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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Hebrews
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 148,417 words · 158 reading sections
Hebrews 1:1
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible. Hebrews 1:1 INTRODUCTION TO HEBREWS That this epistle was written very early appears from hence, that it was imitated by Clement of Rome, in his epistle to the Corinthians, who took whole sentences out of it; and therefore it could not be a new work, as Eusebius {a} observ…
2,084 wordsSECTION 2Hebrews 1:2
Hebrews 1:2 Ver. 2. Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son,.... This is the Gospel revelation, or the revelation in the Gospel dispensation; which though it comes from the same author the other does, yet in many things differs from it, and is preferable to it; and indeed the general design of this epistle i…
1,126 wordsSECTION 3Hebrews 1:3
Hebrews 1:3 Ver. 3. Who being the brightness of his glory,.... Or "of glory"; of God the Father, the God of glory, and who is glory itself; so called on account of his glorious nature and perfections and because of the glorious manifestations of them in his works of creation and providence, and in the various dispensa…
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Hebrews 1:4 Ver. 4. Being made so much better than the angels,.... Christ is so much better than the angels, as the Creator, than the creature; as an independent being, than a dependent one; as he that blesses, than he that is blessed; as he that is worshipped, than he that worships: as a king, than his subjects; as a…
497 wordsSECTION 5Hebrews 1:5
Hebrews 1:5 Ver. 5. For unto which of the angels said he at any time,.... That is, he never said to any of the angels what he has said to Christ; namely, what follows, thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee for though angels are called the sons of God, Job 1:6 yet are never said to be begotten by him; or, wit…
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Hebrews 1:6 Ver. 6. And again, when he bringeth the first begotten into the world;.... By "the first begotten" is meant Christ. This is a name given him in the Old Testament, and is what the Hebrews were acquainted with, and therefore the apostle uses it; it is in Ps 89:27 from whence it seems to be taken here, and wh…
529 wordsSECTION 7Hebrews 1:7
Hebrews 1:7 Ver. 7 And of the angels he saith,.... Or "to the angels", as in the following verse, "to the Son", which stands opposed to this; and the words said to them, or of them, are found in Ps 104:4 who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire: this cannot be understood of the wind and lightn…
525 wordsSECTION 8Hebrews 1:8
Hebrews 1:8 Ver. 8. But unto the Son, he saith,.... What he does not to angels, and which sets him infinitely above them; which shows him to be a Prince and King, and not a servant, or minister; and which even ascribes deity to him: thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: this, with what follows in this verse, and t…
656 wordsSECTION 9Hebrews 1:9
Hebrews 1:9 Ver. 9. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity,.... Christ loves righteous persons and righteous works, faithfulness and integrity, and a just administration of government, everything that is holy, just, and good; which has appeared in the whole course of his life on earth, in working out a righ…
589 wordsSECTION 10Hebrews 1:10
Hebrews 1:10 Ver. 10. And thou Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth,.... The person here addressed, as the Lord or Jehovah, and as the Maker of the heavens and the earth, is the same with the Son spoken to, and of, before; for the words are a continuation of the speech to him, though they are t…
1,469 wordsSECTION 11Hebrews 2:1
Hebrews 2:1 INTRODUCTION TO HEBREWS 2 In this chapter the apostle, from the superior excellency of Christ, by whom the Gospel revelation is come, discoursed of in the preceding, urges the believers he writes to, to a more diligent attention to the Gospel, and the doctrines of it; to which he adds another motive induc…
1,028 wordsSECTION 12Hebrews 2:2
