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Hebrews 3:2
who was faithful to Him that appointed Him, as also Moses was faithful in all His house.
who was faithful to Him that appointed Him, as also Moses was faithful in all His house.
HEBREWS 3:2 @o[lw|# {C} Both external evidence and transcriptional probabilities are singularly difficult to evaluate. On the one hand, o[lw| is read by a wide variety of text-types, but is suspect a...
Verse Hebrews 3:2. _WHO WAS FAITHFUL TO HIM_] In Numbers 12:7, God gives this testimony to Moses: _My servant Moses - is faithful in all my house_; and to this testimony the apostle alludes. _House_...
WHO WAS FAITHFUL - see the note, Hebrews 2:17. He performed with fidelity all the functions entrusted to him. TO HIM THAT APPOINTED HIM - Margin, “made.” The word “made,” however, is used in the sense...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
FAITHFUL. Greek. _pist_. _s_. App-150. ALSO MOSES. Moses also. See Romans 5:14. The name occurs eleven times in Hebrews....
_who was faithful_ Lit., "Being faithful," i.e. as Cranmer excellently rendered it, "how that he is faithful." The word is suggested by the following contrast between Christ and Moses, of whom it had...
ΠΙΣΤῸΝ ὌΝΤΑ, “_being faithful_,” i.e. as Cranmer excellently rendered it, “how that He is faithful.” The word is suggested by the following contrast between Christ and Moses, of whom it had been said...
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...
ΌΝΤΑ _praes. act. part. (adj.) masc. acc. sing. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть, ΠΟΙΉΣΑΝΤΙ _aor. act. part. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать, поступать. Здесь это слово имеет значение "назначать". Это слово может отно...
THAT APPOINTED HIM,— Heylin reads, _who constituted him_ [_in that office_]. The next words are taken from Numbers 12:7. The word house is used, not only for a _building,_ but for such as dwell in it;...
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...
Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house. He first notes the resemblance between Moses and Christ, to conciliate the Hebrew Christians, who still ente...
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...
3:2 house. (d-16) See Numbers 12:7 ....
IN ALL HIS HOUSE] i.e. God's house: see Numbers 12:7. Christ and Moses both set an example of faithfulness, which the Hebrews will do well to copy; but Christ's sphere is higher than that of Moses, fo...
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...
WHO WAS. — Rather, _as being;_ or _that He was. Not_ merely, _fix your thought on Jesus;_ but also (and especially), _think of Him as faithful_ to God (Hebrews 2:17). APPOINTED HIM. — Literally, _made...
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...
The characteristic, or particular, qualification of Jesus which is to hold their attention is His trustworthiness or fidelity. πιστὸν ὄντα might be rendered “as being faithful”. The fidelity here in v...
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...
(2) Who was faithful to him that (c) appointed him, (3) as also Moses [was faithful] in all his house. (2) He confirms his exhortation with two reasons, first of all because Christ Jesus was appointe...
_Faithful to him, &c. To be made, may apply to Christ as man; but here the sense is, who made him head over all his Church. (Witham)_...
(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...
_ALPHA AND OMEGA_ ‘Consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; Who was faithful to Him that appointed Him.’ Hebrews 3:1 Christ Himself shall be the Alpha and Omega of our...
2._Who was, _or _is faithful, etc. _This is a commendation of the apostleship of Christ, in order that the faithful may securely acquiesce in him; and he commends it on two grounds, because the Father...
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...
WHO WAS FAITHFUL TO HIM THAT APPOINTED HIM,.... Or "made him"; Christ, as man, was made, but not as God; nor is the apostle speaking of the divine nature of Christ, but of his offices: wherefore this...
Hebrews 3:1. ῞Οθεν, ἀδελφοὶ ἅγιοι, κλήσεως ἐπουρανίου μέτοχοι, κατανοήσατε τὸν ἀπόστολον καὶ ἀρχιερέα τῆς ὁμολογίας ἡμῶν, Χριστὸν ᾿Ιησοῦν· πιστὸν ὄντα τῷ ποιήσαντι αὐτὸν, ὠς καὶ Μωυσῆς ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ οἴκῳ...
Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses _was faithful_ in all his house. Ver. 2. _As also Moses was faithful_] And yet how unworthily handled by the author of the Marrow of Modern D...
HEB. 3:2-3. WHO WAS FAITHFUL TO HIM THAT APPOINTED HIM, AS ALSO MOSES (WAS FAITHFUL) IN ALL HIS HOUSE. FOR THIS (MAN) WAS COUNTED WORTHY OF MORE GLORY THAN MOSES, INASMUCH AS HE WHO HATH BUILDED THE...
_Who was faithful to him that appointed him_ The sacred penman, entering upon a comparison between Moses and Christ, as he was the apostle of God, or one sent by him to reveal his will, he recommends...
HIM THAT APPOINTED HIM; God the Father, who appointed his Son to be the author and introducer of the Christian dispensation. FAITHFUL IN ALL HIS HOUSE; in all God's house, the Jewish economy, with th...
"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...
APPOINTED: _ Gr._ made, 1 Samuel 12:6...
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...
OLBGrk; The Spirit enforceth the duty counselled on them from the fidelity of that grand gospel Minister in his offices; exemplified in a parallel with Moses, whom he did exceed. WHO WAS FAITHFUL TO H...
1 Clement Moses was called faithful in all God's house;[75] 1 Clement Moses was called faithful in all God's house;[86]...
Hebrews 3:2 was G5607 (G5752) faithful G4103 appointed G4160 (G5660) Him G846 as G5613 Moses G3475 also...
Hebrews 3:2. WHO WAS FAITHFUL; rather, consider Him, he being faithful in that He is faithful. His faithfulness is the quality we are to contemplate, a fresh reason why we should trust Him and be fait...
WHO WAS FAITHFUL (πιστον οντα). Present active participle with predicate accusative agreeing with Ιησουν, "as being faithful."THAT APPOINTED HIM (τω ποιησαντ αυτον). See 1 Samuel 12:6. Dative case...
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...
HE WAS FAITHFUL. He completed the mission which God sent him to do. See John 17:4. JUST AS MOSES. This is the language of Numbers 12:7_. MacKnight_ says the point is: "As Moses was faithful in forming...
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...
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...
1 Samuel 12:6; 1 Timothy 1:12; 1 Timothy 3:15; Deuteronomy 4:5;...
Who was faithful [π ι σ τ ο ν ο ν τ α]. Rend. "is faithful." A general designation of inherent character. He is faithful as he ever was. To him that appointed him [τ ω π ο ι η σ α ν τ ι α υ τ ο ν]. Co...
His house — The church of Israel, then the peculiar family of God. Numbers 12:7....
Because the Jews had generally too high an opinion of Moses, our apostle here enters upon. comparison between Christ and Moses, thus, "As Moses was faithful, so was Christ in declaring the will, the w...