Robertson's Word Pictures of the NT
Hebrews 3:4
Is God
(θεος). God is the Creator of all things and so of his "house" which his Son, Jesus Christ, founded and supervises.
Is God
(θεος). God is the Creator of all things and so of his "house" which his Son, Jesus Christ, founded and supervises.
Verse Hebrews 3:4. _FOR EVERY HOUSE IS BUILDED BY SOME_ MAN] The literal sense is plain enough: "Every structure plainly implies an, _architect_, and an _end_ for which it was formed. The architect m...
FOR EVERY HOUSE IS BUILDED BY SOME MAN - The words in this verse are plain, and the sentiment in it clear. The only difficulty is in seeing the connection, and in understanding how it is intended to b...
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)...
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...
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...
GREATER THAN THE GREATEST (Hebrews 3:1-6)...
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...
SOME MAN. some one. Greek. _tis_. App-123. GOD. App-98....
_For every house is builded by some man_ The real meaning would perhaps be better expressed by "Every _household_is _established_by some one." The establisher of the Old Dispensation as well as of the...
ΠΆΝΤΑ אABC1D1E &c. The reading τὰ πάντα (= “the Universe”) would be less suitable to the context. 4. ΠΑ͂Σ ΓᾺΡ ΟἾΚΟΣ ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΥΆΖΕΤΑΙ ὙΠΌ ΤΙΝΟΣ. “_Every household is established by some one_.” The establ...
CH. 3. SUPERIORITY OF CHRIST TO MOSES (1–6). EXHORTATION AGAINST HARDENING THE HEART (7–19)...
SUPERIORITY OF CHRIST TO MOSES There is a remarkable parallelism between the general structure of this and the next chapter, and that of the first and second Chapter s. This illustrates the elaborate...
_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...
ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΥΆΖΕΤΑΙ _praes. ind. pass. от_ ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΥΆΖΩ (G2680) (_см._ Hebrews 3:3). Гномический _praes._ указывает на то, что происходит всегда, как общее правило (SMT, 8). ΘΕΌΣ (G2316) Бог. Praed. _пот._...
FOR THIS MAN WAS COUNTED WORTHY, &C.— _For this_ [_Jesus_]. The word _man_ is inserted by our translators in both these verses. It is not in the original. The word κατασκευασας, according to some, sho...
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...
For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God. Some one must be the founder of every house: Moses was not the founder, but a portion of the house (but He who establish...
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...
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....
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...
FOR EVERY HOUSE IS BUILDED BY SOME MAN. — Rather, _by some one_: the thought of the house leads at once to the thought of the builder of it. The meaning of the several parts of this verse is very simp...
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...
πᾶς γὰρ οἶκος … θεός. “For every house _is built_ by someone, but he that built all is God.” Over and above the right conduct of the house there is a builder. No house, no religious system, grows of i...
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...
(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...
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,...
_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...
4._He that built, etc. _Though these words may be extended to the creation of the whole world, yet I confine them to the present subject. We are then to understand that nothing is done in the Church w...
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...
FOR EVERY HOUSE IS BUILT BY SOME MAN,.... Or by some one; for a house does not build itself: this is true of houses properly taken, or improperly, as nations, tribes, families, and kindred, of the who...
The apostle having made his entrance into the comparison designed by him between Christ and Moses, and showed in general wherein they were alike, and as to his purpose equal (which that those who are...
For every house is builded by some _man_; but he that built all things _is_ God. Ver. 4. _He that built all things_] Moses and all. _ Is God_] That is, Christ, whom he had proved to be God by many a...
HEB. 3:4. FOR EVERY HOUSE IS BUILDED BY SOME (MAN); BUT HE THAT BUILT ALL THINGS (IS) GOD. _ The Blank Bible _ comment: By this he argues that Moses was not the builder of the house because he was a...
_For_, &c. The apostle proceeds in this verse, and the three following, with his design of evidencing the excellence of Christ above Moses, as he had done before in reference to angels, and all other...
EVERY HOUSE IS BUILDED BY SOME MAN; or, by some one; added to unfold still further the contrast between the house and its builder. BUT HE THAT BUILT ALL THINGS IS GOD; that is, but God is he that buil...
THE SUPERIORITY OF CHRIST OVER MOSES. Christ compared with Moses:...
FOR EVERY HOUSE IS BUILDED BY SOME MAN; BUT HE THAT BUILT ALL THINGS IS GOD....
"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...
The excellency of this builder is evinced by his nature and preference beyond his building, as any man is beyond his. FOR EVERY HOUSE IS BUILDED BY SOME MAN; for every earthly artificial building, a m...
Hebrews 3:4 For G1063 every G3956 house G3624 built G2680 (G5743) by G5259 someone G5100 but G1161 built...
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. _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...
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...
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...
EVERY HOUSE. _MacKnight_ words this: _"Besides, every religious society is formed by someone; But he who hath formed all_ righteous communities and religious societies, _is God;_ Who having delegated...
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...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 3:3 MORE GLORY. Despite Moses’ great faithfulness, Jesus is superior. HOUSE. Jesus as the Son of God has a privileged place in the household of God ...
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...
Esther 2:10; Esther 3:9; Hebrews 1:2; Hebrews 3:3...
He that built all things is God [ο π α ν τ α κ α τ α σ κ ε υ α σ α ς θ ε ο ς]. The verb includes not only erection, but furnishing with the entire equipment. See ch. Hebrews 9:2; 1 Peter 2:10. The ver...
Now Christ, he that built not only this house, but all things, is God — And so infinitely greater than Moses or any creature....