Hebrews 2:2 Ver. 2. For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast,.... This is a description of the law, from whence the apostle argues to a stricter regard to the Gospel, as from the lesser to the greater: this is called "the word", and a terrible one it was; it was a voice of words, which they that heard entreated …
441 wordsSECTION 13Hebrews 2:3
Hebrews 2:3 Ver. 3. How shall we escape,.... The righteous judgment of God, and eternal punishment: if we neglect so great salvation? as the Gospel is, which is called salvation; in opposition to the law, which is the ministration of condemnation; and because it is a declaration of salvation by Christ; and is the mea…
652 wordsSECTION 14Hebrews 2:4
Hebrews 2:4 Ver. 4. God also bearing them witness,.... The apostles of Christ; God testifying to their mission and commission, and the truth of the doctrine they preached: both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles; such as taking up serpents without hurt, healing the sick, causing the lame to walk, and ra…
225 wordsSECTION 15Hebrews 2:5
Hebrews 2:5 Ver. 5. For unto the angels,.... Though angels were concerned in the giving of the law, and were frequently employed under the former dispensation, in messages to men, and in making revelations of God's mind and will to them, yet to them hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak: b…
635 wordsSECTION 16Hebrews 2:6
Hebrews 2:6 Ver. 6. But one in a certain place testified,.... That is, David, for he is the penman of the psalm, out of which the following words are taken; and though his name is not mentioned by the apostle, nor the particular place, or the psalm pointed at, as in Ac 13:33 yet this was not through ignorance of eithe…
652 wordsSECTION 17Hebrews 2:7
Hebrews 2:7 Ver. 7. Thou madest him a little lower than the angels,.... In the Hebrew text it is, "than Elohim", which some render, "than God"; but it is rightly rendered by the apostle, "than angels"; and so the Targum, Jarchi, Aben Ezra, Kimchi, and Ben Melech, interpret it. Christ was made a little lower than the a…
486 wordsSECTION 18Hebrews 2:8
Hebrews 2:8 Ver. 8. Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet,.... Good angels, men and devils, all things in heaven, earth, and sea; see 1Pe 3:22 for in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him; there is no one person or thing that is not subject to Christ; the s…
227 wordsSECTION 19Hebrews 2:9
Hebrews 2:9 Ver. 9. But we see Jesus,.... Not with bodily eyes, but with the eyes of the mind, and understanding; that he is Jesus, as the Syriac version reads; and that he is designed in the above words; and that he has all things made subject unto him; and that he was humbled, and now exalted, as follows: who was m…
710 wordsSECTION 20Hebrews 2:10
Hebrews 2:10 Ver. 10. For it became him, for whom are all things,.... This is not a periphrasis of Christ, who died, but of God the Father, who delivered him to death; and who is the final cause of all things, in nature, and in grace, all things being made for his pleasure and for his glory; and he is the efficient ca…
463 wordsSECTION 21Hebrews 2:11
Hebrews 2:11 Ver. 11. For both he that sanctifieth,.... Not himself, though this is said of him, Joh 17:19 nor his Father, though this also is true of him, Isa 8:13 but his people, the sons brought to glory, whose salvation he is the Captain of; they are sanctified in him, he being made sanctification to them; and the…
664 wordsSECTION 22Hebrews 2:12
Hebrews 2:12 Ver. 12. Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren,.... These words, with the following clause, are cited from Ps 22:22 as a proof of what the apostle had before asserted; and that this psalm is to be understood, not of the Jewish nation, or people of Israel, nor of Esther, nor of David, but of the…
416 wordsSECTION 23Hebrews 2:13
Hebrews 2:13 Ver. 13 And again, I will put my trust in him,.... These words are taken not from Isa 8:17 where, in the Septuagint version, is a like phrase; for they are not the words of the Messiah there, but of the prophet; and besides, the apostle disjoins them from the following words, which stand there, by saying,…
3,020 wordsSECTION 24Hebrews 3:1
Hebrews 3:1 INTRODUCTION TO HEBREWS 3 The apostle having discoursed, in the preceding chapters, concerning the dignity of Christ's person, and his wondrous grace in the assumption of human nature, and suffering in the room and stead of his people, exhorts the Hebrews in this to a serious consideration of him, attenti…
