Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Hebrews 12:24
To Jesus] whose mediating has assured all these privileges.
Speaketh better things] Abel's blood cried for vengeance (see on Hebrews 11:4); that of Jesus appeals to God for pardon and reconciliation.
To Jesus] whose mediating has assured all these privileges.
Speaketh better things] Abel's blood cried for vengeance (see on Hebrews 11:4); that of Jesus appeals to God for pardon and reconciliation.
Verse 24. _AND TO JESUS THE MEDIATOR OF THE NEW COVENANT_] The old covenant and its mediator, Moses, are passed away. See Hebrews 8:13. The new covenant, i.e. the Gospel, is now in force, and will be...
AND TO JESUS THE MEDIATOR OF THE NEW COVENANT - This was the crowning excellence of the new dispensation in contradistinction from the old. They had been made acquainted with the true Messiah; they we...
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 ...
The theme of the epistle has been the contrast of the old and the new covenants, and this contrast is now summed up in a splendid closing passage. The first covenant was established on a mount that mi...
It is not to something that can be touched that you have come, to a flaming fire, to mist and gloom and stormblast, and to the blare of a trumpet, and to a voice which spoke such words that those who...
THE RACE AND THE GOAL (Hebrews 12:1-2)...
MEDIATOR. Greek. _mesites._ See Hebrews 9:15. THE. a. COVENANT. See Matthew 26:28. BLOOD OF SPRINKLING (Greek. _rhantismos)_. The phrase only here and 1 Peter 1:2 (sprinkling of blood).
_the mediator of the new covenant_ Rather, "Mediator of a New Covenant." The word for "new" is here νέας ("new in time"), not καινῆς ("fresh in quality"), implying not only that it is "fresh" or "rece...
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...
THE MERCY AND SUBLIMITY OF THE NEW COVENANT AS CONTRASTED WITH THE OLD (18–24) ENHANCE THE GUILT AND PERIL OF THE BACKSLIDER (25–29)...
ΔΙΑΘΉΚΗΣ ΝΈΑΣ ΜΕΣΊΤΗΙ. “_Mediator of a New Covenant_.” The word for “new” is here νέας (“new in time”), not καινῆς (“fresh in quality”), implying not only that it is “fresh” or “recent,” but also youn...
_RUN TILL THE RACE IS OVER -- HEBREWS 12:23-29:_ The great motivation to run is that we are: (a) A part of the general assembly, (b) Members of the church of the firstborn, (c) Part of an immovable ki...
ΜΕΣΊΤΗΣ (G3316) посредник, ΡΑΝΤΙΣΜΌΣ (G4473) окропление, ΚΡΕΪ́ΤΤΟΝ (G2909) лучше (_см._ Hebrews 9:23). ΛΑΛΟΫ́ΝΤΙ _praes. act. part. от_ ΛΑΛΈΩ (G2980) говорить, ΠΑΡΆ ...
DISCOURSE: 2340 ABEL’S SACRIFICE AND CHRIST’S COMPARED Hebrews 12:22; Hebrews 12:24. _Ye are come ……to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel_. AS the Christian dispen...
DISCOURSE: 2339 THE TRANSCENDENT EXCELLENCE OF THE CHRISTIAN DISPENSATION Hebrews 12:18. Ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkne...
TO THE BLOOD OF SPRINKLING,— We who have joined ourselves to Christ, have engaged ourselves to adhere to the blood of Christ, offered by him, either as our High-priest in heaven, or as ratifying the c...
_The mercy of the new. Hebrews 12:22-24_. _TEXT_ Hebrews 12:22-24 Hebrews 12:22 but ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to
THE SUPERIORITY OF CHRISTIANITY (Hebrews 12:22-24) "But ye are come unto" etc. (verse 22). These words do not, in fact cannot, mean, that in some mystical sense believers are "in spirit" projected in...
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. NEW - not the usual [ kainee (G2537)]: the Christian covenant (Hebrews...
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...
12:24 new (c-7) _ Neos_ ; not the usual word for new covenant, which is _ kainos_ . _ Neos_ is 'new' in the sense of fresh, youthful. _ Kainos_ is new as wholly different. 'The new ( _ kainos_ ) man,...
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...
(18-29) The exhortation to faithfulness is most impressively enforced by means of a comparison between the earlier revelation and that which is given in Christ. THE MOUNT THAT MIGHT BE TOUCHED. — It a...
(22-24) “What it was to which Israel in the time of the Old Covenant drew nigh, we have now heard. Their drawing nigh was at the same time a standing afar off; the mount of the revelation might not be...
AND TO JESUS THE MEDIATOR OF THE NEW COVENANT. — Rather, _a new covenant._ There is another change in the Greek which it is not easy to-express. In all other places in which we read of the New Covenan...
CHAPTER XV. MOUNT ZION. "For ye are not come unto a mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of...
In this paragraph we have the climax of the Epistle. Its doctrine and its exhortation alike culminate here. The great aim of the writer has been to persuade the Hebrews to hearken to the word spoken b...
HEARKEN TO GOD'S LATEST WORD Hebrews 12:18 Sinai rocked with earthquake and burned with fire. None might touch it without incurring the death penalty. How much better our Christian heritage! Not a lo...
