Hebrews 5:11

Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.

Ver. 11. Of whom we have, &c.] The digression here begun holds on to the end of the next chapter.

Hard to be uttered] Gr. Hard to be expounded. But difficulty doth not dishearten, but rather whet on heroic spirits to a more serious search: it doth not weaken, but waken their earnestness; not amate, but animate them.

Seeing ye are dull] Gr. Slow paced and heavy handed, τωθροι, from νε and θεω, curro. Our minds are like narrow mouthed vessels. Our Saviour therefore spake as the people could hear, Mark 4:33, like as Jacob drave as the little ones could go.