Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Hebrews 6:20
The discussion is brought round to the point where it was interrupted (Hebrews 5:10) by the warning against the danger of spiritual dulness and apostasy.
The discussion is brought round to the point where it was interrupted (Hebrews 5:10) by the warning against the danger of spiritual dulness and apostasy.
Verse Hebrews 6:20. _WHITHER THE FORERUNNER_] The word προδρομος, _prodromos_, does not merely signify one that _goes_ or _runs before_ another, but also one who _shows the way, he who first does a_...
WHITHER - To which most holy place - heaven. THE FORERUNNER - The word used here occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. A “forerunner” - πρόδρομος prodromos - is one who goes before others to prep...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. Return to Judaism the crucifixion of the Son of God afresh (Hebrews 6:1)_ 2. Persuaded of better things: Comfort and hope (Hebrews 6:9) Hebrews 6:1 A solemn warning follows, addresse...
The mention of God's promise suggests the thought that it is absolutely sure, so that we may hold to it without misgiving. When God made His promise to Abraham He sealed it by an oath. Just as in huma...
When God made his promise to Abraham, since he was not able to swear by anyone greater, he swore by himself. "Certainly, he said, "I will bless you and I will multiply you." When Abraham had thus exer...
THE NECESSITY OF PROGRESS (Hebrews 6:1-3)...
THE. as. FORERUNNER. Greek. _prodromos._ Only here. JESUS. App-98. MADE. having become. AN. Omit. FOR EVER. App-151. a. AFTER. Greek. _kata_. App-104. ORDER. See Hebrews 5:6. This order is uniq...
_whither the forerunner is … entered_ Lit. "where a forerunner entered … Jesus;" or "where, as a forerunner" (or harbinger) "Jesus entered." _for us_ "on our behalf." This explains the introduction of...
ὍΠΟΥ ΠΡΌΔΡΟΜΟΣ … ΕἸΣΗ͂ΛΘΕΝ. Lit., “_where a forerunner entered … Jesus_”; or better “where, as a forerunner” (or harbinger), “Jesus entered.” I see no reason to depart from the normal force of the aor...
TO WHICH THEY ARE EXHORTED TO HOLD FAST...
AN ANCHOR FOR OUR SOUL -- HEBREWS 6:16-20 : God's promise of our heavenly hope provides an anchor for our soul. Two immutable things, God's promise and the oath of God should cause us to possess a str...
ΌΠΟΥ (G3699) где. ΠΡΌΔΡΟΜΟΣ (G4274) тот, кто бежит впереди, предтеча. Это слово в особенности использовалось для обозначения людей или войск, которые посылались вперед на разведку, или первого плода...
DISCOURSE: 2295 THE CHRISTIAN’S ANCHOR Hebrews 6:19. _Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the vail; whither the Forerunner is for...
WHICH ENTERETH INTO THAT WITHIN THE VAIL;— The apostle means, that the hope set before us, is not limited to any thing temporal or present, but reaches to heaven and heavenly things; which he compares...
_The example of Abraham. Hebrews 6:13-20_. _TEXT_ Hebrews 6:13-20 Hebrews 6:13 For when God made promise to Abraham, since He could swear by none greater, He sware by Himself,...
THE ANCHOR OF THE SOUL (Hebrews 6:16-20) In our last article we saw that the Holy Spirit through Paul exhorted the people of God to "be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patie...
Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. The absence of the Greek article requires (Alford) 'Where, AS forerunner in behalf...
11 Brotherly kindness manifested in the service of the saints is several times commended in t his epistle (Heb_10:34, Heb_13:1), and will be rewarded in accord with the promise of Mat_10:40-42. 12 "T...
6:20 ever (f-11) As ch. 5. 6. see Note b....
HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN? HEBREWS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 6 JESUS IS SUPERIOR IN PROMISES 6:1-20 GROW AS CHRISTIANS *FAITH 6:1-3 V1-2 So, let us leave behind the elementary teaching about Christ...
WHITHER THE FORERUNNER. — Rather, _Whither, as forerunner, Jesus entered for us, having become High Priest after the order of Melchizedek for ever._ The Jewish high priest entered the Holiest Place by...
CHAPTER VI. THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF FAILURE. "But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak: for God is not unrighteous to forget your wo...
The holding-ground of the anchor of hope, the real presence of God, is further described in the words ὅπου πρόδρομος ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν εἰσῆλθεν Ἰησοῦς, “whither as forerunner for us entered Jesus”. ὅποι does...
Reasons for diligently cultivating hope and exercising patience, thus becoming imitators of those who have patiently waited for the fulfilment of the promises, the reasons being that God has made the...
“THE HOPE SET BEFORE US” Hebrews 6:9 The keynote of this passage is _patient continuance_. We should seek not only faith but its accompaniments. It is not enough to manifest faith, hope and love, bu...
This chapter consists of the third appeal and warning. The appeal is that they should leave the first principles and press on to perfection. The things referred to were Jewish, and all have spiritual...
TRUST IN THE ANCHOR OF THE SOUL So, the reader could rely upon God's word since he had both the promise and an oath stating that the promise would be kept. In fact, strong consolation is the reward of...
(9) Whither the forerunner is for us entered, [even] Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. (9) He repeats David's words, in which all those comparisons that he mentioned...
(13) For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself, (14) Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. (15) And so,...
REFLECTIONS Called upon as the Church is, in this Chapter, to leave behind first principles in the awakening of the soul to the convictions of sin, and having then but slight views of Christ, let us s...
