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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Hebrews
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 148,417 words · 158 reading sections
Hebrews 5:5
Hebrews 5:5 Ver. 5. So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest,.... It was a glorifying of Christ, to make him an high priest; not as God, for as such no addition can be made to his glory; yea, it was a condescension in him to become a priest: but as man; it was an honour to the human nature to be …
382 wordsSECTION 62Hebrews 5:6
Hebrews 5:6 Ver. 6. As he saith also in another place,.... Or psalm; namely, in Ps 110:4 that is, the same person, even God the Father; who spake the words before cited, also expressed the following: thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchisedec; that the psalm, from whence these words are taken, belongs…
173 wordsSECTION 63Hebrews 5:7
Hebrews 5:7 Ver. 7. Who in the days of his flesh,.... Or "of his humanity", as the Arabic version renders it; or "when he was clothed with flesh", as the Syriac version; in the time of his humiliation, when he was attended with the sinless infirmities of the flesh, or human nature; it may take in the whole course of h…
598 wordsSECTION 64Hebrews 5:8
Hebrews 5:8 Ver. 8. Though he were a Son,.... The Son of God, as the Vulgate Latin version reads; not by creation, nor by adoption, nor by office, but by nature, being the only begotten of the Father, having the same nature and perfections with him: yet learned he obedience; not to his parents, or civil magistrates, …
291 wordsSECTION 65Hebrews 5:9
Hebrews 5:9 Ver. 9. And being made perfect,.... In his obedience, through sufferings; having completed his obedience, gone through his sufferings, and finished his sacrifice, and being perfectly glorified in heaven: he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; the salvation Christ is the aut…
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Hebrews 5:10 Ver. 10. Called of God an high priest, after the order of Melchisedec. ytrbd le, according to what is said of him, Ps 110:4 there is a resemblance between Melchizedek and Christ; many things that are said of the one, agree with the other: there is a likeness in Melchizedek to Christ; in his person, and wh…
194 wordsSECTION 67Hebrews 5:11
Hebrews 5:11 Ver. 11. Of whom we have many things to say,.... Either of Melchizedek, or of Christ, or of his priesthood or of all of these; since the apostle does largely treat of them in the following chapters: he says many things concerning Melchizedek in the seventh chapter, and many things of Christ, and his pries…
267 wordsSECTION 68Hebrews 5:12
Hebrews 5:12 Ver. 12. For when for the time ye ought to be teachers,.... These Hebrews had had great advantages; they were not only descended from Abraham, and had the law of Moses, and the writings of the Old Testament, but some of them had enjoyed the ministry of Christ, and however of his apostles; and it was now a…
532 wordsSECTION 69Hebrews 5:13
Hebrews 5:13 Ver. 13. For everyone that useth milk,.... And sits down contented with the first principles of the Gospel, such as are easily taken in and digested; or makes use of the ceremonial law, as a schoolmaster to teach him the Gospel: is unskilful in the word of righteousness; the Gospel, which is a doctrine o…
345 wordsSECTION 70Hebrews 5:14
Hebrews 5:14 Ver. 14. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age,.... Or perfect; see 1Co 2:6. This does not intend a perfection of justification; for though some have a greater degree of faith than others, and a clearer discovery of their justification, yet babes in Christ are as perfectly justified as mo…
395 wordsSECTION 71Hebrews 6:1
Hebrews 6:1 INTRODUCTION TO HEBREWS 6 In this chapter the apostle exhorts the believing Hebrews not to rest in the rudiments of the Christian religion they had learned; and much less to lay them again in the foundation after the Jewish manner, of which he instances in six particulars; but to seek after a perfect know…
1,561 wordsSECTION 72Hebrews 6:2
Hebrews 6:2 Ver. 2. Of the doctrine of baptisms,.... Some read this divisively, "baptism and doctrine", as the Ethiopic version; as if the one respected the ordinance of baptism, and the other the ministry of the word; but it is best to read them conjunctively: and by which most understand the Gospel ordinance of wate…
688 wordsSECTION 73Hebrews 6:3
Hebrews 6:3 Ver. 3. And this will we do, if God permit. That is, leave the rites and ceremonies of the law, which were the rudiments, or first principles of the Gospel, and go on to a more perfect knowledge of Gospel truths; and, not lay again as the foundation of the ministry, or insist upon them as if they were the …
343 wordsSECTION 74Hebrews 6:4
Hebrews 6:4 Ver. 4. For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened,.... The Syriac and Ethiopic versions render it, "baptized"; and the word is thought to be so used in Heb 10:32. And indeed baptism was called very early "illumination" by the ancients, as by Justin Martyr {i}, and Clemens Alexandrinus {k}, b…
1,062 wordsSECTION 75Hebrews 6:5
Hebrews 6:5 Ver. 5. And have tasted the good word of God,.... Not the Lord Jesus Christ, the essential Word of God, who seems to be intended before by the heavenly gift; but rather, either the Scriptures of truth in general, which are the word of God, endited by him, and contain his mind and will; which he makes use o…
