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Verse 25. _SEE_] βλεπετε. _Take heed, that ye refuse not him _-
the Lord Jesus, the mediator of the new covenant, who now speaketh
_from heaven_, by his Gospel, to the Jews and to the Gentiles, having...
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SEE THAT YE REFUSE NOT - That you do not reject or disregard.
HIM THAT SPEAKETH - That is, in the gospel. Do not turn away from him
who has addressed you in the new dispensation, and called you to ob...
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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 (Hebrews 12:12)
5. The end of faith (Heb...
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The theme of the epistle has been the contrast of the old and the new
covenants, and this contrast is now summed up in a splendid closing
passage. The first covenant was established on a mount that mi...
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THE RACE AND THE GOAL (Hebrews 12:1-2)...
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SEE. Greek. _blepo._ App-133.
REFUSE. Same word as "intreat", Hebrews 12:19.
SPAKE. Greek. _chrematizo._ See Hebrews 8:5; Hebrews 11:7.
EARTH. Greek. _ge_. App-129.
IF WE. who.
TURN AWAY. Greek....
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_him that speaketh_ Not Moses, as Chrysostom supposed, but God. The
speaker is the same under both dispensations, different as they are.
God spoke alike from Sinai and from heaven. The difference of t...
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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 TILL THE RACE IS OVER -- HEBREWS 12:23-29:_ The great motivation
to run is that we are: (a) A part of the general assembly, (b) Members
of the church of the firstborn, (c) Part of an immovable ki...
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ΒΛΈΠΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΒΛΈΠΩ (G991)
видеть, обращать внимание,
остерегаться.
ΠΑΡΑΙΤΉΣΗΣΘΕ _aor. conj. med. (dep.) от_
ΠΑΡΑΙΤΈΟΜΑΙ (G3868) спрашивать, просить,
отказываться (_см._ Hebrews 12:...
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DISCOURSE: 2339
THE TRANSCENDENT EXCELLENCE OF THE CHRISTIAN DISPENSATION
Hebrews 12:18. Ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched,
and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkne...
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SEE THAT YE REFUSE NOT HIM THAT SPEAKETH.— That is, Jesus, the
Mediator of the new covenant. Dr. Sykes paraphrases the verse well,
thus: "Look to it, therefore, and see that you do not, as your father...
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D.
_Warning. Hebrews 12:25-29_.
_TEXT_
Hebrews 12:25-29
Hebrews 12:25 See that ye refuse not Him that speaketh. For if they
escaped not when they refused Him that warned them on earth, much more
sh...
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THE CALL TO HEAR
(Hebrews 12:25, Hebrews 12:26)
"See that ye refuse not Him that speaketh: for if they escaped not who
refused Him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we
turn away...
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See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who
refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we
turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
REFUSE NOT...
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22 There is a studied contrast here between the scene presented to the
physical eye at Mount Sinai and the prospect of faith in connection
with the new covenant. Mount Sinai itself is suggestive of an...
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12:25 refuse (d-4) refused (d-17) As ver. 19, 'excusing themselves,
declined.'...
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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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(18-29) The exhortation to faithfulness is most impressively enforced
by means of a comparison between the earlier revelation and that which
is given in Christ.
THE MOUNT THAT MIGHT BE TOUCHED. — It a...
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CHAPTER XV.
MOUNT ZION.
"For ye are not come unto a mount that might be touched, and that
burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, and
the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of...
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In this paragraph we have the climax of the Epistle. Its doctrine and
its exhortation alike culminate here. The great aim of the writer has
been to persuade the Hebrews to hearken to the word spoken b...
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HEARKEN TO GOD'S LATEST WORD
Hebrews 12:18
Sinai rocked with earthquake and burned with fire. None might touch it
without incurring the death penalty. How much better our Christian
heritage! Not a l...
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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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BETTER ACCESS TO GOD THAN WAS AT SINAI
So, a careful watch should be kept to avoid the kind of attitude that
would cause one to give up his birthright. This is especially true
since we labor under a n...
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(13) See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not
who refused him that spake on earth, much more [shall not] we
[escape], if we turn away from him that [speaketh] from heaven:
(1...
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_Refuse not then to hearken to him; for if the Jews escape not God's
severe judgments, for being deaf to his admonitions, given by an Angel
to Moses on Mount Sinai, and by him to the people, much less...
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(25) See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not
who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if
we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: (26) Whos...
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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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_OUR PLACE_
‘But ye are come unto Mount Sion, and … to Jesus the Mediator of
the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better
things than that of Abel. See that ye refuse not hi...
