Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Hebrews 13:8
Men may die; but Jesus Christ, yea, and his gospel, is the same from everlasting to everlasting.
Men may die; but Jesus Christ, yea, and his gospel, is the same from everlasting to everlasting.
Verse Hebrews 13:8. _JESUS CHRIST THE SAME YESTERDAY_] In all past times there was no way to the holiest but through the blood of Jesus, either actually shed, or significantly typified. _To-day _- he...
JESUS CHRIST THE SAME YESTERDAY ... - As this stands in our common translation, it conveys an idea which is not in the original. It would seem to mean that Jesus Christ, the unchangeable Saviour, was...
CHAPTER 13 _ 1. The practical walk (Hebrews 13:1)_ 2. The call to separation (Hebrews 13:7) 3. Conclusions (Hebrews 13:17)...
Admonitions concerning Church discipline. The brethren are to cherish the memory of their former leaders, who instructed them in the truth of God and exemplified it in their life and death. Jesus Chri...
Remember your leaders, the men who spoke the word of God to you. Look back on how they made their exit from this life and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever...
THE MARKS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (Hebrews 13:1-6)...
JESUS CHRIST. App-98. THE SAME. Greek. _ho autos._ This is the translated in the Septuagint of the Hebrew _'attah hu,_. Divine title. See Psalms 102:27. Compare Malachi 3:6....
_Jesus Christ the same_ Rather, "is the same" (comp. Hebrews 1:12). The collocation "Jesus Christ" is in this Epistle only found elsewhere in Hebrews 13:21 and Hebrews 10:10. He commonly says "Jesus...
ἸΗΣΟΥ͂Σ ΧΡΙΣΤῸΣ … Ὁ ΑΥ̓ΤΌΣ. “_Jesus Christ is the same_” (comp. Hebrews 1:12). The A. V. by its omission of the copula seems to connect this with τὴν ἔκβασιν as if Jesus Christ were the “end of their...
CONCLUDING EXHORTATIONS TO LOVE (1); HOSPITALITY (2); KINDNESS TO PRISONERS AND THE SUFFERING (3); PURITY OF LIFE (4); CONTENTMENT (5); TRUSTFULNESS (6); SUBMISSION TO PASTORAL AUTHORITY (7, 8); STEAD...
CH. 13. Concluding Exhortations to Love (1); Hospitality (2); Kindness to Prisoners and the Suffering (3); Purity of Life (4); Contentment (5); Trustfulness (6); Submission to Pastoral Authority (7, 8...
_REACT TO CERTAIN PEOPLE -- HEBREWS 13:7-11:_ God's people must react to those around them and Him who is above them. The greatest responsibility in the entire world is that of serving as an elder in...
ΈΧΘΈΣ (G5504) вчера, ΣΉΜΕΡΟΝ (G4594) сегодня. Формула "вчера и сегодня" часто встречается в ВЗ для обозначения длительного промежутка времейи (Attridge; Exodus 5:14; 2 Samuel 15:20). ΑΙΏΝ ...
DISCOURSE: 2344 THE GLORY OF CHRIST Hebrews 13:8. _Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever_ [Note: This was preached on occasion of the death of the Hon and Rev. William Bromley Cad...
B. _Doctrine and worship. Hebrews 13:8-16_. _TEXT_ Hebrews 13:8-16 Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, yea and forever....
THE HEART ESTABLISHED (Hebrews 13:8, Hebrews 13:9) "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and forever" (verse 8). Sir Rob. Anderson and others regarded this as a declaration of the Savior’s Go...
_JESUS CHRIST THE SAME YESTERDAY, AND TO DAY, AND FOR EVER._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
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...
ADVICE, MEMORIES, PRAYERS, GREETINGS The Epistle concludes with various exhortations in regard to the social life (Hebrews 13:1), private life (Hebrews 13:4), the religious life (Hebrews 13:7), in whi...
HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN? HEBREWS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 13 THE WAY OF LOVE AND DOING WHAT GOD WANTS 13:1-25 CHRISTIAN LOVE 13:1-6 V1 Go on loving each other as brothers. V2 Do not forget to re...
JESUS CHRIST THE SAME... — Rather, _Jesus Christ is yesterday and to-day the same; yea, also for ever._ Their earlier guides have passed away (Hebrews 13:7); their Lord and Saviour abides the same for...
CHAPTER XVI. SUNDRY EXHORTATIONS. Hebrews 13:1 Let love of the brethren continue. Forget not to shew love unto strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Remember them that are in...
The Hebrews are exhorted to keep in remembrance their former leaders, to abide steadfastly by their teaching, to rid themselves of the ideas of Judaism, to bear the shame attaching to the faith of Chr...
SANCTIFY DAILY LIFE Hebrews 13:1 We may not like _all_ the brethren, but there is something in each of them that Christ loves. Let us try to discover it, or love them for His sake. We can love peopl...
The last chapter contains a series of general exhortations. It is evident that the letter was sent to those whose faith was being challenged and weakened, and whose love, therefore, was cooling. These...
FURTHER DUTIES IN CHRIST'S SERVICE The Hebrew brethren were instructed to keep their rulers, which Milligan says would be better rendered “leaders,” in mind. After all, they had taught the word of Go...
(5) Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. (5) He repeats the sum of the doctrine, that is, the only ground of all precepts of conduct, and that is this: That we ought to quiet an...
_Yesterday, and to-day, and the same for ever. That is, Christ is the same merciful and powerful advocate and protector, in regard of all that serve him faithfully to the end of the world. (Witham)_...
