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Hebrews 4:14
Seeing, then, that we have a great High Priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
Seeing, then, that we have a great High Priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
Verse 14. _SEEING THEN THAT WE HAVE A GREAT HIGH PRIEST_] It is contended, and very properly, that the particle ουν, which we translate _seeing_, as if what followed was an immediate inference from w...
SEEING THEN THAT WE HAVE A GREAT HIGH PRIEST - The apostle here resumes the subject which had been slightly hinted at in Hebrews 2:17; Hebrews 3:1, and pursues it to the end of Hebrews 10. The “object...
CHAPTER 4 _ 1. What the rest of God is (Hebrews 4:1)_ 2. The power of the Word of God (Hebrews 4:12) Hebrews 4:1 “Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left of entering into His rest, any on...
A short passage which sums up the pre vious argument, and prepares the way for the ensuing discussion of the high-priestly work of Christ. The readers are exhorted to be steadfast in the faith they ha...
THE REST WE DARE NOT MISS (Hebrews 4:1-10)...
Since, then, we have a high priest, great in his nature, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast to our creed. For we have not a high priest who is such that he can...
SEEING... HAVE. Having therefore. HIGH PRIEST. See Hebrews 2:17. PASSED INTO. passed through. Same word as in 1 Corinthians 10:1; 1 Corinthians 16:5. Compare...
Exhortation founded on Christ's High Priesthood 14. _Seeing then that we have a great high priest_ These verses refer back to Hebrews 2:17; Hebrews 3:1, and form the transition to the long proof and i...
EXHORTATION FOUNDED ON CHRIST’S HIGH PRIESTHOOD...
ἜΧΟΝΤΕΣ ΟΥ̓͂Ν�. These verses refer back to Hebrews 2:17; Hebrews 3:1, and form the transition to the long proof and illustration of Christ’s superiority to the Levitic Priesthood which occupies the Ep...
CH. 4. CONTINUED EXHORTATION TO EMBRACE THE YET OPEN OFFER OF GOD’S REST (1–13). EXHORTATION FOUNDED ON THE HIGH PRIESTHOOD OF CHRIST (14–16)...
_GREAT HELP FROM OUR HIGH PRIEST -- HEBREWS 4:14-16:_ In Hebrews 2:17 the idea had been introduced that Jesus Christ is our merciful and faithful High Priest. "Wherefore in all things it behoved him t...
ΈΧΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part._ (причины) ΈΧ (G2192) иметь, обладать. _Praes._ обозначает действие, одновременное по отношению к действию основного гл. ΆΡΧΙΕΡΕΎΣ (G749) первосвященник. Это может противопо...
_HEBREWS 4:14_.— The apostle having finished the digression about the _rest_ of God, and havingshewn,whathealwayskeeps in view, the infinitely superior advantage of what is to be had by Christ, above...
PART TWO The superiority of Christ as High Priest. Hebrews 4:14 to Hebrews 10:39. I. Purpose of and His fitness for the priesthood. Hebrews 4:14 to...
CHRIST SUPERIOR TO JOSHUA. (Hebrews 4:11-16) The verses which are to be before us complete the present section of our Epistle, a section which begins at Hebrews 3:1 and which has two main divisions:...
Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. SEEING THEN ... - resuming Hebrews 2:17. GREAT - as being 'th...
7 The Hebrew of Psa_95:7-11 reads ''as at Meribah" and "the day of Massah", and the passage refers to the twentieth of Numbers. The quotation substitutes their meanings. Meribah is "contention," or "b...
SEEING THEN] The connexion is with Hebrews 2:17; Hebrews 3:1. INTO THE HEAVENS] RV 'through the heavens.' In Jewish theology there were several heavens: cp. 2 Corinthians 12:2. Jesus has passed throug...
JESUS CHRIST, GIVER OR THE PROMISED REST, AND HIGH PRIEST TO BEING MEN TO GOD 1-13. Israel through unbelief failed to enter into the promised rest. The rest, therefore, remains open and a promise of...
HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN? HEBREWS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 4 WARNING TO OBEY 3:7-4:2 4V1 The same promise of entering the place of God's rest is still there for us. We should be afraid that some...
All the chief points of the earlier Chapter s are brought together in this verse and the next: — the High Priest (Hebrews 2:17; Hebrews 3:1); His exaltation (Hebrews 1:3;...
CHAPTER IV. THE GREAT HIGH-PRIEST. "Having then a great High-priest, Who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we have not a high-priest that can...
Ἒχοντες οὖν … “Having then a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.” οὖν resumes the train of thought started at Hebrews 3:1, wher...
ENTERED BY FAITH AND PRAYER Hebrews 4:11 There is no escape for disobedience and unbelief, because we have to do with the omniscience of God. The conception of Hebrews 4:12 is of a victim appointed f...
The picture of the whole generation who perished in the wilderness is brought to mind, and the question is, What did they lack, and why did they perish? They did not lack the message of "good tidings....
THE HIGH PRIEST GIVES STRENGTH TO CONTINUE TO THE REST The strength of the foundation of the Christian's confession is further indicated by the High Priest that is his. He is Jesus Christ the Son of G...
(5) Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us (k) hold fast [our] profession. (5) Now he compares Christ's priesthood with Aaron's, an...
_ Having, therefore, as I told you before, a great high priest, Christ, who ascended into heaven, who can compassionate our infirmities, let us with a firm confidence approach the throne of grace, by...
