George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Hebrews 12:17
He found, &c. That is, he found no way to bring his father to repent, or change his mind, with relation to his having given the blessing to his younger brother, Jacob. (Challoner)
He found, &c. That is, he found no way to bring his father to repent, or change his mind, with relation to his having given the blessing to his younger brother, Jacob. (Challoner)
Verse 17. _WHEN HE WOULD HAVE INHERITED THE BLESSING_] When he wished to have _the lordship over the whole family conveyed to him_, and sought it earnestly with tears, he found no place for a _change_...
FOR YE KNOW HOW THAT AFTERWARD ... - When he came to his father, and earnestly besought him to reverse the sentence which he had pronounced; see Genesis 27:34. The “blessing” here referred to was not...
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 ...
As the community is to bear up bravely under persecution, so it is to watch carefully over the purity of its own life. There must be no strife or dissension; above all, there must be moral consecratio...
So, then, lift up the slack hands. Strengthen the weak knees. And make straight the paths of your feet so that the bones of the lame may not be completely dislocated but rather may be cured. Make peac...
THE RACE AND THE GOAL (Hebrews 12:1-2)...
KNOW. Greek. _oida_. App-132. AFTERWARD. Greek. _metepeita_. Only here. Add "also". WHEN HE WOULD HAVE. wishing to. Greek. _thelo_. App-102. INHERITED. Greek. _kleronomeo._ See Hebrews 1:4. REJECTE...
_For ye know how that afterward_ The verse runs literally "for ye know that even, afterwards, when he wished to inherit the blessing, he was rejected for he found no opportunity for a change of mind t...
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...
NEED OF EARNEST WATCHFULNESS...
ΜΕΤΈΠΕΙΤΑ. The verse runs literally, “_for ye know that even, afterwards, when he wished to inherit the blessing, he was rejected—for he found no opportunity for a change of mind—though with tears he...
_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...
ΊΣΤΕ _perf. ind. act._ 2pi. от ΟΙΔΑ (G1492) знать. Def. perf. со значением _praes._ ΜΕΤΈΠΕΙΤΑ (G3347) после, ΘΈΛΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΘΈΛΩ (G2309) желать, хотеть, с _inf._ Уступительное _part._...
DISCOURSE: 2338 THE DANGER OF DESPISING OR DISHONOURING THE GOSPEL Hebrews 12:15. Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and th...
FOR YE KNOW— _And you know that afterwards, when he was desirous to inherit the benediction, he was judged unworthy of it; nor could he find any way to change the mind of_ Isaac, _although he sought i...
_Falling short of the grace of God. Hebrews 12:14-17_ _TEXT_ Hebrews 12:14-17 Hebrews 12:14 Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see t
A WARNING AGAINST APOSTASY (Hebrews 12:16, Hebrews 12:17) The verses which we are now to consider are among the most solemn to be found in the Word of God. They present a most pointed warning against...
For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. AFTERWARD, [ kai (G2532)]...
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...
12:17 it (q-25) 'The blessing.' What he sought in Genesis 27:34 ....
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,...
WOULD HAVE INHERITED] The RV removes the ambiguity of these words by rendering 'when he afterward desired to inherit.' HE SOUGHT IT] i.e. the blessing, not the repentance. When Esau is said to have 'f...
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...
FOR YE KNOW HOW THAT AFTERWARD... — The meaning of the verse will be seen more clearly if one clause be placed in a parenthesis: “For ye know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessin...
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...
The Hebrews are reminded that their sufferings are tokens of God's fatherly love and care....
ENDURE CHASTENING; SEEK HOLINESS Hebrews 12:9 If we are God's children, we will not look on suffering as a punishment. Chastening it may be, but not the penalty of sin. It is administered by our Fath...
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...
AN EXHORTATION TO CONTINUE TO THE END OF THE RACE The writer urged the Hebrews to take strength from knowing God loved them and continue the race. To aid in this, he encouraged them to choose as strai...
For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no (g) place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. (g) There was no room le...
(15) Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; (16) Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person,...
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...
_AFTERWARD_ ‘He found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.’ Hebrews 12:17 Every act has its afterward, and that is the New Testament criticism upon the Old Testament st...
17._When he would have inherited the blessing, etc. _He at first regarded as a sport the act by which he had sold his birthright, as though it was a child’s play; but at length, when too late, he foun...
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...
FOR YE KNOW HOW THAT AFTERWARDS,.... After he had had his pottage; after he had sold his birthright for it, and the blessing with it; after his father had blessed Jacob: this the apostle relates to th...