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...
BETTER ACCESS TO GOD THAN WAS AT SINAI So, a careful watch should be kept to avoid the kind of attitude that would cause one to give up his birthright. This is especially true since we labor under a n...
(18) For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, (19) And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which...
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...
_OUR PLACE_ ‘But ye are come unto Mount Sion, and … to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. See that ye refuse not hi...
24._And to Jesus the Mediator, etc. _He adds this in the last place, because it is he alone through whom the Father is reconciled to us, and who renders his face serene and lovely to us, so that we ma...
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...
AND TO JESUS, THE MEDIATOR OF THE NEW COVENANT,.... Of the new covenant, and, of Christ's being the Mediator of it, Hebrews 8:6. Hebrews 8:8. Coming to Christ is by faith; and is different from a co...
The discourse from hence unto the end of the chapter is of great weight, and accompanied with sundry difficulties, of which expositors do scarcely so much as take notice. Hence many different interpre...
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than _that of_ Abel. Ver. 24. _That speaketh better things_] Every drop whereof had a tongue...
HEB. 12:24. AND TO JESUS THE MEDIATOR OF THE NEW COVENANT, AND TO THE BLOOD OF SPRINKLING, THAT SPEAKETH BETTER THINGS THAN (THAT) OF ABEL. _ Blank Bible: _ "24+] vid last vol.p.p.10**" A _Miscella...
_To the general assembly_ To the Christian Church, consisting of the whole number of true believers spread over all the world. The word πανηγυρις, here used, properly signifies a stated convention, up...
THE BLOOD OF SPRINKLING; which cleanses our consciences from the guilt and defilement of sin, and thus speaks peace to them. Chap Hebrews 9:14; Hebrews 10:22; 1 PETER 1:2. THAT OF ABEL; which called t...
Now follows an exhortation which contains, first, and encouragement drawn from the gracious character of the Christian dispensation, as contrasted with the severity of the Mosaic law; secondly, a warn...
The covenant of fear contrasted with that of grace:...
AND TO JESUS, THE MEDIATOR OF THE NEW COVENANT, AND TO THE BLOOD OF SPRINKLING, THAT SPEAKETH BETTER THINGS THAN THAT OF ABEL. Here is another reason for the entire appeal and warning as contained in...
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...
COVENANT: Or, Testament...
18-29 Mount Sinai, on which the Jewish church state was formed, was a mount such as might be touched, though forbidden to be so, a place that could be felt; so the Mosaic dispensation was much in out...
AND TO JESUS THE MEDIATOR OF THE NEW COVENANT: the Mediator of the Sion covenant is better than the mediator at Sinai, and more able to promote the holiness required by it. Believers have not now acce...
Tertullian On the Veiling of Virgins What, then, is the Paraclete's administrative office but this: the direction of discipline, the revelation of the Scriptures, the reformation of the intellect, th...
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‘But you are come to mount Zion, And to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, And to innumerable hosts (or ‘large numbers, myriads, thousands upon thousands') of angels in a festal gat...
Hebrews 12:22-24. Seven things, Bengel notes, show the inferiority of the condition of Israel under the Law, and seven things show the superiority of the true Israel under the Gospel. Our gathering-pl...
Hebrews 12:18-29. All these warnings become the more impressive from the fact that our economy is one of much greater privilege than the previous, and that it is the last revelation which God will giv...
TO JESUS (Ιησου). This great fact is not to be overlooked (Philippians 2:10). He is there as Lord and Saviour and still "Jesus."THE MEDIATOR OF A NEW COVENANT (διαθηκης νεας μεσιτη). As already sh...
Hebrews 12:18 The Blessedness of the Christian Life. A Christian Jew is writing to Christian Jews, who stand in some danger of falling back to the religion they had abandoned. This writer is here, as...
Hebrews 12:18 Mount Sinai and Mount Zion. In this passage are mentioned seven great and solemn heavenly realities. I. Mount Zion. Mount Sinai represents the law. It manifests the majesty of God abov...
Hebrews 12:24 The Messenger of the Covenant and its Seal. I. God's revelation to us is in the form of a covenant. The promises of the covenant are, full forgiveness as the foundation of all, and buil...
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...
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...
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...
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...
YOU HAVE COME TO JESUS, rather than to Moses. WHO ARRANGED. By his death (Hebrews 9:15-17). TO THE SPRINKLED BLOOD. See notes on Hebrews 9:5; Hebrews 9:13. THAN ABEL'S BLOOD. His blood called for reve...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 12:24 MEDIATOR. See note on 9:15. SPRINKLED BLOOD. See Hebrews 9:11,...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 12:22. MOUNT SION.—The spiritual or heavenly mount. Not Jerusalem, but what is represented by Jerusalem. “The mountain and city of a living God.” INNUMERABLE C...
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...
1 Peter 1:2; 1 Timothy 2:5; Exodus 24:8; Genesis 4:10; Hebrews 10:22;...
To Jesus, the mediator — Through whom they had been perfected. And to the blood of sprinkling — To all the virtue of his precious blood shed for you, whereby ye are sprinkled from an evil conscience....