Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Hebrews 10:37
For yet a (s) little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
(s) He will come within this very little while.
For yet a (s) little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
(s) He will come within this very little while.
Verse 37. _FOR YET A LITTLE WHILE_] Ετι γαρ μικρον ὁσον· _For_ _yet a very little time_. In a very short space of time the Messiah will come, and execute judgment upon your rebellious country. This...
FOR YET A LITTLE WHILE - There seems to be an allusion here to what the Saviour himself said, “A little while, and ye shall not see me; and again, a little while and ye shall see me;” John 16:16. Or m...
CHAPTER 10 _ 1. The all-sufficiency of the one offering (Hebrews 10:1)_ 2. Exhortations (Hebrews 10:19) 3. Warning (Hebrews 10:26) 4. Encouragements ...
With the past in mind they are to maintain their former constancy, knowing that it will not be in vain. Their great need, as the whole epistle is meant to teach them, is the power of endurance, enabli...
Remember the former days. Remember how, after you had been enlightened, you had to go through a hard struggle of suffering, partly because you yourselves were held up to insult and involved in afflict...
THE ONLY TRUE SACRIFICE (Hebrews 10:1-10)...
A LITTLE WHILE. Greek. _mikron hoson hoson_. a very, very little while. See Isaiah 26:20 (Septuagint) HE THAT SHALL COME. the Coming One. Compare Daniel 7:13; Daniel 7:14.
_yet a little while_ The original has a very emphatic phrase (μικρὸν ὅσον ὅσον) to imply the nearness of Christ's return, "yet but a very very little while." The phrase occurs in the LXX. in Isaiah 26...
WORDS OF APPEAL AND ENCOURAGEMENT...
CH. 10. The first eighteen verses of this chapter are a summary, rich with fresh thoughts and illustrations, of the topics on which he has been dwelling; namely (1) The one sacrifice of Christ compare...
ΜΙΚΡῸΝ ὍΣΟΝ ὍΣΟΝ. A very emphatic phrase to imply the nearness of Christ’s return, “yet but a very very little while” (lit., “little, how very, how very.” Comp. Arist. _Vesp_. 213 ὅσον ὅσον στίλην = _...
_THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH -- HEBREWS 10:32-39:_ You can easily remain faithful when you remember how God blessed you through former trials and troubles. Christians are many times exposed to all ki...
ΈΤΙ ΜΙΚΡΌΝ ΌΣΟ όσον очень маленький; "очень ненадолго" (BD, 160). ΈΡΧΌΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. med. (dep.) part. (subst.)_ от ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064) идти, ΉΞΕΙ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΉΚ (G2240) приходить, ΧΡΟΝΊΣΕΙ _fut...
FOR YET A LITTLE WHILE,— Some would render the Greek, which is emphatical,—_a little, a very little time,—_ μικρον οσον οσον. It has been observed that 'Ο ερχομενος, _the Comer,_ is a title given to t...
_Exhortation based on the priesthood of Christ. Hebrews 10:19-39_. _TEXT_ Hebrews 10:19-39 Hebrews 10:19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the Holy Place by the bl
THE SAVING OF THE SOUL (Hebrews 10:35-39) As there is so much ground covered by the verses which are now to be before us, we shall dispense with our usual introductory paragraphs. In lieu of them, we...
For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. Encouragement to enduring perseverance, by consideration of the shortness of the time until Christ shall come, and God'...
7 So Christ "offers Himself flawless to God", not at the cross, but on coming into the world, as the Israelite presented his sacrifice at the door of the tabernacle (Heb_9:14; Lev_1:1-5). 11 The great...
SACRIFICE COMPLETE IN THE FULFILMENT OF GOD'S WILL. THE OPEN WAY TO GOD Recapitulation and close of the argument. The sacrifices of the Law were ineffective to cleanse the conscience, as shown by thei...
HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN? HEBREWS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 10 A NEW *SACRIFICE AND WAY TO LIFE 10:1-39 THE LAW WAS A SHADOW OF THINGS TO COME 10:1-4 V1 The law of Moses provides only a poor copy...
The connection is this: “Ye have need of endurance” for “the end is not yet” (Matthew 24:6); ye shall “receive the promise,” for the Lord shall surely come, and that soon. A LITTLE WHILE. — Rather, _a...
CHAPTER IX. AN ADVANCE IN THE EXHORTATION. "Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by the way which He dedicated for us, a new and living way, throug...
Dreadful result of falling from faith....
BEWARE OF BACKSLIDING Hebrews 10:26 The willful sin here referred to does not consist in isolated acts, but in a determined course of action, persisted in until the very desire for a better life wan...
The writer now deals with the subject of the better worship. In this connection he again quotes from the prophecy of Jeremiah in order to emphasize the prediction of the new covenant concerning the fo...
BELIEVING TO THE SAVING OF THE SOUL Just as he did in chapter 6, the writer turned to encourage the Hebrew brethren. He wanted them to remember the days of persecution they previously endured. This wa...
_Yet a very little while, and the judge that is to come, and who is to judge every one, will come. (Witham) --- Greek: O erchomenos, he who is coming. It is observed by commentators, that this is the...
(32) But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions; (33) Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflic...
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...
37._For yet a little while, _or, _for yet a very little time, etc. _That it may not be grievous to us to endure, he reminds us that the time will not be long. There is indeed nothing that avails more...
In Chapter 10 this principle is applied to the sacrifice. Its repetition proved that sin was there. That the sacrifice of Christ was only offered once, was the demonstration of its eternal efficacy. H...
