Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Hebrews 10:28
He that, in capital cases, despised (presumptuously transgressed) the law of Moses died without mercy — Without any delay or mitigation of his punishment.
He that, in capital cases, despised (presumptuously transgressed) the law of Moses died without mercy — Without any delay or mitigation of his punishment.
Verse 28. _HE THAT DESPISED MOSES' LAW_] αθετησας. He that rejected it, _threw it aside_, and denied its Divine authority by presumptuous sinning, _died without mercy_-without any extenuation or mitig...
HE THAT DESPISED MOSES’ LAW - That is, the apostate from the religion of Moses. It does not mean that in all cases the offender against the Law of Moses died without mercy, but only where offences wer...
CHAPTER 10 _ 1. The all-sufficiency of the one offering (Hebrews 10:1)_ 2. Exhortations (Hebrews 10:19) 3. Warning (Hebrews 10:26) 4. Encouragements ...
The mention of the judgment suggests the dreadful consequences of falling away from faith. It is assumed, as in Hebrews 6:4 ff_.,_ that no second repentance is possible. If men persist in sinning afte...
For, if we deliberately sin after we have received full knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sin is left. All that we can expect is to wait in terror for judgment and for that flaming wrath which...
THE ONLY TRUE SACRIFICE (Hebrews 10:1-10)...
HE, &C. = Any one (Greek. _tis)_ despising (Greek. _atheteo,_ set at nought. See John 12:48). MOSES. See Hebrews 3:2. DIED. dieth. WITHOUT. See Hebrews 9:7. MERCY. Greek. oikt
_He that despised Moses" law_ Especially by being guilty of the sin of idolatry (Deuteronomy 17:2-7). Literally, it is "_any one_, on setting at nought Moses" law." _died_ Lit., "dies." Here is anoth...
ἈΘΕΤΉΣΑΣ ΤΙΣ. Especially by being guilty of the sin of idolatry (Deuteronomy 17:2-7). Literally, it is “_any one_, on setting at nought Moses’ law.” ΧΩΡῚΣ ΟἸΚΤΙΡΜΩ͂Ν. The Mosaic law pronounced on off...
26–31. A SOLEMN WARNING OF THE PERIL OF WILFUL APOSTASY...
CH. 10. The first eighteen verses of this chapter are a summary, rich with fresh thoughts and illustrations, of the topics on which he has been dwelling; namely (1) The one sacrifice of Christ compare...
_THE DANGER OF WILLFUL SIN -- HEBREWS 10:21-31:_ As a Christian our duty is simply stated that we "draw near to God." With boldness let us draw near with a true heart. We must draw near to God in gene...
ΆΘΕΤΉΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΆΘΕΤΈΩ (G114) отвергать, отставлять в сторону, аннулировать. ΤΙΣ (G5100) кто-то, любой, ΧΩΡΊΣ (G5565) с _gen._ без. ΟΊΚΤΙΡΜΌΣ (G3628) милость, сострадание, сопереживан...
DISCOURSE: 2313 THE EVIL AND DANGER OF APOSTASY Hebrews 10:26. If we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, but a certain fear...
HE THAT DESPISED MOSES' LAW— "This we might easily infer from the nature of things, even though we had not been so expressly warned of it in the word of God; for if any one, of whatever order and dign...
_Exhortation based on the priesthood of Christ. Hebrews 10:19-39_. _TEXT_ Hebrews 10:19-39 Hebrews 10:19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the Holy Place by the bl
THE APOSTATES’ DOOM (Hebrews 10:28-31) The verses which are now to be before us complete the section begun at verse 26, the sum of which is the apostates’ doom. They fall naturally into two parts, th...
He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: DESPISED, [ atheteesas (G114)] - utterly and heinously set aside, not merely in minor detail, but the whole law, as by i...
7 So Christ "offers Himself flawless to God", not at the cross, but on coming into the world, as the Israelite presented his sacrifice at the door of the tabernacle (Heb_9:14; Lev_1:1-5). 11 The great...
