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Verse Hebrews 12:12. _WHEREFORE LIFT UP THE HANDS_] The apostle
refers to Isaiah 35:3. The words are an address to persons almost worn
out with sickness and fatigue, whose hands hang down, whose knee...
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WHEREFORE - In view of the facts which have been now stated - that
afflictions are sent from God, and are evidences of his paternal
watchfulness.
LIFT UP THE HANDS WHICH HANG DOWN - As if from wearine...
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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 ...
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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...
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So, then, lift up the slack hands. Strengthen the weak knees. And make
straight the paths of your feet so that the bones of the lame may not
be completely dislocated but rather may be cured. Make peac...
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THE RACE AND THE GOAL (Hebrews 12:1-2)...
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LIFT UP. Greek. _anorthoo._ See Luke 13:13. Elsewhere Acts 15:16.
HANG DOWN. Greek. _pariemai._ Only here.
FEEBLE. palsied. Greek. _paraluomai._ See Luke 5:18....
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_Wherefore_ The poetic style, and even the metrical form of diction in
these two verses (of which Hebrews 12:13 contains a complete
hexameter,
καὶ τροχιὰς ὀρθὰς ποιήσατε τοῖς
ποσὶν ὑμῶν
and half an...
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CH. 12. An exhortation to faithful endurance (1–3) and a reminder
that our earthly sufferings are due to the fatherly chastisement of
God (4–13). The need of earnest watchfulness (14–17). Magnificent...
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FATHERLY CHASTISEMENTS SHOULD BE CHEERFULLY ENDURED...
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ΔΙΌ. The poetic style, and even the metrical form of diction, in
these two verses (of which Hebrews 12:13 contains a complete
hexameter,
καὶ τροχιὰς ὀρθὰς ποιήσατε τοῖς
ποσὶν ὑμῶν
and half an iambic...
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_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...
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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...
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WHEREFORE, LIFT UP THE HANDS, &C.— It is certain that these are
likewise Agonistic phrases: Dr. Heylin renders the verse, _Invigorate
then your hands which are remiss, and your knees which are feeble....
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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,
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A CALL TO STEADFASTNESS
(Hebrews 12:12, Hebrews 12:13)
The didactic (teaching) portions of Scripture are very much more than
abstract statements of truth: they are designed not only for the
instructi...
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Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
He addresses them as runners, pugilists, warriors (Chrysostom).
WHEREFORE - resumed from Hebrews 12:1.
LIFT UP, [ anorthoosate...
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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...
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12:12 knees; (n-12) See Isaiah 35:3 ....
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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,...
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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...
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WHEREFORE. — As in Hebrews 10:24, the writer passes from the thought
of personal risk and duty, to speak (in Hebrews 12:12) of that which
is binding on all members of a community. “Wherefore” — since...
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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...
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The Hebrews are reminded that their sufferings are tokens of God's
fatherly love and care....
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διὸ τὰς παρειμένας … “Wherefore” introducing
the immediate application of this encouraging view of trials, “lift
up” to renew the conflict, “the nerveless hands” fallen to your
side and “the paralysed...
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ENDURE CHASTENING; SEEK HOLINESS
Hebrews 12:9
If we are God's children, we will not look on suffering as a
punishment. Chastening it may be, but not the penalty of sin. It is
administered by our Fath...
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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...
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AN EXHORTATION TO CONTINUE TO THE END OF THE RACE
The writer urged the Hebrews to take strength from knowing God loved
them and continue the race. To aid in this, he encouraged them to
choose as strai...
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(8) Wherefore lift up the hands which (d) hang down, and the feeble
knees;
(8) The conclusion: we must go forward courageously and keep always a
right course and (as far forth as we may) without any...
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_Wherefore life up the [4] hands, &c. Be fervent in piety, walk firmly
in the way of virtue, make straight [5] steps, without declining to
one side or the other, without halting or going astray, and s...
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(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...
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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...
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12._Wherefore, lift up, etc. _After having taught us that God regards
our salvation when he chastises us, he then exhorts us to exert
ourselves vigorously; for nothing will more weaken us and more ful...
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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...
