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Verse Hebrews 12:4. _YE HAVE NOT YET RESISTED UNTO BLOOD_] Many of
those already mentioned were martyrs for the truth; they persevered
unto death, and lost their lives in bearing testimony to the trut...
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YE HAVE NOT YET RESISTED UNTO BLOOD, STRIVING AGAINST SIN - The
general sense of this passage is, “you have not yet been called in
your Christian struggles to the highest kind of sufferings and
sacrif...
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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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With the example of Christ before them the readers are to show more
constancy under their own sufferings. They are to think of Him whose
life was so thwarted by wicked men, and thus nerve themselves t...
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Consider him who steadfastly endured such opposition at the hands of
sinners, and compare your lives with his, so that you may not faint
and grow weary in your souls. You have not yet had to resist to...
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THE RACE AND THE GOAL (Hebrews 12:1-2)...
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NOT YET. Greek. _oupo._
RESISTED. Greek. _antikathistemi._ Only here.
UNTO. Greek. _mechris._ Compare Philippians 1:2; Philippians 1:8.
STRIVING. Greek. _antagonizomai._ Only here.
SIN. App-128. Th...
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Fatherly chastisements should be cheerfully endured
4. _Ye have not yet resisted unto blood_ If this be a metaphor drawn
from pugilism, as the last is from "running a race," it means that as
yet they...
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FATHERLY CHASTISEMENTS SHOULD BE CHEERFULLY ENDURED...
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ἈΝΤΙΚΑΤΈΣΤΗΤΕ. In some MSS. and quotations the word
appears naturally with the double augment ἀντεκατέστητε.
4. ΜΈΧΡΙΣ ΑἽΜΑΤΟΣ. If this be a metaphor drawn from
pugilism, as the last is from “running...
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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 WITH ENDURANCE -- HEBREWS 12:4-17:_ Christians must be faithful,
even during the worst of suffering. Christ suffered, even unto death.
His sufferings are contrasted with the sufferings of the Heb...
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ΟΎΠΩ (G3768) еще не.
ΜΈΧΡΙΣ (G3360) c _gen._ до, до момента,
ΆΝΤΙΚΑΤΈΣΤΗΤΕ _aor. ind. act. от_
ΆΝΤΙΚΑΘΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G478) противостоять — на
поле боя (RWP).
ΠΡΌΣ (G4314) против.
ΑΝΤΑΓΩΝΙΖΌΜΕΝΟΙ _praes....
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DISCOURSE: 2336
AFFLICTIONS THE FRUIT OF GOD’S LOVE
Hebrews 12:4. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against
sin. And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as
unto child...
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_HEBREWS 12:4_.— The apostle having encouraged the Hebrews by the
examples of others who had patiently suffered for truth and holiness,
especially that of Christ, now adds, that they were not yet call...
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B.
_Perils threatening the life of faith. Hebrews 12:4-17_.
1.
_Failure to respond to chastening. Hebrews 12:4-13_.
_TEXT_
Hebrews 12:4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood,
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A CALL TO STEADFASTNESS
(Hebrews 12:3, Hebrews 12:4)
At first sight it is not easy to trace the thread which unites the
passage that was last before us and the verses which are now to engage
our atte...
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Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
NOT YET RESISTED UNTO BLOOD - image from pugilism, as from a race;
both taken from the national Greek games. Ye have suffered the loss of...
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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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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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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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YE HAVE NOT YET RESISTED UNTO BLOOD. — Still the general figure is
retained, but for the footrace is substituted the contest of the
pugilists. In Hebrews 12:1 sin was the hindrance which must be put
a...
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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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Οὔπω μέχρις αἵματος.… “Not yet unto blood have
ye resisted in your contest with sin.” Bengel says: “a cursu venit
ad pugilatum”. _Cf._ 1 Corinthians 9:24-27. But this is doubtful
μέχρις αἵματος [Theop...
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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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(4) Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
(4) He takes an argument from the profit which comes to us by God's
chastisements, unless we are at fault. First of all because sin, or...
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_You have not yet resisted unto blood. Though you have met with some
persecutions, you have not yet shed your blood for his sake who laid
down his life, and shed every drop of his blood for you. (With...
