Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have. Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience. Therefore jesus also suffered and died outside the citys gate in order that he might purify and consecrate the people through the shedding of his own. To declare that our privileges by christ under the gospel exceed the privileges of the jewish church under moses, as a reason why we should make a right improvement of them. Quoted with some slight changes from the greek translation of proverbs 4. I have often heard a father say, boy, if you cry for. The bible isnt a collection of merely old stories and myths. While bruce is also helpful, lane is aware of his work, and far surpasses it in most regards. Commentary on the book of hebrews by matthew henry new. However, they also make sense on their own, and verse 12 is widely quoted by itself. The greatest gift a human being can be given is to hear this message, the gospel message, because around it our belief system is to be conformed. I have developed study notes from my reading of the book. Hebrews 4 is the fourth chapter of the epistle to the hebrews in the new testament of the christian bible.
Hebrews 4 commentary matthew henry commentary on the. Lane is quite thorough, often technical, but consistently helpful on interpreting this difficult book in light of background and setting, textual questions, and original languages since hebrews has many septuagint references, and yet lane frequently. Besides the hebrews had become dull of hearing and slothful hebrews 5. The word of god becomes an issue because it tests a persons life and sets the standards of acceptable behavior and attitudes. Easyenglish is a system of simple english designed by wycliffe associates uk. To declare that our privileges by christ under the gospel exceed the privileges of the jewish church under moses, as a reason why we should make a right improvement of them v. Chastening is his loving tool of correction and we should receive it gratefully. Im doing this wrong, and im doing that wrong, and i seem to be doing this right, or i should be more thankful ti god for this, or i need to praise god for that, or i could.
Hebrews 4 therefore, while the promise of entering his rest. Warning demonstration of the necessity for compliance with the exhortation uttered hebrews 4. The author is anonymous, although the internal reference to our brother timothy hebrews. Selfdiscipline is necessary to finish the race hebrews 12. Bible track is an online bible commentary and study site plus a bible reading plan. Hebrews with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. The son is characterized by a sevenfold description verses 1 4, which is then buttressed by citations from old testament texts verses 514. Hebrews 4 commentary matthew henry commentary on the whole. Those verses 711 also become the basis for the second warning exhortation in hebrews 3. However, doubt on pauline authorship in the roman church is reported by eusebius. Every word in scripture is fully loaded with the holy spirit so when you read the word and you think. Matthew henry 18 october 1662 22 june 1714 was an english commentator on the bible, who published his works in 1706, sixvolume exposition of the old and new testaments 17081710 or complete commentary, provides an exhaustive verse by verse study of the bible, covering the whole of the old testament, and the gospels and acts in the new testament.
Oct 11, 2009 and yet thats the image with which this lectionary reading from hebrews beginswith a disturbing image, not of a speedball, but of the word of god that slices us open for inspection. He will see whether our sin was one of weakness, whether we went down fighting with all our being, or whether we just casually gave in to a selfcentered impulse and deliberately proceeded along the course of sin james 1. What should be pointed out from the beginning is that this description of gods word echoes the authors treatment of psalm 95, with its. By these words we have not, with many fathers, oecumenius, theophylact, thomas aquinas, lyra, cajetan, clarius, justinian, cornelius a lapide, jac. Heinrich meyers critical and exegetical commentary on the new testament.
As we have seen, the recipients of this letter are strongly tempted to desert christianity and return to their former judaism. The epistle to the hebrews, or letter to the hebrews, or in the greek manuscripts, simply to the hebrews. To stress the need for diligence, we are reminded regarding the word of god he 4. Discover practical insights into the book of hebrews. Psalm 95, therefore, forms the basis for the authors comments on the word in hebrews 4. The word of god is the christians source of spiritual growth.
Im doing this wrong, and im doing that wrong, and i seem to be doing this right, or i should be more thankful ti god for this, or i need to praise god for that, or i. What does it mean that jesus is the author and perfecter of our faith hebrews 12. Depending on our motivation, gods ability to see into our heart can be either good or bad. The author then issued the first warning exhortation in hebrews 2. Verses 12 in their context form a postscript to the argument of 3. The blood itself, therefore, continues still in heaven before god, the perpetual ransom price of the eternal covenant hebrews. The writer lists several characteristics of that word. The author identified neither himself nor the people to whom he was writing.
Matthew henry 18 october 1662 22 june 1714 was an english commentator on the bible, who published his works in 1706, sixvolume exposition of the old and new testaments 17081710 or complete commentary, provides an exhaustive verse by verse study of the bible, covering the whole of the old testament, and the gospels and acts in the. What does it mean to run the race set before us hebrews 12. When chastening comes it is an offense to god when we despise it. Adversity in the life of the christian is really divine discipline, and such discipline is proof of our sonship, and of gods love and care for us hebrews 12. Ill begin teaching the book of hebrews in my sunday school class on 11062016. He should show reverence to the father by submitting to his will heb 12.
If ignoring and rebelling against the word kept the israelites out of the promised land, we must take it seriously. The matrix of thought around which firstcentury judaism and earliest christianity reflected on the old testament held the word of god to be a creative, administrating, and judging force, which at times was personified. This is the second of the five warning passages in hebrews. Youll find david jeremiahs introduction to the book of hebrews on page 17411743 of the jeremiah study bible. Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. And yet thats the image with which this lectionary reading from hebrews beginswith a disturbing image, not of a speedball, but of the word of god that slices us open for inspection. Book of hebrews matthew henrys bible commentary concise. A bible study in easyenglish 2800 word vocabulary on the book of hebrews. Understanding this spiritual nature of the bible, the writer to the hebrews could confidently write this. The book of hebrews begins with the declaration that while god has spoken in various ways through the old testament prophets, he has now spoken fully and finally in his son hebrews 1. This is why the author reminds them several times of their faith and devotion to god which they had shown in the beginning hebrews 6. Tissot, james jacques joseph french artist, 18361902, moses sees the promised land from afar 18961900, watercolor.
The son is characterized by a sevenfold description verses 14, which is then buttressed by citations from old testament texts verses 514. Finally, we must now be diligent lest we give way to unbelief. We can learn a great deal about why patience is so vital by comparing the process we are going through to an artist sculpting a work from a piece of marble. This is a chronologicallyordered bible site with commentary on each passage. This is the frontburner issue for the book of hebrews. Chip by chip over a period of time, an artist uses hammer and chisel to shape a conception from a raw slab of. Chip by chip over a period of time, an artist uses hammer and chisel to shape a conception from a raw slab of rock until the finished figure is reveal.
Sharper than any doubleedged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. That word which provided the example of the israelites disobedience b. However, the content of the book, including the frequent references to the hebrew scriptures, makes it clear that he was writing to jewish christians who were sorely tempted to leave the christian church and revert to jewish. The less prominent place of the fall in the greek favors this. Study hebrews using matthew henrys bible commentary concise to better understand scripture with full outline and verse meaning. This was followed by a certain spiritual decline hebrews 5. This is the training we need to run the race we must run with endurance hebrews 12.
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