SACRIFICE COMPLETE IN THE FULFILMENT OF GOD'S WILL. THE OPEN WAY TO GOD Recapitulation and close of the argument. The sacrifices of the Law were ineffective to cleanse the conscience, as shown by thei...
UNDER] RV 'at the word of': see Deuteronomy 17:2. 32-39. An exhortation to exhibit the same steadfastness under the present trials as they had shown in a previous time of affliction: cp. the similar...
HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN? HEBREWS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 10 A NEW *SACRIFICE AND WAY TO LIFE 10:1-39 THE LAW WAS A SHADOW OF THINGS TO COME 10:1-4 V1 The law of Moses provides only a poor copy...
HE THAT DESPISED MOSES’ LAW. — Rather, _A man that hath set at nought a law of Moses dieth without pity before two or three witnesses._ The reference is to Deuteronomy 17:2, the last words being a dir...
CHAPTER IX. AN ADVANCE IN THE EXHORTATION. "Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by the way which He dedicated for us, a new and living way, throug...
Dreadful result of falling from faith....
ἀθετήσας τις νόμον.… “Any one who has set aside Moses' law dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses,” in accordance with the law laid down in Deuteronomy 17:6 regarding apostasy; a...
BEWARE OF BACKSLIDING Hebrews 10:26 The willful sin here referred to does not consist in isolated acts, but in a determined course of action, persisted in until the very desire for a better life wan...
The writer now deals with the subject of the better worship. In this connection he again quotes from the prophecy of Jeremiah in order to emphasize the prediction of the new covenant concerning the fo...
THE DANGER OF WILLFUL SIN Forsaking the assemblies was a willful sin which, along with other willful sins, pushed away the sacrifice of Christ. Therefore, there was no more sacrifice available to the...
MOSES AND FAITH At his birth, Moses' parents displayed a great faith in God. They knew Pharaoh had commanded all male children be thrown in the river, but they hid their son three months (Exodus 1:22;...
(9) He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: (9) If the breach of the law of Moses was punished by death, how much more worthy of death is it to fall away from Chr...
A man making void, &c. He brings this comparison from the manner that transgressors were dealt with under the law of Moses, to shew how much greater punishments Christians deserve when they are ungrat...
(28) He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: (29) Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden underfoot the Son of God,...
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...
_‘IF WE SIN WILFULLY ——’_ ‘If we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins … It is a fearful thing to fall into the bands of the...
28._He that despised, etc. _This is an argument from the less to the greater; for if it was a capital offense to violate the law of Moses, how much heavier punishment does the rejection of the gospel...
In Chapter 10 this principle is applied to the sacrifice. Its repetition proved that sin was there. That the sacrifice of Christ was only offered once, was the demonstration of its eternal efficacy. H...
HE THAT DESPISED MOSES' LAW,.... By breaking it wilfully, and presumptuously, for which there was no sacrifice; meaning the law which Moses was the minister of not the author; and it respects the whol...
᾿Αθετήσας τις νόμον Μωϋσέως, χωρὶς οἰκτιρμῶν ἐπὶ δυσὶν ἣ τρισὶ μάρτυσιν ἀποθνήσκει· πόσῳ, δοκεῖτε, χείρονος ἀξιωθήσεται τιμωρίας ὁ τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ καταπατήσας, καὶ τὸ αἷμα τῆς διαθήκης κοινὸν ἡγησάμ...
He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: Ver. 28. _He that despised_] i.e. He that with a high hand violated it, or fell into any capital crime, and it came to lig...
HEB. 10:28-29 HE THAT DESPISED MOSES' LAW DIED WITHOUT MERCY UNDER TWO OR THREE WITNESSES; OF HOW MUCH SORER PUNISHMENT, SUPPOSE YE, SHALL HE BE THOUGHT WORTHY, WHO HATH TRODDEN UNDER FOOT THE SON OF...
