeps up the idea of the great...
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Hebrews 12:1. Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so
great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin
which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience th...
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May the Spirit of God graciously instruct us while we read this
chapter!
You know that, in the eleventh chapter, the apostle has pictured the
ancient worshipers and their victories. Imagine that you...
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Hebrews 12:1. _Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so
great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin
which doth so easily beset us,_
Or «entangle us.»
Hebrews 1...
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CONTENTS: The Father's chastening of believers and its purpose. The
difference between living under law and under grace.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Esau, Moses, Abel.
CONCLUSION: Christians have a race...
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Hebrews 12:1. _Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so
great a cloud of witnesses._ Confessors and martyrs of the ancient
church are here supposed to be the spectators of our course, and...
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AS FOR Us. All these examples of faith in chapter 11 are a large crowd
of witnesses! LET US RID OURSELVES. The symbolism is from the Games.
Runners practiced with weights on their feet. For the race,...
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_Compassed about with so great a cloud_
GREAT MEN:
The witnesses that God has set before the eyes of men are twofold, the
witness of greatness and the witness of goodness, the witness of the
hero an...
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HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 12:1 CLOUD OF WITNESSES. The OT heroes of
the faith in ch. Hebrews 11:1. “Witnesses” may have a double
meaning: (1) These OT heroes witnessed to their
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PERSUASION TO STEADFASTNESS
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
It is necessary to the understanding of this chapter that we keep in
mind the persecutions and sufferings which were straining the
allegia...
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EXPOSITION
The exhortation, begun at Hebrews 10:19, but interrupted at Hebrews
11:1. I by the chapter on faith, is now taken up again with increased
force from the array of examples that have been add...
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Shall we turn now to Hebrews, chapter 12.
Wherefore, seeing we are also compassed about with so great a cloud of
witnesses (Hebrews 12:1),
What this does not mean is that the Old Testament saints, wh...
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1 Corinthians 9:24; 1 John 2:15; 1 John 2:16; 1 Peter 2:1; 1 Peter 4:2
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Therefore [τ ο ι γ α ρ ο υ ν]. An emphatic particle, strongly
affirming the facts on which the following exhortation is based.
We also are compassed [κ α ι η μ ε ι ς]. According to this the
sense wou...
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AFTERWARD
Hebrews 12:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The harvest should not be gathered before it is ripe, nor should its
fruitage be reckoned upon, until the time for its garnering has come.
In spiritualitie...
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Wherefore, being encompassed with a cloud — A great multitude,
tending upward with a holy swiftness. Of witnesses — Of the power of
faith. Let us lay aside every weight — As all who run a race take
ca...
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As if our apostle had said, "Seeing we who are now called forth to
suffer, have before us so many instances of the faithful, who like.
cloud of witnesses have gone before us, and by the help of their...