1,056 wordsSECTION 25Hebrews 3:2
Hebrews 3:2 Ver. 2. Who was faithful to him that appointed him,.... Or "made him"; Christ, as man, was made, but not as God; nor is the apostle speaking of the divine nature of Christ, but of his offices: wherefore this phrase designs the constitution and settlement of him in office; which may take in the eternal appo…
404 wordsSECTION 26Hebrews 3:3
Hebrews 3:3 Ver. 3. For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses,.... Moses was counted worthy of glory and honour, and had it given him, both by God and by men; by God, as appears from the work he called him to, to deliver his people Israel, to reveal his mind and will to them, and to rule and govern them…
627 wordsSECTION 27Hebrews 3:4
Hebrews 3:4 Ver. 4. For every house is built by some man,.... Or by some one; for a house does not build itself: this is true of houses properly taken, or improperly, as nations, tribes, families, and kindred, of the whole church in general, of particular congregations, and of individual believers; the greatest saints…
235 wordsSECTION 28Hebrews 3:5
Hebrews 3:5 Ver. 5. And Moses verily was faithful in all his house as a servant,.... Moses was not only a servant to the Israelites, but he was also the Lord's servant, a servant of his choosing, sending, and approving; he was a servant in holy things, and served the Lord heartily, sincerely, and ingenuously, with all…
360 wordsSECTION 29Hebrews 3:6
Hebrews 3:6 Ver. 6. But Christ as a Son over his own house,.... As Moses was not, though the Jews say that he was tybd hyram {a} and tybh leb {b}, "lord and master of the house"; yea, and tyb Nb, "the Son of the house" {c}; but this he was not: Christ is the Son and heir, the Lord and master; he is a Son, not by creat…
508 wordsSECTION 30Hebrews 3:7
Hebrews 3:7 Ver. 7. Wherefore, as the Holy Ghost saith,.... In Ps 95:7 today if you will hear his voice; either the precepts of Christ, to hear which is to obey them; and this is an acknowledgment to Christ as King of saints, and is a testimony of love to him, and is wellpleasing in his sight; and in which the saints…
363 wordsSECTION 31Hebrews 3:8
Hebrews 3:8 Ver. 8. Harden not you hearts,.... There is a natural hardness of the heart; the heart of man is like a stone, destitute of spiritual life, motion, and activity; it is senseless, stupid, impenitent, stubborn, and inflexible, on which no impressions can be made, but by powerful grace: and there is an acquir…
303 wordsSECTION 32Hebrews 3:9
Hebrews 3:9 Ver. 9. When your fathers tempted me,.... This the apostle cites and repeats, to expose the glorying of the Jews in their ancestors; to dissuade them from following their sinful practices; to deter them from the same by observing both their sin and punishment; and to heighten their regards to the voice and…
287 wordsSECTION 33Hebrews 3:10
Hebrews 3:10 Ver. 10. Wherefore I was grieved with that generation,.... rbdmh rwd, "the generation of the wilderness", as the Jews often call them; and which they say was more beloved than any generation {e}; and yet they will not allow them a part in the world to come; See Gill on "Heb 3:11". When God is said to be g…
300 wordsSECTION 34Hebrews 3:11
Hebrews 3:11 Ver. 11. So I sware in my wrath,.... Swearing is ascribed to God, to show the certainty of the thing spoken of; as of mercies, when he swears in love, and by his holiness; so here, of punishment, when he swears in wrath, in indignation, in sore displeasure, and the threatened evil is irrevocable and inevi…
189 wordsSECTION 35Hebrews 3:12
Hebrews 3:12 Ver. 12. Take heed, brethren,.... This exhortation is grounded upon the state and case of their ancestors before given, as a warning and caution to the then present Hebrews; and whom the apostle styles "brethren", to show that he had no hard thoughts of them, and that his jealousy was a godly one, and not…
547 wordsSECTION 36Hebrews 3:13
Hebrews 3:13 Ver. 13. But exhort one another daily,.... In order to prevent unbelief and apostasy. The phrase is sometimes rendered, "comfort one another", or, "yourselves together", as in 1Th 5:11 which the saints may do, by discoursing together about divine things; by praying together; by instructing one another in …