_He that_ In capital cases, such as by the sins of sabbath- breaking, disobedience to parents, blasphemy, adultery, murder; _despised_ Presumptuously transgressed; _Moses's law, died_ Was put to death...
DIED WITHOUT MERCY; DEUTERONOMY 13:6-10....
HE THAT DESPISED MOSES' LAW DIED WITHOUT MERCY UNDER TWO OR THREE WITNESSES;...
The sacred writer now supports his admonition by a very solemn warning:...
The attentive reader cannot but notice the thoroughness with which this subject is treated in these Chapter s. It is a matter of profound importance, basic as regards any true knowledge of God, and as...
26-31 The exhortations against apostacy and to perseverance, are urged by many strong reasons. The sin here mentioned is a total and final falling away, when men, with a full and fixed will and resol...
The punishment threatened on such sinners is illustrated by an instance proper to the Hebrews; For if the lesser sin against Moses's law was punished by death, the greater sin against the gospel of Ch...
Hebrews 10:28 Anyone G5100 rejected G114 (G5660) Moses G3475 law G3551 dies G599 (G5719) without G5565 mercy...
‘A man who has set at naught Moses law dies without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses,' The connection with sin with a high hand comes out here. They were the sins that ‘set at naught t...
Hebrews 10:19-39. For nearly four Chapter s the argument has remained unbroken by those exhortations which abound in the earlier parts of the Epistle. From chapter Hebrews 7:1 to Hebrews 10:18 the rea...
Hebrews 10:28. This awful destiny which awaits wilful apostates, judgment without mercy, is now illustrated and enforced from the law. HE THAT HATH DESPISED (literally, any one having despised) MOSES...
HATH SET AT NAUGHT (αθετησας). First aorist active participle of αθετεω, late compound, very common in LXX, from alpha privative and τιθημ, to render null and void, to set aside, only here in Hebrew...
Hebrews 10:26 Warning against Apostasy. I. Note briefly some misconceptions which prevent some readers of Scripture from receiving in a meek and docile spirit solemn admonitions of the Holy Ghost, su...
Hebrews 10:19. Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his fl...
Hebrews 10:1. _For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers the...
CONTENTS: Law only a shadow of things to come. Through Christ a way made into the Holiest for all believers. Warning to the Hebrews who were wavering between Jewish sacrifices and Christ's finished wo...
Hebrews 10:1. _The law having a shadow of good things to come._ St. Paul, ere his epistles were engrossed, weighed his words, adjusted his thoughts, collated them with the prophets, and knew the suppo...
ANYONE WHO DISOBEYS. "God's justice in refusing to forgive those who renounce the Good News should be clear to you. Those who rebelled against the Law of Moses were put to death without any mercy. The...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 10:19 Call to Faith and Endurance. The discussion of Christ’s superiority concludes with calls to faith and perseverance (Hebrews 10:19;...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 10:28 These verses argue from the lesser to the greater (compare Hebrews 2:1; Hebrews 9:14)
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 10:26. SIN WILFULLY.—Such sins contrast with sins of ignorance, frailty, and error. Involving the _will_, they put men outside the influence of remedial or reco...
EXPOSITION HEBREWS 10:1 CONCLUDING SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT WITH RESPECT TO CHRIST'S ETERNAL PRIESTHOOD....
For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very substance of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perf...
2 Corinthians 13:1; 2 Samuel 12:13; 2 Samuel 12:9; Deuteronomy 13:6;...
He that despised [α φ ε τ η σ α ς τ ι ς]. Lit. one that despised; any transgressor. The verb only here in Hebrews. The kindred noun ajqethsiv only in Hebrews. See ch. Hebrews 7:18; Hebrews 9:26. Died...
Does this passage teach that it is possible for Christians to lose their salvation? PROBLEM: Hebrews 6:4-6 seems to be written for Christians because it contains certain characteristics that would be...
The apostle here confirms what he had before spoken, of the sad and certain destruction of apostates; and compares it with the punishment inflicted on the breakers of Moses' law. If those, under the t...