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(3) For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners
against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. (4) Ye
have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. (5) And ye
h...
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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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_THE DIVINE DISCIPLINE OF LIFE_
‘Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. And ye
have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto
children, My son, despise not thou th...
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4._Ye have not yet, resisted unto blood, etc. _He proceeds farther,
for he reminds us, that even when the ungodly persecute us for
Christ’s sake, we are then contending against sin. Into this contest...
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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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YE HAVE NOT YET RESISTED UNTO BLOOD,.... They had resisted sin, and
Satan, and the world, the men of it, and the lusts of it, and its
frowns and flatteries, and also false teachers, even every adversa...
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Οὔτω μέχρις αἵματος ἀντικατέστητε
πρὸς ἁμαρτίαν ἀνταγωνιζόμενοι.
Hebrews 12:4. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against
sin.
Having proposed the great example of Jesus Christ, and given...
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Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
Ver. 4. _Ye have not yet resisted_] q.d. You may do, and must look to
do. And if you cannot endure words for Christ, how will you endure
wou...
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Heb. 12:3-7. For consider him that endured such contradiction of
sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. And ye...
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_For consider him_ Draw the comparison and think; the Lord bore all
this, and shall his servants bear nothing? If he suffered, if he
endured such things, why should not we do so also? If he, though so...
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YE HAVE NOT YET; been called as Christ was to suffer death for
resisting sin....
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YE HAVE NOT YET RESISTED UNTO BLOOD, STRIVING AGAINST SIN....
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The chastening of God to assist us:...
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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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Ye have suffered ranch for Christ already, but there is more that he
requires from you, and is yet behind, HEBREWS 10:32; the condition he
fixed with you as his disciples, in LUKE 14:26, to lay down y...
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Hebrews 12:4 have G478 yet G3768 resisted G478 (G5627) to G3360
bloodshed G129 striving G464 (G5740) against...
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‘For consider him who has endured such gainsaying of sinners against
themselves (or ‘against himself' - see note below), that you wax not
weary, fainting in your souls. You have not yet resisted unto...
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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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Hebrews 12:4. Special care is still needed, for there may be severer
trials in store. FOR NOT YET HAVE YE RESISTED UNTO BLOOD IN YOUR
CONFLICT WITH SIN. Here the image is changed, as in 1 Corinthians...
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SIN
SIN
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
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Hebrews 12:3
I. Chastisement is sent by fatherly love. There, where we are most
sensitive, God touches us. The thorn in the flesh is something which
we fancy we cannot bear if it were to be lifelong....
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Hebrews 12:4
It belongs to a good man to strive against sin. It sounds like a
contradiction, indeed, for how should a good man have any sin to
strive against? Nevertheless it is true; for as absolute...
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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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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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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, and let us run with patience 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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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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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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FOR IN YOUR STRUGGLE. "You have not been asked to do what Christ
did!!!...
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_Not yet resisted unto blood_
THE LAW OF CHRIST’S SERVICE
I. THE LAW OF CHRIST’S SERVICE. Resistance unto blood.
1. This law is not an arbitrary enactment. It is because the strife is
against sin,...
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HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 12:4 NOT YET RESISTED TO THE POINT OF
SHEDDING YOUR BLOOD contrasts with Jesus’ endurance of the cross (v.
Hebrews 12:2)....
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
Hebrews 12:3. CONSIDER.—Place your sufferings in comparison with
His. AGAINST HIMSELF.—R.V. renders “against themselves,” which
is a well-supported reading. WEARIED.—R...
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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 10:13; 2 Timothy 4:6; 2 Timothy 4:7; Hebrews 10:32;...
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Unto blood [μ ε χ ρ ι ς α ι μ α τ ο ς]. Your strife
against sin has not entailed the shedding of your blood, as did that
of many of the O. T. worthies, and of Jesus himself. See ch. Hebrews
11:35; Heb...
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Unto blood — Unto wounds and death....
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Here the apostle subjoins another reason why the Hebrews should be
reconciled to. suffering condition; because what they had already
suffered was but. fleabite, compared with what Christ and the
fore-...