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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Hebrews
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 148,417 words · 158 reading sections
Hebrews 10:1
Hebrews 10:1 INTRODUCTION TO HEBREWS 10 In this chapter the apostle pursues his argument, showing the weakness and imperfection of the Levitical priesthood, and the superior excellency of Christ's, which he closes with suitable exhortations to faith on Christ, as the alone high priest, and to a constant profession of…
1,682 wordsSECTION 122Hebrews 10:2
Hebrews 10:2 Ver. 2. For then would they not have ceased to be offered,.... The Complutensian edition, and the Syriac and Vulgate Latin versions, leave out the word "not"; and the sense requires it should be omitted, for the meaning is, that if perfection had been by the legal sacrifices, they would have ceased to hav…
325 wordsSECTION 123Hebrews 10:3
Hebrews 10:3 Ver. 3. But in those sacrifices,.... The Arabic version reads, "but in it"; that is, in the law; but the Syriac version reads, and supplies, as we do, Nwhb axbdb, "in those sacrifices", which were offered every year on the day of atonement: there is a remembrance of sins made again every year; of all the…
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Hebrews 10:4 Ver. 4. For it is not possible,.... There is a necessity of sin being taken away, otherwise it will be remembered; and there will be a conscience of it, and it must be answered for, or it will remain marked, and the curse and penalty of the law must take place: but it is impossible that the blood of bull…
271 wordsSECTION 125Hebrews 10:5
Hebrews 10:5 Ver. 5. Wherefore, when he cometh into the world, he saith,.... In Ps 40:7. This was said by David, not of himself, and his own times, for sacrifice and offering were desired and required in his times; nor was he able to do the will of God; so as to fulfil the law, and make void legal sacrifices; nor did …
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Hebrews 10:6 Ver. 6. In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin,.... Which were the principal kinds of offerings under the law: thou hast had no pleasure; not only in comparison of moral duties, or spiritual sacrifices, such as those of praise and thanksgiving, Ps 69:30 but so as to accept of the offerers for the sake…
144 wordsSECTION 127Hebrews 10:7
Hebrews 10:7 Ver. 7. Then said I, lo, I come,.... Christ observing that legal sacrifices were not acceptable to God; that there was a body prepared for him; and that it was written of him in the book of God, that he should come; and the time being now come, with a note of attention and admiration, the matter being of …
397 wordsSECTION 128Ps 40:7
Ps 40:7 Sacrifice and offering, and burnt offerings, and offering for sin thou wouldst not, neither hadst pleasure therein; this is a recapitulation of what is before said; and all kind of sacrifices are mentioned, to show that they are all imperfect, and insufficient, and are abolished; and the abrogation of them is …
141 wordsSECTION 129Hebrews 10:9
Hebrews 10:9 Ver. 9. Then said he, [lo], I come to do thy will, O God,.... See Gill on "Heb 10:7" he taketh away the first, that he may establish the second; the sense is, either that God has taken away, and abolished the law, that he might establish the Gospel; or he has caused the first covenant to vanish away, tha…
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Hebrews 10:10 Ver. 10. By the which will we are sanctified,.... That is, by the sacrifice of Christ, which was willingly offered up by himself, and was according to the will of God; it was his will of purpose that Christ should be crucified and slain; and it was his will of command, that he should lay down his life fo…
10,196 wordsSECTION 131Hebrews 11:1
Hebrews 11:1 INTRODUCTION TO HEBREWS 11 The apostle having, in the preceding chapter, spoken in commendation of the grace, and life of faith, and of its usefulness to preserve from apostasy, proceeds in this to give some account of the nature and actings of it; and which he illustrates by the examples of many of the …
1,692 wordsSECTION 132Hebrews 11:2
Hebrews 11:2 Ver. 2. For by it the elders obtained a good report. By whom are meant, not merely old men, or elders in age, but such who lived in ancient times; some before the flood, and to a great age, and others who were in office, civil or ecclesiastical, and were the ancestors and predecessors of the Hebrews; who …
344 wordsSECTION 133Hebrews 11:3