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25._See that ye refuse not him that speaketh, etc. _He uses the same
verb as before, when he said that the people entreated that God should
not speak to them; but he means as I think, another thing, e...
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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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SEE THAT YE REFUSE NOT HIM THAT SPEAKETH,.... Jesus, the Mediator of
the new covenant, whose blood speaks better things than Abel, or than
his blood and sacrifice: he was the speaker in the council an...
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The discourse from hence unto the end of the chapter is of great
weight, and accompanied with sundry difficulties, of which expositors
do scarcely so much as take notice. Hence many different
interpre...
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See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who
refused him that spake on earth, much more _shall not_ we _escape_, if
we turn away from him that _speaketh_ from heaven:
Ver. 25...
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HEB. 12:25. SEE THAT YE REFUSE NOT HIM THAT SPEAKETH: FOR IF THEY
ESCAPED NOT WHO REFUSED HIM THAT SPAKE ON EARTH, MUCH MORE (SHALL NOT)
WE (ESCAPE), IF WE TURN AWAY FROM HIM THAT (SPEAKETH) FROM HEA...
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_See that ye refuse not him that speaketh_ (He alludes to his having
just said that his blood speaketh;) namely, Christ, who speaks to you
in the gospel, and by his Spirit and messengers, and whose sp...
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Now follows an exhortation which contains, first, and encouragement
drawn from the gracious character of the Christian dispensation, as
contrasted with the severity of the Mosaic law; secondly, a warn...
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SEE THAT YE REFUSE NOT HIM THAT SPEAKETH. FOR IF THEY ESCAPED NOT WHO
REFUSED HIM THAT SPAKE ON EARTH, MUCH MORE SHALL NOT WE ESCAPE IF WE
TURN AWAY FROM HIM THAT SPEAKETH FROM HEAVEN,...
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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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18-29 Mount Sinai, on which the Jewish church state was formed, was a
mount such as might be touched, though forbidden to be so, a place
that could be felt; so the Mosaic dispensation was much in out...
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Here the Spirit closely applieth his former arguments for their
pursuit of holiness, especially that of Christ's speaking by his blood
to them; by caution, HEBREWS 12:25; by counsel, HEBREWS 12:28,29....
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Hebrews 12:25 See G991 (G5720) not G3361 refuse G3868 (G5667) speaks
G2980 (G5723) For G1063 if G1487 they G1565 not G3756 escape G5343
(G5627) refused G3868 (G5666) spoke G5537 (G5723) on G1909 earth...
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‘See that you do not refuse him who speaks. For if they escaped not
when they refused him who warned them on earth, much more shall not we
escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven:'
But let...
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Hebrews 12:18-29. All these warnings become the more impressive from
the fact that our economy is one of much greater privilege than the
previous, and that it is the last revelation which God will giv...
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SEE
(βλεπετε). Earnest word as in Hebrews 3:12. Driving home the
whole argument of the Epistle by this powerful contrast between Mount
Zion and Mount Sinai. The consequences are dreadful to apostat...
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Hebrews 12:18
The Blessedness of the Christian Life.
A Christian Jew is writing to Christian Jews, who stand in some danger
of falling back to the religion they had abandoned. This writer is
here, a...
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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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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 rac...
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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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DO NOT REFUSE TO HEAR. See Hebrews 12:19; Hebrews 3:16-19. IF WE TURN
AWAY by refusing to hear God's own Son!!!...
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HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 12:25 THEY DID NOT ESCAPE applies especially
to the exodus generation (vv. Hebrews 12:18, Hebrews 12:26), who
rejected the voice of the one who spoke (Hebrews 3:7; see also Heb...
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
Hebrews 12:29. CONSUMING FIRE.— Deuteronomy 4:24. Not intended as in
any sense a description of God, but “an anthropomorphic way of
expressing His hatred of apostasy a...
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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 ad...
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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, w...
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1 Kings 12:16; 1 Peter 1:22; 1 Thessalonians 5:15; 2 Chronicles 7:19;
2 Timothy 4:4; Acts 7:35; Deuteronomy 30:17; Exodus 16:29; Ezekiel
5:6;...
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Refuse not — By unbelief. Him that speaketh — And whose speaking
even now is a prelude to the final scene. The same voice which spake
both by the law and in the gospel, when heard from heaven, will sh...
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Our apostle having, in the foregoing verses, given. summary account of
the two states of the law and gospel with the incomparable excellency
of the latter above the former, he gives them and exhortati...