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,...
Now the Spirit will not stop at this point with Christians, but will go on to that full revelation of His glory which belongs to them that are of full age and indeed forms us for that state. We easily...
WHITHER THE FORERUNNER IS FOR US ENTERED, EVEN JESUS,.... Christ was a runner; he had a race to run, which lay in going about to heal diseases, in preaching the Gospel, in obeying the law, and in suff...
In this last part of the chapter two things are further designed by the apostle: 1. An explication of the purpose and end of God in his promise, as it was confirmed by his oath; and therewithal and...
Whither the forerunner is for us entered, _even_ Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. Ver. 20. _Whither the forerunner_] Like as the high priest once a year entered int...
Heb. 6:20 HEB. 6:20. WHITHER THE FORERUNNER IS FOR US ENTERED, (EVEN) JESUS, MADE A HIGH PRIEST FOR EVER AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHISEDEC. In "Justification by Faith Alone" Hebrews 6:20 is seen to co...
_Whither the forerunner_ Προδρομος, _a forerunner_, is one who goes before to do some service for another who is to follow: in which sense also the Latin word _ante-cursor_ is used. A forerunner uses...
THE FORERUNNER IS FOR US ENTERED; he has entered into heaven itself as our high-priest, to present his own blood before the throne as the expiation for our sins; and he has entered as our forerunner a...
The certainty of God's promises:...
WHITHER THE FORERUNNER IS FOR US ENTERED, EVEN JESUS, MADE AN HIGH PRIEST FOREVER AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK. In reminding his readers of the sureness of God's promises, the inspired author never...
Verse 1 of this chapter is not properly translated in the Authorized Version, and it should be evident that we must never leave "the principles of the doctrine of Christ." Divine principles and sound...
11-20 The hope here meant, is a sure looking for good things promised, through those promises, with love, desire, and valuing of them. Hope has its degrees, as faith also. The promise of blessedness...
WHITHER THE FORERUNNER IS FOR US ENTERED: this heaven is actually possessed for us already by a harbinger, who came at his Father's word to fit and prepare us for it, and then again returned in our na...
Hebrews 6:20 where G3699 forerunner G4274 entered G1525 (G5627) for G5228 us G2257 Jesus G2424 become G1096 ...
Hebrews 6:20. WHITHER AS FORERUNNER JESUS HAS ENTERED FOR AS, HAVING BECOME AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHISEDEC A HIGH PRIEST FOR EVER. ‘As forerunner' (not ‘the,' and not ‘a' forerunner, as if He were one...
Hebrews 6:13-20. The writer has sought to encourage the Hebrews by appealing to the Divine ‘righteousness.' He who _graciously_ made them fruitful would _righteously_ treat them according to their fru...
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...
AS A FORERUNNER (προδρομος). Old word used for a spy, a scout, only here in N.T. Jesus has shown us the way, has gone on ahead, and is the surety (εγγυος, Hebrews 7:22) and guarantor of our own entr...
Hebrews 6:20 The lessons of comfort and instruction which we are to derive from the appearance of Melchisedec to Abraham are as clear as they are important. I. The word "Melchisedec" leads our though...
Hebrews 6:4 Exhortation. I. The danger of apostasy. The Hebrews had become lukewarm, negligent and inert; the Gospel, once clearly seen and dearly loved by them, had become to them dim and vague; the...
In the previous chapter, Paul was writing to some who ought to have been teachers, but who needed still to be taught the first principles of the gospel; they were such babes in grace that they needed...
CONTENTS: Warning against mixture of law and grace. Danger of tasting the Spirit's work in grace and then going back to ceremonies. CHARACTERS: Christ, God, Holy Spirit, Abraham, Melchisedec. CONCLUS...
Hebrews 6:1. _Therefore, leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ,_ as a builder leaves the foundation to complete the superstructure, _let us go on to perfection,_ which he calls here, _telei...
JESUS HAS GONE IN. As the Jewish high priest went through the curtain into the Most Holy Place in the earthly temple, Jesus has gone into heaven itself and sits at God's right side! By doing this, he...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 6:19 The Christian’s HOPE is in the person and saving work of Christ. This hope is an ANCHOR, providing security and stability for the soul. Clearly, even though the author has...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 6:13.—The connection of thought may be thus given: “Follow the godly, I say. Take one such for an instance. Abraham. See how graciously God met his steadfast go...
EXPOSITION HEBREWS 6:1, HEBREWS 6:2 WHEREFORE (since it is so incumbent on us to advance out of the state of milk-fed infants), LEAVING THE PRINCIPLES OF THE DOCTRINE OF CHRIST, LET US PRESS ON UNTO...
Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, [that is the primaries, the word at the beginning of the gospel of Christ] let us go on to maturity; not laying again the foundation of repe...
1 John 2:12; 1 Peter 3:22; Ephesians 1:20; Ephesians 1:3; Hebrews 1:3
Whither the forerunner is for us entered [ο π ο υ π ρ ο δ ρ ο μ ο ς υ π ε ρ η μ ω ν ι ε σ η λ θ ε ν]. %Opou, strictly where, instead of opoi whither (not in N. T.), but more significant as indicating...
A forerunner uses to be less in dignity than those that are to follow him. But it is not so here; for Christ who is gone before us is infinitely superior to us. What an honour is it to believers, to h...
Observe here, The person spoken of, Christ: the subject matter spoken of him, his entering into heaven; and the quality in which he entered heaven; namely, as our forerunner. This denotes, 1. His pub...