Hebrews 11:3 Ver. 3. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God,.... The celestial world, with its inhabitants, the angels; the starry and ethereal worlds, with all that is in them, the sun, moon, stars, and fowls of the air; the terrestrial world, with all upon it, men, beasts, &c. and…
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Hebrews 11:4 Ver. 4. By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain,.... The apostle proceeds to examples of faith, and begins with Abel: it may seem strange that Adam and Eve are not mentioned; this omission is not because they were not believers; but either because of the fall and ruin of mankin…
550 wordsSECTION 135Hebrews 11:5
Hebrews 11:5 Ver. 5. By faith Enoch was translated,.... Which is to be understood, not of a spiritual translation from the power of darkness, into the kingdom of Christ, as all converted, persons are translated, and doubtless Enoch was; nor of a rapture, or removal from one part of the earth to another, or from one pa…
1,036 wordsSECTION 136Hebrews 11:6
Hebrews 11:6 Ver. 6. But without faith it is impossible to please him,.... Or do things well pleasing in his sight; or any of the duties of religion, in an acceptable way; as prayer, praise, attendance on the word and ordinances, or any good works whatever; because such are without Christ, and without his Spirit; and …
469 wordsSECTION 137Hebrews 11:7
Hebrews 11:7 Ver. 7. By faith Noah, being warned of God,.... In the Greek text, Noah is called "Noe", and so the Septuagint interpreters of the Old Testament call him; but Josephus calls him "Noeos": or "having received an oracle from God"; in which he was admonished, how to make an ark, as Moses was, in like manner, …
14,798 wordsSECTION 138Hebrews 12:1
Hebrews 12:1 INTRODUCTION TO HEBREWS 12 In this chapter the apostle presses to a constant exercise of faith and patience, amidst the various afflictions the saints are exercised with; delivers out several exhortations useful in the Christian life; and shows the difference between the legal and Gospel dispensations. H…
2,019 wordsSECTION 139Hebrews 12:2
Hebrews 12:2 Ver. 2. Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith,.... Not with bodily eyes, for at present he is not to be looked upon in this manner, but with the eye of the understanding, or with the eye of faith; for faith is a seeing of the Son; it is a spiritual sight of Christ, which is at first but…
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Hebrews 12:3 Ver. 3. For consider him,.... In the greatness of his person, as God, the Son of God, the heir of all things; and in his offices of prophet, priest, and King, as the Saviour of lost sinners, the Leader and Commander of the people, as the apostle and high priest of our profession: consider him in his human…
479 wordsSECTION 141Hebrews 12:4
Hebrews 12:4 Ver. 4. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood,.... They had resisted sin, and Satan, and the world, the men of it, and the lusts of it, and its frowns and flatteries, and also false teachers, even every adversary of Christ, and their souls; but they had not, as yet, resisted unto blood, or to the shedding o…
308 wordsSECTION 142Hebrews 12:5
Hebrews 12:5 Ver. 5. And ye have forgotten the exhortation,.... Or consolation, the consolatory word or doctrine, in Pr 3:11. This, by their conduct, the apostle feared they had forgotten, and therefore puts them in mind of it; or it may be read by way of question, "and have ye forgotten?", &c. do not ye remember? it …
467 wordsSECTION 143Hebrews 12:6
Hebrews 12:6 Ver. 6. For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth,.... All men are not the objects of God's love, only a special people, whom he has chosen in Christ; for whom he has given his Son, when they were sinners and enemies; whom he quickens and calls by his grace, justifies, pardons, and accepts in Christ; and who…
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Hebrews 12:7 Ver. 7. If ye endure chastening,.... In faith, with patience, with courage and constancy, with humility and reverence: there are many things which may encourage and animate the saints to endure it in such a manner; as that it is but a chastening, and the chastening of a father; it should be considered fro…
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Hebrews 12:8 Ver. 8. But if ye be without chastisement,.... Or have no affliction: whereof all are partakers; that is, all the children of God; they are all alike children; they are all in a state of imperfection, and prone to sin; God has an impartial respect unto them: and though they are not all alike chastened, n…