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Hebrews 6:6 Ver. 6. If they shall fall away,.... This is not supposed of true believers, as appears from Heb 6:9 nor is it to be supposed of them that they may fall totally and finally; they may indeed fall, not only into afflictions and temptations, but into sin; and from a lively and comfortable exercise of grace, a…
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Hebrews 6:7 Ver. 7. For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it,.... Here the apostle illustrates what he had before been speaking of, by a simile taken from the earth, to which men in general answer, who are of the earth; earthy and unregenerate men and carnal professors are of earthly minds; the…
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Hebrews 6:8 Ver. 8. But that which beareth thorns and briers,.... To which wicked men answer; who are unfruitful and unprofitable, and are hurtful, pricking and grieving, by their wicked lives and conversations, by their bitter and reproachful words, and by their violent and cruel persecutions; and particularly carnal…
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Hebrews 6:9 Ver. 9. But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you,.... The apostle addresses the believing Hebrews, as "beloved"; being beloved by the Lord, not as the descendants of Abraham, but as the elect of God, and so as loved with an everlasting love; and which might be known to themselves, by its being s…
464 wordsSECTION 80Hebrews 6:10
Hebrews 6:10 Ver. 10. For God is not unrighteous,.... He is just and true, righteous in all his ways and works; there is no unrighteousness nor unfaithfulness in him; and this the apostle makes a reason of his strong persuasion of better things concerning the believing Hebrews; because he was well satisfied of the goo…
689 wordsSECTION 81Hebrews 6:11
Hebrews 6:11 Ver. 11. And we desire that everyone of you do show the same diligence,.... In the constant exercise of the graces of faith and love, and in ministering to the necessities of the saints: there is a spiritual labour, diligence, and industry to be used by the saints; and former diligence is a motive to futu…
338 wordsSECTION 82Hebrews 6:12
Hebrews 6:12 Ver. 12. That ye be not slothful,.... With respect to hearing the word, and attendance on every ordinance; with respect to the use of means for the increase of knowledge, faith, and hope; and with respect to ministering to the saints; but on the contrary, should take every opportunity of improvement and d…
342 wordsSECTION 83Hebrews 6:13
Hebrews 6:13 Ver. 13. For when God made promise to Abraham,.... The apostle proposes Abraham as a pattern, because he was the father of these Hebrews, and of all believers; and because they were interested in the promise made to him, and had a right to the same blessing with him; and because he was remarkable for his …
292 wordsSECTION 84Hebrews 6:14
Hebrews 6:14 Ver. 14. Saying, surely blessing I will bless thee,.... Which is expressive of the certainty of the blessings; the reality and substantiality of them; the abundance of them, and the continuance of the same: and of this nature are all spiritual blessings; as to be chosen of God; to have God to be a covenan…
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Hebrews 6:15 Ver. 15. And so, after he had patiently endured,.... He waited long for a son, from whom the Messiah was to spring, after he had had the promise of one; and he endured many afflictions with patience, in his journeys from place to place, throughout his life to the end: he obtained the promise; he was grea…
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Hebrews 6:16 Ver. 16. For men verily swear by the greater,.... These words contain a reason why God swore by himself, and why his promises, having an oath annexed to them, ought to be believed. Men when they swear, they swear by the greater; not by themselves, as God does, because there is one greater than they; not b…
3,112 wordsSECTION 87Hebrews 7:1
Hebrews 7:1 INTRODUCTION TO HEBREWS 7 The apostle having made mention of Melchizedek in the latter part of the preceding chapter, proceeds in this to give some account of him, and of the excellency of his priesthood, and to show that Christ is a priest of his order, and is superior to Aaron and his sons. He first dec…
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Hebrews 7:2 Ver. 2. To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all,.... Or tithes, as in Ge 14:20. Philo the Jew {b} renders the Hebrew phrase, lkm rvem, just as the apostle does dekathn apo pantwn, "a tenth part of all", or "out of all"; not of all that he brought back, as Lot's goods, or the king of Sodom's, or any o…
424 wordsSECTION 89Hebrews 7:3
Hebrews 7:3 Ver. 3. Without father, without mother, without descent,.... Which is to be understood not of his person, but of his priesthood; that his father was not a priest, nor did his mother descend from any in that office; nor had he either a predecessor or a successor in it, as appears from any authentic accounts…
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Hebrews 7:4 Ver. 4. Now consider how great this man was,.... Melchizedek, of whom so many great and wonderful things are said in the preceding verses: and as follows, unto whom the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils; of Abraham's giving tithes to him, See Gill on "Heb 7:2" and Melchizedek's greatness is a…
