Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Hebrews 12:21
And so terrible was the (i) sight, [that] Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)
(i) The shape and form which he saw, which was no counterfeit and forged shape, but a true one.
And so terrible was the (i) sight, [that] Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)
(i) The shape and form which he saw, which was no counterfeit and forged shape, but a true one.
AND SO TERRIBLE WAS THE SIGHT, THAT MOSES SAID ... - This is not recorded in the account of the giving of the Law in Exodus, and it has been made a question on what authority the apostle made this dec...
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)...
TERRIBLE. Greek. _phoberos._ See Hebrews 10:27; Hebrews 10:31. SIGHT. spectacle. Greek. _phantazo._ Only here. See Acts 25:23. MOSES. See...
_the sight_ "the splendour of the spectacle" (τὸ φανταζόμενον, here only in N.T.). The true punctuation of the verse is And so fearful was the spectacle Moses said … _I exceedingly fear and quake_ No...
ΤῸ ΦΑΝΤΑΖΌΜΕΝΟΝ. “_The splendour of the spectacle_” (here only in N. T.). The true punctuation of the verse is And—so fearful was the spectacle—Moses said … ἜΚΦΟΒΌΣ ΕἸΜΙ Κ.Τ.Λ. No such speech of Moses...
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)...
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...
_ RUN TO THE HEAVENLY JERUSALEM -- HEBREWS 12:18-22:_ The goal of the Christian is not Mount Sinai. That mountain is not our goal, even though at that mountain there was an awesome demonstration of Go...
ΦΟΒΕΡΌΣ (G5398) ужасный, страшный, ήν _impf. ind. act. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть, ΦΑΝΤΑΖΌΜΕΝΟΝ _praes. med._-i.dep.) _part. от_ ΦΑΝΤΆΖΟΜΑΙ (G5324) являться, ΕΊΠΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говори...
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...
AND SO TERRIBLE WAS THE SIGHT, &C.— "The appearance was so dreadful that Moses himself,who was happy in such unparalleled degrees of the divine favour, and accustomed to converse with God in so intima...
C. _The nature of the old covenant in contrast with that of the new. Hebrews 12:18-24_. 1. The terror of the old. Hebrews 12:18-21. _TEXT_ Hebrews 12:18-21...
THE INFERIORITY OF JUDAISM (Hebrews 12:20, Hebrews 12:21) The Divine law was, for the substance of it, originally written in the hearts of mankind by God Himself, when their federal head and father w...
And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:) THE SIGHT, [ to (G3588) fantazomenon (G5324)] - the vision of God's majesty. QUAKE, [ entromos (G1790)] - 'I am in...
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 SO TERRIBLE WAS THE SIGHT THAT.... — Better, _And_ (_so fearful was the appearance_)_ Moses said, I exceedingly fear and tremble._ Deuteronomy 9:19, as it stands in the Greek translation, contains...
(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...
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...
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 SO TERRIBLE WAS THE SIGHT,.... Of the smoke, fire, and lightnings; or of God himself, who descended on the mount; with which agrees the Arabic version, which renders the words, "and so terrible wa...
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 so terrible was the sight, _that_ Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:) Ver. 21. _Moses said, I exceedingly_] This Paul might have by tradition, or rather by revelation, unless he gathered i...
HEB. 12:21. AND SO TERRIBLE WAS THE SIGHT, (THAT) MOSES SAID, I EXCEEDINGLY FEAR AND QUAKE:) _ Blank Bible: _ vid No. 81 _Moses said]_ i.e., he wrote this of himself as he gives account in the 19...
_For they could not endure that which was commanded_ That is, either, 1st, The law itself, so strict and holy, and promulged amidst such terrors seen and heard: or, 2d, The sense is, they could not be...
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 SO TERRIBLE WAS THE SIGHT THAT MOSES SAID, I EXCEEDINGLY FEAR AND QUAKE;)...
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...
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...
It must needs be a dreadful, fearful, horrid, and astonishing apparition, and exhibition of the great Lawgiver here, that such a person as Moses, so sanctified by him, so favoured with familiarity wit...
Clement of Alexandria Exhortation to the Heathen O surpassing love for man! Not as a teacher speaking to his pupils, not as a master to his domestics, nor as God to men, but as a father, does the Lor...
Hebrews 12:21 And G2532 so G3779 terrifying G5398 was G2258 (G5713) sight G5324 (G5746) Moses G3475 said...
‘And so fearful was the appearance, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake.' But the experience was so dramatic that even Moses found it hard to bear. We tend to forget that Moses was human too...
Hebrews 12:21. AND SO TERRIBLE WAS THE SIGHT (what was made to appear) THAT MOSES shared their feeling of dread. Such was the access to God which ancient Israel possessed an access that belonged to a...
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...
FEARFUL (φοβερον). As in Hebrews 10:27; Hebrews 10:31, only in Heb. in N.T.THE APPEARANCE (το φανταζομενον). Present passive articular participle of φανταζω, old verb from φαινω, to make visible,...
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 12:18 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...
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...
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...
THAT MOSES SAID. Deuteronomy 9:19. Even Moses himself was terrified by all this!!! The comparison makes us think of Elijah (1 Kings 19:11-12)....
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 12:18 Israel’s experience at Mount Sinai (especially Exodus 19:12; Exodus 20:18;...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 12:18. MIGHT BE TOUCHED.—A figure of speech for a “material” thing. “A palpable and enkindled fire.” For the terrors accompanying the giving of the law on Sina...
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...
Daniel 10:17; Daniel 10:8; Exodus 19:16; Exodus 19:19; Isaiah 6:3;...
The sight [τ ο φ α ν τ α ζ ο μ ε ν ο ν]. N. T. o. LXX, Wisd. 6 16; Sir. 31 5. Rend. "the appearance" : that which was made to appear. I exceedingly fear and quake [ε κ φ ο β ο ς ε ι μ ι κ α ι ε ν τ ρ...
Even Moses — Though admitted to so near an intercourse with God, who "spake to him as a man speaketh to his friend." At other times he acted as a mediator between God and the people. But while the ten...