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Hebrews 12:9 Ver. 9. Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh,.... Earthly parents; who are so called, because they are the immediate causes and instruments of the generation of their children, and of their fleshly bodies and worldly beings; and to distinguish them from the Father of spirits: and this shows, that…
392 wordsSECTION 147Hebrews 12:10
Hebrews 12:10 Ver. 10. For they verily for a few days chastened us,.... Which respects not the minority of children, during which time they are under the correction of parents, and which is but a few days; nor the short life of parents; but rather the end which parents have in chastening their children, which is their…
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Hebrews 12:11 Ver. 11. Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous,.... These words anticipate an objection, taken from the grief and sorrow that comes by afflictions; and therefore how should they be for profit and advantage? The apostle answers, by granting that no affliction "seemeth" to be joyous, in ou…
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Hebrews 12:12 Ver. 12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down,.... These words may be considered as spoken to the Hebrews, with respect to themselves; accordingly, the Syriac version reads, "your hands", and "your knees"; who were sluggish, and inactive in prayer, in hearing the word, in attendance on ordinances, …
9,385 wordsSECTION 150Hebrews 13:1
Hebrews 13:1 INTRODUCTION TO HEBREWS 13 The apostle having finished the doctrinal part of this epistle, closes it with practical exhortations to these Hebrews, puts up prayers for them, and sends salutations to them. The exhortations are to brotherly love, and the continuance of it, Heb 13:1 to hospitality, by which …
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Hebrews 13:2 Ver. 2. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers,.... By whom are meant, not unconverted men, who are strangers to God and Christ, and the covenants of promise; nor saints, who are as pilgrims and strangers in this world; but such as are of another country, and are unknown; and even though wicked men, they…
513 wordsSECTION 152Hebrews 13:3
Hebrews 13:3 Ver. 3. Remember them that are in bonds,.... Not for criminal actions, or for debt, though such should be remembered, and pity showed them, especially the latter; but such as are in bonds for the sake of Christ, and the Gospel. This has been often the lot of God's people, who should be remembered, by pray…
241 wordsSECTION 153Hebrews 13:4
Hebrews 13:4 Ver. 4. Marriage is honourable in all,.... Some read these words as an exhortation, "let" it "be so"; others as an assertion, it is so. "Marriage" is the union of one man and one woman in wedlock, whereby they become one flesh; it is a joining together of male and female in this relation, and of two only,…
560 wordsSECTION 154Hebrews 13:5
Hebrews 13:5 Ver. 5. Let your conversation be without covetousness,.... Which is an immoderate desire, of riches, an over anxious care for worldly things, attended with dissatisfaction, and discontent with their present state: it discovers itself many ways; in preferring the world to religion; in laying up treasure fo…
705 wordsSECTION 155Hebrews 13:6
Hebrews 13:6 Ver. 6. So that we may boldly say,.... Or confidently assert; for nothing is more true than this, the Lord is my helper; he is able to help, and does help, when none else can; he has promised to be the helper of his people; he has laid help for them on Christ, who is mighty; and he has helped him as man,…
384 wordsSECTION 156Hebrews 13:7
Hebrews 13:7 Ver. 7. Remember them which have the rule over you,.... Christ's church is a kingdom, and he is King in it; pastors of churches are subordinate governors; who rule well when they rule not in an arbitrary way, according to their own wills, but according to the laws of Christ, with all faithfulness, prudenc…
513 wordsSECTION 157Hebrews 13:8
Hebrews 13:8 Ver. 8. Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and today, and for ever. Who is the substance of the word spoken by the above mentioned rulers, the author and object of their faith, and the end in which their conversation terminated. These words may be expressive of the duration of Christ: he was "yesterday", w…
372 wordsSECTION 158Hebrews 13:9
Hebrews 13:9 Ver. 9. Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines,.... The word "divers" may denote the variety and multitude of other doctrines; referring either to the various rites and ceremonies of the law, or to the traditions of the elders, or to the several doctrines of men, whether Jews or Gentiles; …
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.