FOR YET A LITTLE WHILE, AND HE THAT SHALL COME WILL COME,.... That the person spoken of is the Lord Jesus Christ, is evident from the prophecy in Habakkuk 2:3 here referred to, and from the character...
῎Ετι γὰρ μικρόν ὅσον, ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἥξει, καὶ οὐ χρονιεῖ. ῾Ο δὲ δίκαιος ἐκ πίστεως ζήσεται· καὶ ἐὰν ὑποστείληται, οὐκ εὐδοκεῖ ἡ ψυχή μου ἐν αὐτῷ. ᾿Ημεῖς δὲ οὐκ ἐσμὲν ὑποστολῆς εἰς ἀπώλειαν, ἀλλὰ πίστεως...
For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. Ver. 37. _For yet a little while_] _Tantillum, tantillum, adhuc pusillum._ A little, little, little while, ετι γαο μικρον...
HEB. 10:36-37. FOR YE HAVE NEED OF PATIENCE, THAT, AFTER YE HAVE DONE THE WILL OF GOD, YE MIGHT RECEIVE THE PROMISE. FOR YET A LITTLE WHILE, AND HE THAT SHALL COME WILL COME, AND WILL NOT TARRY. "Ob...
_Therefore_, having formerly behaved with such fortitude, _cast not away your confidence_ As cowardly soldiers cast away their shields, and flee in the day of battle; but since God has supported you u...
HE THAT SHALL COME WILL COME; an application to the coming of Christ of the promise made in Habakkuk 2:3, where the coming is also one that has in view the destruction of the oppressors of God's peopl...
The need of steadfastness:...
FOR YET A LITTLE WHILE, AND HE THAT SHALL COME WILL COME, AND WILL NOT TARRY....
The attentive reader cannot but notice the thoroughness with which this subject is treated in these Chapter s. It is a matter of profound importance, basic as regards any true knowledge of God, and as...
32-39 Many and various afflictions united against the early Christians, and they had a great conflict. The Christian spirit is not a selfish spirit; it puts us upon pitying others, visiting them, hel...
The reason of their retaining their confidence to the end, is the shortness of his coming, who will reward them for it, proved out of God's promise written to and for the church, by Habakkuk, HABAKKUK...
1 Clement Of a truth, soon and suddenly shall His will be accomplished, as the Scripture also bears witness, saying, "Speedily will He come, and will not tarry; "[99] 1 Clement Of a truth, soon and...
Hebrews 10:37 For G1063 yet G2089 little G3397 while G3745 G3745 coming G2064 (G5740) come G2240 ...
‘ For yet a very little while, He who comes will come, and will not tarry.' For it is to that future hope that they must look. There is now not long to go (speaking from Heaven's point of view). ‘For...
A CALL TO HIS READERS SO AS TO ENSURE THAT THEY WILL NOT SO FAIL (HEBREWS 10:32). He now reminds them of what they had suffered for Christ's sake in the past, and the compassion that they had revealed...
Hebrews 10:37. FOR YET A VERY LITTLE WHILE a phrase that is taken from the Greek of Isaiah 26:20, where it is translated, in E. V., ‘for a little moment' (literally, for a little time, how little). H...
Hebrews 10:32-39. The argument now takes a turn, AS in chap. Hebrews 6:9. The writer hopes better things. He bids them to remember again and again their earlier struggles and their hope of a blessed r...
Hebrews 10:19-39. For nearly four Chapter s the argument has remained unbroken by those exhortations which abound in the earlier parts of the Epistle. From chapter Hebrews 7:1 to Hebrews 10:18 the rea...
A VERY LITTLE WHILE (μικρον οσον οσον). From Isaiah 26:20 as an introduction to the quotation from Habakkuk 2:3.HE THAT COMETH (ο ερχομενος). The article ο is added to ερχομενος in Habakkuk 2:3 an...
Hebrews 10:26 Warning against Apostasy. I. Note briefly some misconceptions which prevent some readers of Scripture from receiving in a meek and docile spirit solemn admonitions of the Holy Ghost, su...
Hebrews 10:19. Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his fl...
Hebrews 10:1. _For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers the...
CONTENTS: Law only a shadow of things to come. Through Christ a way made into the Holiest for all believers. Warning to the Hebrews who were wavering between Jewish sacrifices and Christ's finished wo...
Hebrews 10:1. _The law having a shadow of good things to come._ St. Paul, ere his epistles were engrossed, weighed his words, adjusted his thoughts, collated them with the prophets, and knew the suppo...
FOR, AS THE SCRIPTURE SAYS. The quotation is Habakkuk 2:3-4. "This persecution will not last long, because Christ will come (a spiritual coming, see notes on Matthew 24:29-31) to terminate the opposit...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 10:37 The quotation from Habakkuk 2:3 encourages perseverance. ⇐
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 10:32. ILLUMINATED.—Enlightened, by the preaching of the Christian truth. (Compare 2 Corinthians 4:6; 1 Peter 2:9.) At a later period the word φωτισθέντες becam...
EXPOSITION HEBREWS 10:1 CONCLUDING SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT WITH RESPECT TO CHRIST'S ETERNAL PRIESTHOOD....
For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very substance of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perf...
2 Peter 3:8; Habakkuk 2:3; Habakkuk 2:4; Isaiah 26:20; Isaiah 60:22;...
A little while [μ ι κ ρ ο ν ο σ ο ν ο σ ο ν]. Strictly, a very little while. The phrase N. T. o. It is not part of the quotation, but is taken from Isaiah 26:20, the only instance. See Aristoph. Wasps...
He that cometh — To reward every man according to his works....