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 shall we escape, if we turn away our minds, and harden our hearts against the instructions of our Redeemer, who came from heaven to speak to us, and teach us the way to our eternal salvation. (Witham)
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...
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 obe...
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 ...
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...
THE RACE AND THE GOAL (Hebrews 12:1-2)...
See that you do not refuse to listen to his voice; for if they who refused to listen to the one who brought the oracles of God upon earth did not escape, how much more shall we not escape if we turn a...
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
_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...
THE MERCY AND SUBLIMITY OF THE NEW COVENANT AS CONTRASTED WITH THE OLD (18–24) ENHANCE THE GUILT AND PERIL OF THE BACKSLIDER (25–29)...
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...
ΤῸΝ ΛΑΛΟΥ͂ΝΤΑ. 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 the pl...
_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...
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:...
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
12:25 refuse (d-4) refused (d-17) As ver. 19, 'excusing themselves, declined.'...
HIM THAT SPEAKETH] i.e. God, who spoke both at Sinai and now from heaven in the new manifestation....
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,...
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...
(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...
REFUSE NOT. — In Hebrews 12:19 we have read that the Israelites entreated that they might no more hear the voice of God (literally, _deprecated_ the speaking of more words). Twice in this verse the sa...
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...
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...
βλέπετε (in the same sense and in a similar connection in Hebrews 3:12) μὴ παραιτήσησθε, “See that you refuse not” as those mentioned in Hebrews 12:19 did τὸν λαλοῦντα, “Him that speaketh,” _i.e._, Go...
A final appeal. The readers are warned against being deaf to God's final revelation, for if even the revelation at Sinai could not with impunity be disregarded, much less can the revelation which has...
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 lo...
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...
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...
(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...
(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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
HIM THAT SPEAKETH; in the revelations, the promises, and the threatenings of the gospel. REFUSED HIM THAT SPAKE ON EARTH; apostatized from the Jewish religion revealed by Moses. Deuteronomy 13:6-10....
The need of reverence and godly fear:...
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,...
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...
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...
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....
Hebrews 12:25 See G991 (G5720) not G3361 refuse G3868 (G5667) speaks G2980 (G5723) For G1063 if...
‘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...
Hebrews 12:25. SEE THAT YE REFUSE decline NOT (the same word as in Hebrews 12:19) HIM THAT SPEAKETH (offering peace through the blood of Christ: see Hebrews 12:24): for if they escaped not, declining...
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...
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...
Hebrews 12:25 Refusing God's Voice. I. We have here, first of all, the solemn possibility of refusal. It is possible for Christian people so to cherish wills and purposes which they know to be in di...
Hebrews 12:18 Mount Sinai and Mount Zion. In this passage are mentioned seven great and solemn heavenly realities. I. Mount Zion. Mount Sinai represents the law. It manifests the majesty of God abov...
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, as...
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...
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...
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...
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!!!...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 12:25 THEY DID NOT ESCAPE applies especially to the exodus generation (vv. Hebrews 12:18,...
_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 an...
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...
1 Kings 12:16; 1 Peter 1:22; 1 Thessalonians 5:15; 2 Chronicles 7:19;...
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...
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...