411 wordsSECTION 37Hebrews 3:14
Hebrews 3:14 Ver. 14. For we are made partakers of Christ,.... Being loved by him, given to him, and chosen in him before the foundation of the world; and so participate of all spiritual blessings in him; for this respects something past, and may be rendered, "we have been made". The phrase is expressive of union to C…
410 wordsSECTION 38Hebrews 3:15
Hebrews 3:15 Ver. 15. While it is said today,.... Exhort one another, and hold fast Christ and his Gospel, and faith and confidence therein; what follows is a repetition of the citation in Heb 3:7 in order to make a further improvement of it; which shows, that the words belong to the present times of the Gospel, and c…
79 wordsSECTION 39Hebrews 3:16
Hebrews 3:16 Ver. 16. For some, when, they had heard,.... The Arabic version adds, "his voice"; the law on Mount Sinai; the voice of words, with the voices and thunderings that attended it; the book of the covenant read; the whole system of laws and ordinances delivered to Moses, and by him to them; and also the Gospe…
359 wordsSECTION 40Hebrews 3:17
Hebrews 3:17 Ver. 17. But with whom was he grieved forty years?.... As is said in Ps 95:10, See Gill on "Heb 3:10", was it not with them that had sinned; not merely by committing personal iniquities, and particular provocations, which all men are guilty of, but by committing public sins; they sinned as a body of men;…
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Hebrews 3:18 Ver. 18. And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest,.... As in Ps 95:11, but to them that believed not? the Lord; notwithstanding the signs and wonders he showed among them, they would not be persuaded by Moses and Aaron, by Joshua and Caleb, to be still and quiet, to cease murmuring, a…
233 wordsSECTION 42Hebrews 4:1
Hebrews 4:1 INTRODUCTION TO HEBREWS 4 From the punishment inflicted on the unbelieving Hebrews, who died in the wilderness, and entered not into the land of rest made mention of in the preceding chapter, the apostle proceeds to caution the present Hebrews of his time, and who professed faith in Christ, lest seeing th…
965 wordsSECTION 43Hebrews 4:2
Hebrews 4:2 Ver. 2. For unto us was the Gospel preached,.... The Gospel is the good news and glad tidings of salvation by Christ; and this may be said to be preached, when men preach not themselves, nor read lectures of morality, nor mix law and Gospel together, nor make justification and salvation to be by works, nor…
684 wordsSECTION 44Hebrews 4:3
Hebrews 4:3 Ver. 3. For we which have believed do enter into rest,.... Not eternal rest; all believers shall enjoy this, and they only; but this is not now, or at present enjoyed, unless things future may be said to be present, because of faith in them, and the certainty of them but spiritual rest in Christ under the …
317 wordsSECTION 45Hebrews 4:4
Hebrews 4:4 Ver. 4. For he spake in a certain place,.... Ge 2:2 that is, Moses, the penman of that book spoke, or God by him: of the seventh day on this wise; of the seventh day of the world, or from the creation of the heavens and the earth: and God did rest the seventh day from all his works: of creation, but not …
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Hebrews 4:5 Ver. 5. And in this place again,.... In Ps 95:11 he speaks again of another rest distinct from that on the seventh day; which, and not the latter, is what believers under the Gospel dispensation enter into: if they shall enter into my rest: that is, unbelievers shall not enter into it; as the unbelieving …
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Hebrews 4:6 Ver. 6. Seeing therefore it remaineth,.... It follows by just consequence, that some must enter therein; for God's swearing concerning some, that they should not enter into his rest, supposes that others should: and they to whom it was first preached; to whom the Gospel was first preached, namely, the Is…
67 wordsSECTION 48Hebrews 4:7
Hebrews 4:7 Ver. 7. Again he limiteth a certain day,.... Since the seventh day of the creation was a day of rest which God entered into, and not man; and since the land of Canaan was a typical rest, which the unbelieving Israelites did not enter into, because of unbelief; and yet there must be persons, and there must …
