παιδεύει. This blessedness of being “trained by God” (“Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law,” Psalms 94:12) is found in many parts of Scripture. “As many as I love, I test (ἐλέγχω) and train” (παιδεύω), Revelation 3:19; Psalms 119:75; James 1:12.
μαστιγοῖ δὲ κ.τ.λ. The writer follows the reading of the LXX., by a slight change in the vowel-points, for “even as a father to a son He is good to him.”
Verse Hebrews 12:6. _FOR WHOM THE LORD LOVETH HE CHASTENETH_] Here is the _reason_ why we should neither _neglect_ correction, nor _faint_ under it: it is a proof of the fatherly love of God Almighty,...
FOR WHOM THE LORD LOVETH HE CHASTENETH - This is also a quotation from Proverbs 3. It means that it is a universal rule that God sends trials on those whom he truly loves. It does not, of course, mean...
CHAPTER 12 _ 1. Looking away unto Jesus (Hebrews 12:1)_ 2. The Contradiction of sinners (Hebrews 12:3) 3. Chastened as sons (Hebrews 12:5) 4. Exhortations ...
With the example of Christ before them the readers are to show more constancy under their own sufferings. They are to think of Him whose life was so thwarted by wicked men, and thus nerve themselves t...
Have you forgotten the appeal, an appeal which reasons with you as sons? "My son, do not treat lightly the discipline which the Lord sends; Never lose heart when you are put to the test by him; For t...
THE RACE AND THE GOAL (Hebrews 12:1-2)...
LOVETH. Greek. _agapao._ App-135. See Revelation 3:19. CHASTENETH Greek. _paideuo._ See 1 Corinthians 11:32. SCOURGETH. Greek. _mastigoo._ See John 19:1....
_for whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth_ This blessedness of being "trained by God" ("Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest O Lord, and _teachest him_out of thy law," Psalms 94:12) is found in many...
_RUN WITH ENDURANCE -- HEBREWS 12:4-17:_ Christians must be faithful, even during the worst of suffering. Christ suffered, even unto death. His sufferings are contrasted with the sufferings of the Heb...
ΠΑΙΔΕΎΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΠΑΙΔΕΎΩ (G3811) воспитывать, наказывать. Это слово может относиться к обучению, даже с помощью ударов (ММ). О страдании от наказания, или божественной дисциплине _см._ M...
DISCOURSE: 2336 AFFLICTIONS THE FRUIT OF GOD’S LOVE Hebrews 12:4. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto child...
FOR WHOM THE LORD LOVETH, &C.— There seems to be a beautiful gradation in these words: to _receive,_ here signifies to have a particular regard for. Comp. Isaiah 42:1 in the LXX. and see Proverbs 3:11...
B. _Perils threatening the life of faith. Hebrews 12:4-17_. 1. _Failure to respond to chastening. Hebrews 12:4-13_. _TEXT_ Hebrews 12:4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood,
DIVINE CHASTISEMENT (Hebrews 12:6) The problem of suffering is a very real one in this world, and to not a few of our readers a personal and acute one. While some of us are freely supplied with comfo...
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. (Revelation 3:19) and [ de (G1161)] - 'yea, and: an additional circumstance. SCOURGETH - which draws forth "blood...
1 This cloud of "witnesses" consists of those just enumerated, who witness to the life of faith. It has no reference to any who are watching the Hebrews. A witness is one who testifies, and it is the...
THE CONTEST. ENDURANCE, HOLINESS, AND DIVINE COMMUNION PROPOSED TO THE SONS OF GOD Inspired by the example of those victorious heroes of faith who now encompass us, we ought to run our race patiently,...
HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN? HEBREWS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 12 THE RIGHT WAY TO LIVE 12:1-29 JESUS IS OUR EXAMPLE 12:1-3 V1 Like a great cloud, there are a lot of *witnesses round us. Let us then...
AND SCOURGETH. — As the words stand in our Hebrew text, the meaning is “even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.” A very slight change in one word, however, will yield the sense in which the cl...
CHAPTER XIV. CONFLICT. "Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with...
The Hebrews are reminded that their sufferings are tokens of God's fatherly love and care....
PERSISTENTLY PRESS FORWARD Hebrews 12:1 In one of Raphael's pictures the clouds, when looked at minutely, are seen to be composed of little cherub-faces; and those who have already witnessed and suff...
After this rapid survey of the past, the writer makes his great appeal. It is that we "consider Him" who is "the Author and Perfecter of faith." The final appeals of the Epistle fall into four sectio...
SUFFERING CAN BE A FORM OF DISCIPLINE There is a hint the Hebrews were slowing in their fight or race and had forgotten the exhortations of their childhood. The author quoted Proverbs 3:11-12 as an ex...
(3) For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. (4) Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. (5) And ye h...
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...
_SIN AND ITS PUNISHMENT_ ‘Whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth.’ Hebrews 12:6 Scripture tells us of God’s fatherly chastisements; and speaks of them, like human chastisements, as both deterrent and r...
_THE DIVINE DISCIPLINE OF LIFE_ ‘Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou th...
6._For whom the Lord loveth, etc. _This seems not to be a wellfounded reason; for God visits the elect as well as the reprobate indiscriminately, and his scourges manifest his wrath oftener than his...
The epistle now enters on the practical exhortations that flow from its doctrinal instruction, with reference to the dangers peculiar to the Hebrew Christians - instruction suited throughout to inspir...