(7) Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation. (8) Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today,...
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...
_ALWAYS THE SAME_ ‘Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever.’ Hebrews 13:8 You will observe the accuracy of the words and the exact force of the expression. It is not ‘yesterday,...
8._Jesus Christ the same, etc. _The only way by which we can persevere in the right faith is to hold to the foundation, and not in the smallest degree to depart from it; for he who holds not to Christ...
In this next Chapter there is more than one truth important to notice. The exhortations are as simple as they are weighty, and require but few remarks. They rest in the sphere in which the whole of th...
JESUS CHRIST, THE SAME YESTERDAY, AND TODAY, AND FOR EVER. Who is the substance of the word spoken by the above mentioned rulers, the author and object of their faith, and the end in which their conve...
Vulg., “Jesus Christus heri et hodie, ipse et in seculum;” “Jesus Christ, yesterday and to-day,” (where it placeth the comma,)” and he [is] the same for ever.” So Beza; “Jesus Christ yesterday, and to...
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. Ver. 8. _Jesus Christ, the same_] This was the sum of their sermons, and is the substance of their and your faith; which therefore you must...
Heb. 13:2-8. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; (and) them which suffer adversity, as bei...
Men may die, but _Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever_ From everlasting to everlasting: the same in his person and offices, in his love and power, in his truth and grace; the same...
JESUS CHRIST-FOR EVER; rather, Jesus Christ is the same, etc. Of course he can sustain, comfort, and bless you, as he did them....
An admonition to stand firm:...
JESUS CHRIST THE SAME YESTERDAY AND TODAY AND FOREVER....
The first six verses of this chapter have a striking moral relationship to what has gone before. We have seen that though God's dispensational ways have undergone a mighty change in the advent of His...
7-15 The instructions and examples of ministers, who honourably and comfortably closed their testimony, should be particularly remembered by survivors. And though their ministers were some dead, othe...
Though this hath no term of connection, yet it may be referred either to what precedeth or followeth it; for the apostle is not here dropping aphorisms, but pressing on the subjects of Christ's kingdo...
Alexander Epistles on the Arian Heresy For even though one saying may refer to the Father Himself, yet it would now be more aptly spoken of the Word, because when He became man, He changed not; but,...
Hebrews 13:8 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 same G846 yesterday G5504 G2532 today G4594 and G2532 forever G1519...
‘Remember those who had the rule over you, men who spoke to you the word of God; and considering the issue (or ‘end') of their life, follow (or ‘imitate') the faith, “Jesus Christ, the same yesterday,...
Hebrews 13:8. This verse is closely connected with the preceding, though not in the way the Authorised Version (with a colon, or sometimes a comma, at the end of Hebrews 13:7) indicates, as it is also...
JESUS CHRIST IS THE SAME YESTERDAY AND TODAY, YEA AND FOREVER (Ιησους Χριστος εχθες κα σημερον ο αυτος κα εις τους αιωνας). There is no copula in the Greek. Vincent insists that εστιν be supplied be...
Hebrews 13:8 The Unchanging Christ. Note: I. The unchanging Christ in His relation to our changeful lives. The one thing of which anticipation may be sure is, that nothing continues in one stay. Th...
Hebrews 13:1 I. Having warned the Hebrews against the dangers of selfishness, fleshly lusts, and covetousness, the Apostle proceeds to warn them against the dangers threatening their faith and loyalty...
Hebrews 13:1. _Let brotherly love continue._ It is supposed to be there already; let it continue, not only love of a common kind, such as we are to have to all men, but that special «brotherly love»...
This is a practical chapter at the close of this most instructive Epistle. Hebrews 13:1. _Let brotherly love continue._ The word «continue» implies that the «brotherly love» exists, there are many t...
CONTENTS: Exhortations to the Christian. Separation and worship. Apostolic benediction. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Timothy. CONCLUSION: Our Lord Jesus purchased us with His blood that He might set us a...
Hebrews 13:1. _Let brotherly love continue._ The love as when you first believed, and when many of you sold your possessions to raise a fund for the widows, who were cut off from the alms of the synag...
JESUS CHRIST. The _farmer leaders_ looked to Jesus as their Pioneer! He will always be the same powerful, gracious, faithful, and loving Savior!!! See Hebrews 1:12....
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 13:8 This verse appears as a transition from v. Hebrews 13:7 (their leaders trusted in this Christ, and Jesus remains trustworthy) to v....
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 13:1 Concluding Encouragements and Remarks. The author concludes with some specific points of application for the community (vv. Hebrews 13:1), w
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 13:8.—Read “Jesus Christ is the same.” “The unchangeableness of Christ is a reason for not being swept about by winds of strange teaching. But a suggestion has...
CONCLUDING EXHORTATIONS EXPOSITION As in St. Paul's Epistles, practical directions as to conduct conclude the treatise, such as the readers may be supposed to have especially needed. They are urged t...
Chapter 13, closing out the book. Let brotherly love continue. Don't forget to entertain strangers: for some have entertained angels without knowing it (Hebrews 13:1-2). Interesting. I believe it. I...
Hebrews 1:12; Isaiah 41:4; Isaiah 44:6; James 1:17; John 8:56;...
Jesus Christ the same [ι η σ ο υ ς χ ρ ι σ τ ο ς ο α υ τ ο ς]. The A. V. is slipshod, leaving the sentence without connection, or in apparent apposition with the end of their conversation. In translat...
These words may be understood three ways; with respect to the person of Christ to the office of Christ, and to the doctrine of Christ. 1. With respect to the person of Christ, he is eternal and immut...