264 wordsSECTION 49Hebrews 4:8
Hebrews 4:8 Ver. 8. For if Jesus had given them rest,.... That is, Joshua; for Hosheah, Joshua, and Jesus, are one and the same name; or Jesus himself, as two of Stephens's copies read; and so Joshua is called Jesus by the Septuagint interpreters on Ex 17:10 and other places where he is mentioned; and also, by Josephu…
328 wordsSECTION 50Hebrews 4:9
Hebrews 4:9 Ver. 9 There remaineth therefore a rest for the people of God.] Not all mankind; nor the people of the Jews only; rather the people of God, both Jews and Gentiles, under the New Testament; the people whom God has loved with a special love, has chose in Christ, and given to him, with whom he has made a cove…
310 wordsSECTION 51Hebrews 4:10
Hebrews 4:10 Ver. 10. For he that is entered into his rest, &c] This is to be understood not of believers, nor of their entrance into the Gospel rest, or into eternal rest, but of the Lord Jesus Christ; for a single person is only spoken of, and not many, as in Heb 4:3 and the rest entered into is his own, which canno…
303 wordsSECTION 52Hebrews 4:11
Hebrews 4:11 Ver. 11. Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest,.... Not eternal rest; this is not to be entered into now; nor is an entrance into it to be obtained by labour; salvation is not by works; eternal life is a free gift; good works do not go before to prepare heaven for the saints, but follow after: n…
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Hebrews 4:12 Ver. 12. For the word of God is quick and powerful,.... This is to be understood of Christ, the essential Word of God; for the Word of God was a known name of the Messiah among the Jews; See Gill on "Joh 1:1" and therefore the apostle makes use of it when writing to them: and the words are introduced as a…
745 wordsSECTION 54Hebrews 4:13
Hebrews 4:13 Ver. 13. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight,.... Christ is the Lord God omniscient; there is no creature, in general, rational, or irrational, animate or inanimate, but what are known to him, and seen by him; for all creatures are made, and upheld by him, and he is omnipresent…
718 wordsSECTION 55Hebrews 4:14
Hebrews 4:14 Ver. 14. Seeing then that we have a great high priest,.... That Christ is a priest, and an high priest, has been observed already, in Heb 2:1 but here he is called a great one, because of the dignity of his person, as follows, and the virtue of his sacrifice; and because of the place where he now officiat…
546 wordsSECTION 56Hebrews 4:15
Hebrews 4:15 Ver. 15. For we have not an high priest,.... That is cruel and unmerciful; the saints have an high priest, but not such an one: which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; such as bodily diseases and wants, persecutions from men, and the temptations of Satan; under all which Christ sympa…
989 wordsSECTION 57Hebrews 5:1
Hebrews 5:1 INTRODUCTION TO HEBREWS 5 The apostle having made mention of Christ as an high priest, in the preceding chapter, proceeds in this to give an account of an high priest, and applies the character of him to Christ; and shows that he is of another order of priesthood than that of Aaron, even of the order of M…
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Hebrews 5:2 Ver. 2. Who can have compassion on the ignorant,.... Who have committed sins of ignorance, and bring their sacrifices for them; these he does not insult and upbraid, nor break out into anger and indignation against; but pities them, and sympathizes with them; has a just measure of compassion suitable to th…
162 wordsSECTION 59Hebrews 5:3
Hebrews 5:3 Ver. 3. And by reason hereof,.... Because of his sinful infirmity: he ought, as for the people, so also for himself to offer for sins; as he offered sacrifice for the sins of the people, so he was obliged to offer for his own sins; in this Christ differed from the high priest, for he had no sin of his own…
182 wordsSECTION 60Hebrews 5:4
Hebrews 5:4 Ver. 4. And no man taketh this honour to himself,.... That is, the honour of the priesthood: the office of the high priest was a very honourable one; it was a peculiar honour to Aaron, and his sons, to be separated unto it; their instalment into it was very grand and solemn; at that time they were anointed…
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.