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Verse Hebrews 12:13. _MAKE STRAIGHT PATHS FOR YOUR FEET_] That is,
Take the straight path that is before you, do not go in crooked or
rough ways, where are stones, briers, and thorns, by which you wi...
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AND MAKE STRAIGHT PATHS FOR YOUR FEET - Margin, “even.” The word
used here means properly straight, in the sense of upright, erect;
Acts 14:10; but it is used here in the sense of straight horizontall...
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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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STRAIGHT. Greek. _orthos._ Only here and Acts 14:10.
PATHS. Greek. _trochia._ Only here.
BE TURNED OUT OF THE WAY. Greek. _ektrepomai._ See 1 Timothy 1:6.
HEALED. Greek. _iaomai._ See Luke
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_lest that which is lame be turned out of the way_ Lit. "that the lame
(i.e. lameness) may not be quite out of joint, but may rather be
cured." The verb ἐκτραπῇ _may_mean "be turned out of the
way," a...
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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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ἘΚΤΡΑΠΗ͂Ι. Lit., “_that the lame_ (i.e. lameness) _may not
be quite out of joint, but may rather be cured_.” The verb
ἐκτραπῆ _may_ mean “be turned out of the way,” as in 1
Timothy 1:6; 1 Timothy 5:15...
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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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AND MAKE STRAIGHT PATHS, &C.— Dr. Heylin paraphrases the verse thus:
_Make even paths for your feet, that the lame ancle may not be
sprained, but on the contrary recover strength;_ that is, says he,
...
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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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And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be
turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
From Proverbs 4:26, Septuagint, 'Mike straight paths for thy feet;'
i:e., a str...
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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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12:13 feet, (o-7) See Proverbs 4:26 ....
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STRAIGHT PATHS] better, 'even' or 'smooth paths,' containing no
stumblingblocks that may injure the lame. The strong are to encourage
the weak. TURNED OUT OF THE WAY] RM 'put out of joint.' The refere...
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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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AND MAKE STRAIGHT PATHS. — Quoted with some slight changes from the
Greek translation of Proverbs 4:26, “ponder” (or, more probably,
_make even_)_ “_the path of thy feet.”
BE TURNED OUT OF THE WAY. —...
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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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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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And make (e) straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be
turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
(e) Keep a right course, and so, that you show examples of good life
for othe...
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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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13._And make straight paths, etc. _He has been hitherto teaching us to
lean on God’s consolations, so that we may be bold and strenuous in
doing what is right, as his help is our only support; he now...
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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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AND MAKE STRAIGHT PATHS FOR YOUR FEET,.... By "feet" are meant the
walk and conversation of the saints, both in the church, and in the
world, Song of Solomon 7:1 and there are paths made ready for the...
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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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And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be
turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
Ver. 13. _Make straight paths_] Seek not byways (those highways to
hell), leap no...
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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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MAKE STRAIGHT PATHS FOR YOUR FEET; walk in the plain way of duty, and
that not merely for your own sake, but for the sake of feeble and
halting among your brethren; that they, by your good example, ma...
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AND MAKE STRAIGHT PATHS FOR YOUR FEET, LEST THAT WHICH IS LAME BE
TURNED OUT OF THE WAY; BUT LET IT RATHER BE HEALED.
Another consideration of the argument is here introduced: Further,
fathers of our...
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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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STRAIGHT:
Or, even...
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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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Make straight, smooth ways, such as have all stones of stumbling and
rocks of offence removed, so as themselves may be set right in
comfort, and duty, and walking; lest being lame or halting in their...
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Hebrews 12:13 and G2532 make G4160 (G5657) straight G3717 paths G5163
your G5216 feet G4228 that G3363 lame...
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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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STRAIGHT PATHS
(τροχιας ορθας). Track of a wheel (τροχος, James 3:6
from τρεχω, to run), here only in N.T. "Straight (ορθας)
wheel tracks."BE NOT TURNED OUT OF THE WAY
(ινα μη εκτραπη). Negative f...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Galatians 6:1; Isaiah 35:3; Isaiah 35:6; Isaiah 35:8; Isaiah 40:3;...
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Make straight paths for your feet [τ ρ ο χ ι α ς ο ρ θ α ς
π ο ι ε ι τ ε τ ο ι ς π ο σ ι ν υ μ ω ν]. After
the LXX of Proverbs 4:26. The corresponding Hebrew means to tear, to
cut into : hence to cut...
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And make straight paths both for your own and for their feet —
Remove every hinderance, every offence. That the lame — They who are
weak, scarce able to walk. Be not turned out of the way — Of faith
a...