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Hebrews 7:5 Ver. 5. And verily they that are of the sons of Levi,.... Or Levites; who are of the tribe of Levi, whose descent is from him: who receive the office of the priesthood; as some of them were priests, though not all; and the Levites therefore are sometimes called priests. R. Joshua ben Levi says, that in tw…
330 wordsSECTION 92Hebrews 7:6
Hebrews 7:6 Ver. 6. But he whose descent is not counted from them, &c] That is, Melchizedek, whose genealogy or pedigree is not reckoned from the Levites, nor from any from whom they descend; his lineal descent is not the same with theirs; and so did not receive tithes by any law, as they did, but by virtue of his sup…
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Hebrews 7:7 Ver. 7. And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the greater. This is a self-evident truth, and is undeniable; it admits of no controversy, and cannot be gainsaid, that he that blesseth is greater in that respect than he that is blessed by him; as the priests were greater in their office than t…
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Hebrews 7:8 Ver. 8. And here men that die receive tithes, &c,] The priests and Levites were not only men, and mortal men, subject to death, but they did die, and so did not continue, by reason of death, Heb 7:24 but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth; which is to be understood of Melchize…
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Hebrews 7:9 Ver. 9. And as l may so say,.... With truth, and with great propriety and pertinence: Levi also who receiveth tithes; or the Levites, who receive tithes according to the law of Moses from the people of Israel: paid tithes in Abraham; that is, to Melchizedek; and therefore Melchizedek must be greater than…
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Hebrews 7:10 Ver. 10. For he was yet in the loins of his father,.... Abraham; namely, Levi and his whole posterity; which is to be understood seminally, just as all mankind were in the loins of Adam, when he sinned and fell, and so they sinned and fell in him; and so Levi was in Abraham's loins, when Melchisedec met …
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Hebrews 7:11 Ver. 11. If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood,.... The priesthood which was established in the tribe of Levi; so called, to distinguish it from that which was before this institution, from the times of Adam, as well as from the priesthood of Melchizedek, and from the priesthood of Chri…
449 wordsSECTION 98Hebrews 7:12
Hebrews 7:12 Ver. 12. For the priesthood being changed,.... Not translated from one tribe, family, or order, to another, but utterly abolished; for though it is called an everlasting priesthood, yet that is to be understood with a limitation, as the word "everlasting" often is, as relating to things under that dispens…
496 wordsSECTION 99Hebrews 7:13
Hebrews 7:13 Ver. 13. For he of whom these things are spoken,.... In Ps 110:4 and in the type of him Melchizedek, in the preceding verses; for not Melchizedek is here meant, but the Lord Jesus Christ, as appears by what follows; the antitype of Melchizedek, the Lord our righteousness, the Prince of peace, the priest o…
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Hebrews 7:14 Ver. 14. For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Judah,.... Out of the tribe of Judah; it is certain that the Messiah was to spring from that tribe, Ge 49:10 he was to be of the family of Jesse, and of the house of David; and hence he is sometimes called David himself; and so the Jews expect that he…
302 wordsSECTION 101Hebrews 7:15
Hebrews 7:15 Ver. 15. And it is yet far more evident,.... From a fact which cannot be denied; for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest; or another has risen, even Jesus the son of David, of the tribe of Judah; another from Aaron, one that is not of his family or tribe, but one like to…
149 wordsSECTION 102Hebrews 7:16
Hebrews 7:16 Ver. 16. Who was made,.... Not as man, much less as God; but as a priest, constituted and appointed one: not after the law of a carnal commandment: either the ceremonial law in general, which was a carnal one, if we consider the persons to whom it belonged, the Israelites according to the flesh; it was i…
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Hebrews 8:1 INTRODUCTION TO HEBREWS 8 The apostle observing that the priesthood of Christ is the sum of what he had treated of in the preceding chapter, proceeds to show the superior excellency of it in other instances, particularly in the place where Christ now officiates, which is in heaven; he being set down at th…
715 wordsSECTION 104Hebrews 8:2
Hebrews 8:2 Ver. 2. A minister of the sanctuary,.... The heavenly one, so called, in allusion to the holy of holies, the type of it; and because it is truly an holy place; and which Christ sanctifies and prepares for his people by his presence and intercession: or "of the Holy Ones", or "saints"; who are sanctified or…
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Hebrews 8:3 Ver. 3. For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices,.... See Gill on "Heb 5:1" wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer; or this person; for the word "man" is not in the text, and seems not so proper a word to be supplied, since it was his human nature tha…
