Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Hebrews 5:12
Ye have need that one teach you again which are the first principles of religion. Accordingly these are enumerated in Hebrews 6:1. And have need of milk — The first and plainest doctrines.
Ye have need that one teach you again which are the first principles of religion. Accordingly these are enumerated in Hebrews 6:1. And have need of milk — The first and plainest doctrines.
HEBREWS 5:12 tina, {C} The Textus Receptus reads the interrogative ti,na (hence AV renders, “ye have need that one teach you again which @ti,na# be the first principles of the oracles of God”), with...
Verse Hebrews 5:12. _FOR WHEN FOR THE TIME_] They had heard the Gospel for _many years_, and had professed to be Christians for a _long time_; on these accounts they might reasonably have been expecte...
FOR WHEN FOR THE TIME - Considering the time which has elapsed since you were converted. You have been Christians long enough to he expected to understand such doctrines. This verse proves that those...
CHAPTER 5 _ 1. What the High Priest is and represents (Hebrews 5:1)_ 2. The fulfillment in Christ made High Priest (Hebrews 5:5) 3. The spiritual condition of the Hebrew-Christians (Hebrews 5:11)...
The story which has been laid upon me to tell you about this matter is a long story, difficult to tell and difficult to grasp, for your ears have become dull. For, indeed, at a stage when you ought to...
AT HOME WITH MAN AND GOD (Hebrews 5:1-10)...
FOR. by reason of. Greek. _dia_. App-104.Hebrews 5:2. ONE. App-123. FIRST PRINCIPLES. rudiments (Greek. _stoicheion._ See Galatians 1:4; Galatians 1:3) of the beginning (Greek. _arche._ App-172.)
_For when for the time ye ought to be teachers_ That is, "though you ought, by this time, to be teachers, considering how long a time has elapsed since your conversion." The passage is important as be...
ΔΙᾺ ΤῸΝ ΧΡΌΝΟΝ. “_On account of the time_,” comp. Hebrews 2:9. Scholz wrongly rendered it “after so long a time.” “Though you ought, by this time, to be teachers, considering how long a time has elaps...
COMPLAINT THAT HIS READERS WERE SO SLOW IN THEIR SPIRITUAL PROGRESS...
CH. 5. TWO QUALIFICATIONS FOR HIGH PRIESTHOOD: (1) CAPACITY FOR SYMPATHY (1–3); (2) A SPECIAL CALL (4–10). SPIRITUAL DULNESS OF THE HEBREWS (11–14)...
_THE PRIESTHOOD OF CHRIST WAS UNAPPRECIATED -- HEBREWS 5:11-14:_ The Hebrew writer had many "things to say" concerning Christ and Melchizedek. Sadly the Christians were "dull of hearing" and could not...
ΌΦΕΊΛΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΌΦΕΊΛΩ (G3784) быть обязанным, надо. Уступительное _part._, "хотя вы обязаны" ΕΊΝΑΙ _praes. act. inf. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть. Инфинитив как дополнение к предшествующе...
DISCOURSE: 2288 THE SLOW PROGRESS OF MANY REPROVED Hebrews 5:11. We have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye ha...
FOR WHEN FOR THE TIME, &C.— The doctrines of Christ had been so long taught among the Jews, that they could not but understand the scriptures of the prophets, unless they were extremely obstinate, or...
II. _Necessity of growth in knowledge in order to realize the hope of the priesthood. Hebrews 5:11 to Hebrews 6:20_. A. Difficulty of explaining the priesthood because of the low stage of the knowle...
CHRIST SUPERIOR TO AARON. (Hebrews 5:11-14) At the close of our last article we pointed out that the 10th verse of Hebrews 5 forms the juncture of the two divisions of that chapter. In the first sect...
For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong m...
1 The chief priest in Israel was able to sympathize with the human frailties of the people because he himself had the same, and sinned, like the rest. But Christ's sufferings, unspeakably more trying...
HUMAN BROTHERHOOD AND DIVINE APPOINTMENT The High Priesthood of Christ. The argument now resolves itself into a discussion of Christ's priesthood in comparison with the Levitical priesthood, which is...
FOR THE TIME] i.e. considering the length of time they had been Christians: cp. Hebrews 10:32 ORACLES OF GOD] not, as commonly, the revelation contained in the OT., but the doctrines of the Christian...
HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN? HEBREWS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 5 RULES FOR THE CHIEF PRIEST 5:1-4 V1 All chief priests are *human. They act as agents between other *humans and God. The chief priest ha...
FOR THE TIME. — Taking into account the time that had elapsed since they became Christians. YE HAVE NEED. — Literally, _ye have need that some one teach you again the rudiments of the beginning of the...
CHAPTER V. THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF RENEWAL. "Of Whom we have many things to say, and hard of interpretation, seeing ye are become dull of hearing. For when by reason of the time ye ought to be teachers,...
καὶ γὰρ ὀφείλοντες.… “For indeed, though in consideration of the time [since you received Christ] ye ought to be teachers, ye have need again that some one teach you the rudiments of the beginning [th...
Complaint of their sluggishness of mind....
“PRESS ON UNTO FULL GROWTH” Hebrews 5:11; Hebrews 6:1 The teacher has to suit his pace to his scholars. How much we miss because we are such inapt pupils! Milk is food which has passed through anothe...
The writer proceeded with the same argument as he instituted a contrast. The two essential qualifications of a priest are capacity for sympathy, and the vocation of God. These are perfectly fulfilled...