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Ver. 12 WHEREFORE LIFT UP THE HANDS WHICH HANG DOWN,.... These words
may be considered as spoken to the Hebrews, with respect to
themselves; accordingly, the Syriac version reads, "your hands", and
"y...
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In these verses an entrance is made into the second part of the
chapter, which is designed unto the application of the doctrine
concerning sufferings, afflictions, and chastisements, before insisted
o...
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Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
Ver. 12. _Lift up the hands_] Pluck up your good hearts, and buckle
close to your business; how else will you run the race that is s...
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HEB. 12:11-13. NOW NO CHASTENING FOR THE PRESENT SEEMETH TO BE JOYOUS,
BUT GRIEVOUS: NEVERTHELESS, AFTERWARD IT YIELDETH THE PEACEABLE FRUIT
OF RIGHTEOUSNESS UNTO THEM WHICH ARE EXERCISED THEREBY. WHE...
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_Wherefore_ Since afflictions are so beneficial; _lift up the hands_
Whether your own or your brethren's; _which hang down_ Unable to
continue the combat; shake off discouragement, sloth, and indolenc...
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LIFT UP; encourage and animate the desponding. Isaiah 35:3-4....
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WHEREFORE LIFT UP THE HANDS WHICH HANG DOWN, AND THE FEEBLE KNEES,...
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The object of God's chastening:...
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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...
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12-17 A burden of affliction is apt to make the Christian's hands
hang down, and his knees grow feeble, to dispirit him and discourage
him; but against this he must strive, that he may better run his...
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OLBGrk;
This introduceth the use of the doctrine of God's chastening
providences, stated before. WHEREFORE concludes the rationality and
necessity of the duty subjoined, as consequent from the truth a...
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Hebrews 12:12 Therefore G1352 strengthen G461 (G5657) hands G5495 down
G3935 (G5772) and G2532 feeble G3886 ...
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‘Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the palsied knees,
and make straight paths for your feet, that that which is lame be not
turned out of the way (or ‘put out of joint'), but rather be
h...
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Hebrews 12:12-17. Further exhortations. Hebrews 12:12. WHEREFORE
(connecting the practical appeals, as is usual in this Epistle, with
the reasoning and imagery of the previous verses) LIFT UP (make
st...
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WHEREFORE
(διο). Because of the chastening.LIFT UP
(ανορθωσατε). First aorist active imperative of
ανορθοω, old compound (from ανα, ορθος) to make
straight, in N.T. here and Luke 13:13; Acts 15:1...
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Hebrews 12:12
Religious Cowardice..
The encouragement which we derive from St. Mark's history is, that the
feeblest among us may, through God's grace, become strong; and the
warning to be drawn from...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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LIFT UP YOUR LIMP HANDS. "Push ahead with all your strength!" Compare
Job 4:1-6....
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_Lift up the hands which hang down_
CHRISTIAN COMPASSION:
The words of the text are taken from Isaiah 35:3, and are addressed to
the believing Hebrews as an admonition to comfort and encourage one
a...
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HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 12:12 Using poetic language (perhaps drawn
from Isaiah and Proverbs 1:1) the author encourages his readers to
endure in the race they are running (see v....
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
Hebrews 12:9. FATHER OF SPIRITS.—See Numbers 16:22; Numbers 27:16;
Zechariah 12:1. “The Creator of
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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...
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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...
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1 Thessalonians 5:14; Daniel 5:6; Ezekiel 21:7; Ezekiel 7:17; Heb
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Wherefore [δ ι ο]. Because chastening is thus necessary, and serves
for wholesome discipline, and issues in holiness..
Lift up [α ν ο ρ θ ω σ α τ ε]. Found in Luke 13:13; Acts
14:16 [χ ι τ ν]. Occasio...
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Wherefore lift up the hands — Whether your own or your brethren's.
That hang down — Unable to continue the combat. And the feeble knees
— Unable to continue the race. Isaiah 35:3....
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As if our apostle had said, "Seeing so glorious fruits spring from
sanctified afflictions be not dejected in mind, nor suffer fear to
seize upon you, which weakens the hands, and enfeebles the knees,...