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Hebrews 8:4 Ver. 4. For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest,.... The Socinians from hence attempt to prove that Christ was not a priest, and did not offer sacrifice on earth; whereas his coming into the world, and his appearance in human nature, was in the character of a priest, and to qualify himself for o…
451 wordsSECTION 107Hebrews 8:5
Hebrews 8:5 Ver. 5. Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things,.... Things respecting the person, office, and grace of Christ; the priests themselves were types of him; the places they ministered in were an exemplar of the heavenly places, as the word may be rendered, where Christ is; and the things they…
671 wordsSECTION 108Hebrews 8:6
Hebrews 8:6 Ver. 6. But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry,.... Christ has a ministry, he is the minister of the sanctuary, Heb 8:2 he has "obtained" this ministry of his Father; he was called unto it and engaged in it by him; and he has "now" obtained it; for though he was called to it from eternity, it w…
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Hebrews 8:7 Ver. 7. For if that first covenant had been faultless,.... Not the covenant of works; that was made in paradise, this on Mount Sinai; that was made with Adam and his posterity, this with the Jews only; that had no mediator, this had one, Moses; that was not dedicated with blood, this was; that had no forgi…
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Hebrews 8:8 Ver. 8. For finding fault with them,.... Both with the covenant, which had its faults, and with the people who continued not in it, and were therefore disregarded by the Lord, Heb 8:9 he saith, behold, the days come (saith the Lord) when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the ho…
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Hebrews 8:9 Ver. 9. Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers,.... The ancestors of the Jews at Mount Sinai: in the day when I took then, by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; which is mentioned, not only to observe the time when the former covenant was made with the Israelites, which …
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Hebrews 8:10 Ver. 10. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel,.... That is, this is the sum and substance of the covenant, which God promised to make with, or to make manifest and known to his chosen people, the true Israelites, under the Gospel dispensation; or the following are the several…
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Hebrews 8:11 Ver. 11. And they shall not teach every man his neighbour,.... The Alexandrian copy reads, "citizen"; that is, fellow citizen; and so the Syriac and Arabic versions: "and every man his brother, saying, know the Lord": this is not to be understood, so as to set aside the external and public ministry of the…
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Hebrews 8:12 Ver. 12. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness,.... That is, sin; for all unrighteousness is sin, being contrary to the justice of God, and his righteous law: and the phrase is expressive of God's forgiveness of it, which is a very considerable article of the covenant of grace; mercy is the spri…
317 wordsSECTION 115Hebrews 8:13
Hebrews 8:13 Ver. 13. In that he saith a new covenant,.... In the above prophecy, Heb 8:8 he hath made the first old; this naturally follows from hence; if the second is new, the first must be old; which is called so, not on account of its date and duration; for the covenant of grace itself is older than this mode of…
313 wordsSECTION 116Hebrews 9:1
Hebrews 9:1 INTRODUCTION TO HEBREWS 9 The apostle having, in the former chapter, taken notice of the first covenant, in this proceeds to show what belonged to it, that it had service performed under it, and a place in which it was performed, Heb 9:1 and he begins with the latter, which he distinguishes into two parts…
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Hebrews 9:2 Ver. 2. For there was a tabernacle made,.... By the direction of Moses, according to the pattern showed him in the Mount: the first; that is, the first part of the tabernacle, called the holy place, in distinction from the holy of holies, which was the second part of the tabernacle; for otherwise there we…
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Hebrews 9:3 Ver. 3. And after the second vail,.... Were there more vails than one? the Scripture speaks but of one, Ex 26:31 there was indeed an hanging for the door of the tent, but that is not called a vail; nor was there more than one vail in the tabernacle, nor in the temple of Solomon; but in the second temple, u…
729 wordsSECTION 119Hebrews 9:4
Hebrews 9:4 Ver. 4. Which had the golden censer,.... There were various censers used by the priests in the daily service, but this was a peculiar one, which was used by the high priest on the day of atonement; on other days he used a silver censer, but on that day a golden one, and with it he entered into the holy of …
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Hebrews 9:5 Ver. 5. And over it the cherubim of glory,.... Or "glorious cherubim", where the Shechinah, or divine glory, dwelt, Ps 80:1. These were over the ark, and were in number two, as were the cherubim which God placed at the garden of Eden, Ge 3:24 according to the opinion of the ancient Jews {u}; and very likel…
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