Μή τις πόρνος ἢ βέβηλος ὡς ᾿Ησαῦ, ὅς ἀντὶ βρώσεως μιᾶς ἀπέδοτο τὰ πρωτοτόκια αὑτοῦ· ἴστε γὰρ ὅτι καὶ μετέπειτα θέλων κληρονομῆσαι τὴν εὐλογίαν ἀπεδοκιμάσθη· μετανοίας γὰγ τόπον οὐχ εὗρε, καίπερ μετὰ δ...
For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. Ver. 17. _For ye know how th...
HEB. 12:17. FOR YE KNOW HOW THAT AFTERWARD, WHEN HE WOULD HAVE INHERITED THE BLESSING, HE WAS REJECTED: FOR HE FOUND NO PLACE OF REPENTANCE, THOUGH HE SOUGHT IT CAREFULLY WITH TEARS. _ Blank Bible: _...
_For_ As if he had said, Beware of profaneness, because Esau was punished for it, and so will you be if you fall into it; _ye know how that afterward_ After the blessing had been bestowed on Jacob, Ge...
NO PLACE OF REPENTANCE; whether we refer the word repentance to Esau, as some do, or with others, to Isaac, the sense remains substantially the same. In the former case the meaning will be that Esau c...
FOR YE KNOW HOW THAT AFTERWARD, WHEN HE WOULD HAVE INHERITED THE BLESSING, HE WAS REJECTED; FOR HE FOUND NO PLACE OF REPENTANCE, THOUGH HE SOUGHT IT CAREFULLY WITH TEARS. From the passage in Proverbs,...
A WARNING AGAINST APOSTASY ON THE BASIS OF THE EXCELLENCY OF THE NEW COVENANT. The warning example of Esau:...
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...
PLACE OF REPENTANCE: Or, way to change his mind...
12-17 A burden of affliction is apt to make the Christian's hands hang down, and his knees grow feeble, to dispirit him and discourage him; but against this he must strive, that he may better run his...
FOR YE KNOW HOW THAT AFTERWARD, WHEN HE WOULD HAVE INHERITED THE BLESSING, HE WAS REJECTED: as Esau's sin was, such was his penalty; for they knew, and were well acquainted with this in Moses's histor...
Hebrews 12:17 For G1063 know G2467 (G5759) that G3754 afterward G2532 G3347 wanted G2309 (G5723) inherit...
‘Lest there be any fornication, or profane person, as Esau, who for one portion of food sold his own birthright. For you know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was reject...
Hebrews 12:12-17. Further exhortations. Hebrews 12:12. WHEREFORE (connecting the practical appeals, as is usual in this Epistle, with the reasoning and imagery of the previous verses) LIFT UP (make st...
Hebrews 12:17. FOR YE KNOW (a fact familiar to every Hebrew) THAT WHEN AFTERWARD HE WAS DESIROUS OF RECEIVING THE BLESSING (part of his birthright, and involving the rest), HE WAS REJECTED (rejected a...
YE KNOW (ιστε). Regular form for the second person of οιδα rather than the _Koine_ οιδατε.HE WAS REJECTED (απεδοκιμασθη). First aorist passive indicative of αποδοκιμαζω, old verb to disapprove (M...
IT That is, the blessing....
Hebrews 12:14 Peace and Holiness. The two exhortations to follow peace with all men and that holiness without which none can see the Lord comprise the whole Christian life. I. The characteristic fea...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
AFTERWARD, YOU KNOW. We can never _un-do_ an act! Esau could nor change what he had done, not could his father remove the blessing which he had already given Jacob. Compare Revelation 22:11_ and_ note...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 12:16 ESAU is called UNHOLY, probably for rejecting his birthright (Genesis 25:33)....
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 12:9. FATHER OF SPIRITS.—See Numbers 16:22; Numbers 27:16; Zechariah 12:1. “The Creator of
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...
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...
Genesis 27:31; Hebrews 10:26; Hebrews 6:4; Hebrews 6:8; Jeremiah 6:
He found no place of repentance [μ ε τ α ν ο ι α ς γ α ρ τ ο π ο ν ο υ χ ε υ ρ ε ν]. The phrase place of repentance N. T. o. This does not mean that Esau was rendered incapable of repentance, which is...
He was rejected — He could not obtain it. For he found no place for repentance — There was no room for any such repentance as would regain what he had lost. Though he sought it — The blessing of the b...
Why couldn’t Esau repent if he sought it with tears? PROBLEM: The Bible informs us here that Esau “was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears.” But w...