FOR WHOM THE LORD LOVETH HE CHASTENETH,.... All men are not the objects of God's love, only a special people, whom he has chosen in Christ; for whom he has given his Son, when they were sinners and en...
῞Ον γὰρ ἀγαπᾷ Κύριος, παιδεύει· μαστιγοῖ δὲ πάντα υἱὸν ὅν παραδέχεται. The apostle, proceeding with the divine testimony unto his purpose recorded by Solomon, retaining the sense of the whole exactly,...
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. Ver. 6. _For whom the Lord loves_] Whom he entirely loveth and cockereth above the rest of his children. That son in...
Heb. 12:3-7. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. And ye...
_And ye have forgotten_, &c. As if he had said, If you faint it will appear you have forgotten, _the exhortation_ Wherein God speaks to you with the utmost tenderness; _as unto_ his own dear _children...
FOR WHOM THE LORD LOVETH HE CHASTENETH, AND SCOURGETH EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEIVETH....
The chastening of God to assist us:...
How rightly now Chapter 12 admonishes the saints of God to act by faith; for where faith is in godly exer\-cise, every honorable and true responsibility will be willingly assumed, with the confidence...
1-11 The persevering obedience of faith in Christ, was the race set before the Hebrews, wherein they must either win the crown of glory, or have everlasting misery for their portion; and it is set be...
FOR WHOM THE LORD LOVETH HE CHASTENETH: _for_ showeth this to be a suasory reason against fainting under God's rebukes, and enforcing the foregoing duty: sheet whomsoever, son or daughter, every child...
1 Clement "For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth."[249] Origen de Principiis Book III God accordingly abandons and neglects those whom He has judged undes...
Hebrews 12:6 For G1063 whom G3739 LORD G2962 loves G25 (G5719) chastens G3811 (G5719) And G1161 scourges...
THEY ARE NOT TO FORGET THAT CHASTENING IS GOOD WHEN IT IS AT THE HAND OF A LOVING FATHER (HEBREWS 12:5). And in as far as they are called on to suffer affliction and tribulation, to experience discomf...
‘And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons, “My son, regard not lightly the chastening (moral training, discipline) of the Lord, Nor faint when you are reproved by him, for...
Hebrews 12:6. WHOM HE RECEIVETH, _i.e._ whom He takes to His heart as His son. The quotation is from the Septuagint of Proverbs 3:12. The Hebrew may be rendered as in the English version (‘even as a f...
Hebrews 12:1-11. Exhortation with encouragement and reproof, in view of all these witnesses, and of the later example of Jesus, to maintain the conflict, and to remember the love from which all discip...
SCOURGETH (μαστιγο). Present active indicative of μαστιγοω, old verb from μαστιξ (whip). This is a hard lesson for God's children to learn and to understand. See Hebrews 5:7 about Jesus....
LORD Jehovah. (Proverbs 3:12)....
Hebrews 12:3 I. Chastisement is sent by fatherly love. There, where we are most sensitive, God touches us. The thorn in the flesh is something which we fancy we cannot bear if it were to be lifelong....
L, 2. _Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race...
Hebrews 12:1. _Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us,_ Or «entangle us.» Hebrews 1...
May the Spirit of God graciously instruct us while we read this chapter! You know that, in the eleventh chapter, the apostle has pictured the ancient worshipers and their victories. Imagine that you...
Hebrews 12:1. Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience th...
The apostle, having deserted the heroes of the faith, represents them as witnesses of the great race which Christians in all ages have to run. All through the chapter he keeps up the idea of the great...
After giving a long list of the heroes of faith, the apostle adds: Hebrews 12:1. Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and th...
CONTENTS: The Father's chastening of believers and its purpose. The difference between living under law and under grace. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Esau, Moses, Abel. CONCLUSION: Christians have a race...
Hebrews 12:1. _Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses._ Confessors and martyrs of the ancient church are here supposed to be the spectators of our course, and...
BECAUSE. "Instead of being expressions of his anger, punishments (chastisements) are proof of his love!" PUNISHES. _MacKnight_ says: "This scripture, by showing God's Providence to be just and righteo...
_Despise not thou the chastening of the Lord_ HOW TO BEAR AFFLICTIONS The proposition that ariseth from the words is this: It is the duty and best wisdom of afflicted Christians to preserve themselv...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 12:5 Verses Hebrews 12:5 cite Proverbs 3:11. Discipline
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 12:3. CONSIDER.—Place your sufferings in comparison with His. AGAINST HIMSELF.—R.V. renders “against themselves,” which is a well-supported reading. WEARIED.—R...
EXPOSITION The exhortation, begun at Hebrews 10:19, but interrupted at Hebrews 11:1. I by the chapter on faith, is now taken up again with increased force from the array of examples that have been add...
Shall we turn now to Hebrews, chapter 12. Wherefore, seeing we are also compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses (Hebrews 12:1), What this does not mean is that the Old Testament saints, wh...
2 Samuel 7:14; Deuteronomy 8:5; Hebrews 12:7; Hebrews 12:8; Isaiah 27:9
He chasteneth [π α ι δ ε υ ε ι]. See on Luke 23:16. Scourgeth [μ α σ τ ι γ ο ι]. Not very common, but found in all the four Gospels. Hebrews only here. Quite often in LXX Receiveth [π α ρ α δ ε χ ε τ...
For — All springs from love; therefore neither despise nor faint....
A reason is given in these words, why we should not faint under divine chastisements, because God chasteneth every one whom he loves. Here note, That love is antecedent unto chastening, and that chas...