THE FAILURE OF THE HEBREW CHRISTIANS TO GROW SPIRITUALLY The subject of Christ's priesthood is one so complex it is difficult to write about. A difficulty which was complicated by the dullness of the...
(7) For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which [be] the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of str...
(9) And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; (10) Called of God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek. (11) Of whom we have many things to...
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,...
12._For when for the time ye ought, etc. _This reproof contains in it very sharp goads to rouse the Jews from their sloth. He says that it was unreasonable and disgraceful that they should still conti...
The epistle then develops the priesthood of the Lord Jesus, comparing it with that of Aaron; but, as we shall see, with a view to bring out the difference rather than the resemblance between them, alt...
FOR WHEN FOR THE TIME YE OUGHT TO BE TEACHERS,.... These Hebrews had had great advantages; they were not only descended from Abraham, and had the law of Moses, and the writings of the Old Testament, b...
The three ensuing verses, as they all treat of the same matter with that foregoing, so they have all the same design in themselves, and cannot be severed in their exposition. The reasons of the reproo...
For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which _be_ the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong...
HEB. 5:12. FOR WHEN FOR THE TIME YE OUGHT TO BE TEACHERS, YE HAVE NEED THAT ONE TEACH YOU AGAIN WHICH (BE) THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF THE ORACLES OF GOD; AND ARE BECOME SUCH AS HAVE NEED OF MILK, AND NOT...
_Of whom_, &c. The apostle here begins an important digression, wherein he reproves, admonishes, and exhorts the believing Hebrews; _we_ Apostles and other ministers of the word; _have many things to...
THE TIME; the length of time since they were converted. MILK; the simplest truths....
FOR WHEN FOR THE TIME YE OUGHT TO BE TEACHERS, YE HAVE NEED THAT ONE TEACH YOU AGAIN WHICH BE THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF THE ORACLES OF GOD, AND ARE BECOME SUCH AS HAVE NEED OF MILK AND NOT OF STRONG MEA...
A REPROOF OF SPIRITUAL IGNORANCE....
"For every High Priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins." The apostle of course refers to the priesthood of Aa...
11-14 Dull hearers make the preaching of the gospel difficult, and even those who have some faith may be dull hearers, and slow to believe. Much is looked for from those to whom much is given. To be...
OLBGrk; FOR WHEN FOR THE TIME YE OUGHT TO BE TEACHERS: the conviction of this fault in their understanding and will, is by the Spirit demonstrated; for their dulness proceeded from their neglect of Go...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book V But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, who by reason of use have their senses exercised so as to distinguish between good and evil. Wherefore, leav...
Hebrews 5:12 For G2532 G1063 though G1223 time G5550 ought G3784 (G5723) be G1511 (G5750) teachers...
CHAP. Hebrews 5:11 to Hebrews 6:20. The writer, knowing how unprepared his readers were to admit that the Aaronic priesthood was inferior to that of Melchisedec and to that of Christ (who was the anti...
TEACHERS (διδασκαλο). Predicate nominative after εινα.BY REASON OF THE TIME (δια τον χρονον). Alas, what a commentary on modern Christians.THAT SOME ONE TEACH YOU THE RUDIMENTS (του διδασκειν υμ...
Hebrews 5:11-6 Growth in Grace and Knowledge. I. The comparison between a newly-converted man and a babe is, like all comparisons, imperfect. For, in one sense, a Christian is born by the Holy Ghost...
Hebrews 5:1. _For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:_ Notice that the high priests were take...
Hebrews 5:1. For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins: who can have compassion on the ignorant,...
Hebrews 5:1. _For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:_ The high priest of old was «taken from...
CONTENTS: Christ, our Great High Priest after the order of Melchisedec. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Aaron, Melchisedec. CONCLUSION: God was pleased to take One from among men, His only begotten Son, who...
Hebrews 5:1. _Every highpriest taken from among men is ordained for men._ He is to officiate in all the hallowed services of the sanctuary, to offer the mincha, or oblations and gifts of thanksgiving,...
THERE HAS BEEN ENOUGH TIME. "Enough time has passed since you became Christians, that you should have matured to the extent you could teach others. Yet here you are, needing someone to teach you the A...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 5:11 The author interrupts his discussion of Jesus as high priest to challenge his readers to grow in their faith. He rebukes them for their lack of maturity (Hebrews 5:11), li
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 5:12 BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE ORACLES OF GOD. The most basic truths about God. MILK vs. SOLID FOOD shows the readers’ immaturity in the faith....
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 5:11. HARD TO BE UTTERED.—R.V. “hard of interpretation.” But the difficulty was mainly due to the spiritual incapacity of those to whom the epistle was written...
EXPOSITION THE PRIESTHOOD OF CHRIST. The purpose of the first part of this chapter (Hebrews 5:1) is to corroborate the position arrived at in the conclusion of Hebrews 4:1., viz. that we _have _in Ch...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Hebrews 5 At the end of chapter 4, the author of Hebrews introduced the idea of Jesus being our great High Priest. "Seeing then that we have a great high priest, tha...
1 Corinthians 14:19; 1 Corinthians 3:1; 1 Peter 2:2; 1 Peter 4:11;...
When for the time ye ought to be teachers [ο φ ε ι λ ο ν τ ε ς ε ι ν α ι δ ι δ α σ κ α λ ο ι δ ι α τ ο ν χ ρ ο ν ο ν]. Rend. for when ye ought to be teachers by reason of the time. A. V. entirely obsc...
As if the apostle had said, "When, for the time that you have professed the Christian faith, you ought to have been able to be teachers of it to others, you had need yourselves to be instructed in the...