(14) Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. (15) For we have not a high priest which cannot be touched wi...
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,...
_OUR HIGH PRIEST IN HEAVEN_ ‘Seeing then that we have a great High Priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which...
14._Seeing then that we have, _or, _Having then, etc. _He has been hitherto speaking of Christ’s apostleship, But he how passes on to his second office. For we have said that the Son of God sustained...
The apostle goes on to apply this part of Israel's history to those whom he was addressing, laying stress on two points:1st, That Israel had failed of entering into rest, through unbelief; 2nd, That t...
SEEING THEN THAT WE HAVE A GREAT HIGH PRIEST,.... That Christ is a priest, and an high priest, has been observed already, in Hebrews 2:1 but here he is called a great one, because of the dignity of hi...
῾Εχοντες οὗν ἀρχιερέα μέγαν διεληλυθότα τοὺς οὐρανοὺς, ᾿Ιησοῦν τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ, κρατῶμεν τῆς ὁμολογίας. Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that passed into [_through_] the heavens, Jesus...
In the close of this chapter the apostle gives us a summary improvement of all the foregoing discourses and arguings contained in it. Especially he insists on a double inference unto the practice of t...
Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast _our_ profession. Ver. 14. We have a great high priest] Who by a new and living w...
HEB. 4:13-14. NEITHER IS THERE ANY CREATURE THAT IS NOT MANIFEST IN HIS SIGHT: BUT ALL THINGS (ARE) NAKED AND OPENED UNTO THE EYES OF HIM WITH WHOM WE HAVE TO DO. SEEING THEN THAT WE HAVE A GREAT HIGH...
The writer of this epistle having spoken of the Author of the gospel, as the Creator of the world, as the Lawgiver in God's church, as the Conductor of the spiritual seed of Abraham into the heavenly...
PROFESSION; of faith in Christ....
"Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into His rest, any of you should seem to come short of it." This admonition is a continuation of Ch. 3. The promise has been left us,...
11-16 Observe the end proposed: rest spiritual and eternal; the rest of grace here, and glory hereafter; in Christ on earth, with Christ in heaven. After due and diligent labour, sweet and satisfying...
The excellency of the great gospel Minister beyond all others in respect of his priestly office, especially beyond Aaron and the Levitical priesthood, is shown by the Holy Ghost:. _\HEBREWS 4:14-5:11\...
Origen Against Celsus Book VIII And to Him to whom we offer first-fruits we also send up our prayers, "having a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God," and "we hold...
Hebrews 4:14 Seeing G2192 then G3767 have G2192 (G5723) great G3173 Priest G749 through G1330 (G5756) heavens...
Hebrews 4:14. The following verses (Hebrews 4:14-16) might begin a new paragraph, and are closely connected with the fifth chapter; but on the other hand, Hebrews 4:14 looks back to the brief statemen...
A GREAT HIGH PRIEST (αρχιερεα μεγαν). The author now takes up the main argument of the Epistle, already alluded to in Hebrews 1:3; Hebrews 2:17; Hebrews 3:1, the priestly work of Jesus as superior t...
Hebrews 4:12 I. The Word of God judges the Christian below. We are familiar with the Word of God. Like Israel, we possess the treasure in our country, in our families. Do we know that in possessing, r...
Hebrews 4:14. _Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession._ Why should we let it go? Jesus has triumphed, he...
Hebrews 4:1. _Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest any of you should seem to come short of it._ Not only dread coming short, but dread the very appearance of...
CONTENTS: The better rest for the believer. The perfect work of redemption. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, David. CONCLUSION: The privileges by Christ under the Gospel are far greater than those enjoyed un...
Hebrews 4:1. _Let us therefore fear, lest a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it._ This caution is repeated from the preseding chapter, but the r...
HOLD FIRMLY. "The unbelieving Jews say the gospel has neither a High Priest nor any sacrifice for sin; and they urge you to turn away from Christ and go back to the Law. But hold firmly to the faith!...
_A great High Priest_ OUR GREAT HIGH PRIEST I. PRACTICAL FEATURES OF OUR LORD’S PRIESTHOOD. 1. It is an argument for steadfastness in the Christian life. (1) The fact that Christ is our Priest (He...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 4:14 As high priest, Jesus is superior to the Mosaic priesthood due to (1) his ability to sympathize with human need, (2) his perfect holiness, (3) his eternal call to the prie...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Hebrews 4:14_ The Divine-human High Priest.—This passage introduces the consideration of the priesthood of Christ, to which brief reference is made in Hebrews 3:1....
EXPOSITION A REST STILL OFFERED TO CHRISTIANS. HEBREWS 4:1 LET US FEAR, THEREFORE, LEST, A PROMISE BEING STILL LEFT OF ENTERING INTO HIS REST, ANY ONE OF YOU SHOULD SEEM TO HAVE COME SHORT. This ve...
Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it (Hebrews 4:1). As you look at your own heart tonight, is it at rest? Have you...
Acts 1:11; Acts 3:21; Hebrews 1:2; Hebrews 1:3; Hebrews 1:8;...
Having therefore a great high priest — Great indeed, being the eternal Son of God, that is passed through the heavens — As the Jewish high priest passed through the veil into the holy of holies, carry...
Our apostle comes now to assert the priesthood of Christ, and to set forth the dignity and excellency of his office; from whence he encourages the believing Hebrews to perseverence and stedfastness in...