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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 4:14

Verse 14 14.Seeing then that we have, or, Having then, etc. He has been hitherto speaking of Christ’s apostleship, But he how passes on to his second office. For we have said that the Son of God sustained a twofold character when he was sent to us, even that of a teacher and of a priest. The Apostle, therefore, after having exhorted the Jews obediently to embrace the doctrine of Christ, now shows what benefit his priesthood has brought to us; and this is the second of the two points which he... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 4:15

Verse 15 15.For we have not, etc. There is in the name which he mentions, the Son of God, such majesty as ought to constrain us to fear and obey him. But were we to contemplate nothing but this in Christ, our consciences would not be pacified; for who of us does not dread the sight of the Son of God, especially when we consider what our condition is, and when our sins come to mind? The Jews might have had also another hindrance, for they had been accustomed to the Levitical priesthood; they saw... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:11-13

Success. I. THE EXHORTATION TO EARNEST ENDEAVOR TO AVOID FAILURE AND SECURE SUCCESS . The believers to whom these words were addressed were halting between two opinions. The question was whether they should go back to the synagogue and the temple, and thus evade trial, or go forward in the brave and successful profession of Jesus Christ, and each should say, "Let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus." No other subjects could approach... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:12-13

The power of the Divine Word. The writer urges here that if the Word of God condemned the unbelieving Jews in the Sinaitic desert, it will judge and condemn us also, should we prove unfaithful. The original reference is, of course, not to the written Word; but, in applying the passage to ourselves, we can think only of the promises and warnings of Holy Scripture. I. A DESCRIPTION OF THE WORD OF GOD . ( Hebrews 4:12 ) The representation is very vivid and impressive. The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:12-16

The Word of God discovering, the great High Priest delivering from, the apostate's sin. This completes the argument in this section ( Hebrews 3:1-19 . and 4) on the sin of apostasy. Having brought his readers face to face with the awful peril of departure from the Son of God, we might suppose the writer had reached the limit of the subject. But not so; he goes on to say that this sin and doom may be true of some whose defection is hidden in the heart. But he cannot relinquish the subject... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:13

Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight; but all things are naked and laid open unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. The main difficulty in this verse is as to the meaning of the word τετραχηλισμένα (translated "laid open"). The verb τραχηλίζω (which occurs nowhere else in the New Testament or LXX ., but is, with its compound ἐκτραχηλίζω , not uncommon in Philo and Josephus) has in classical Greek the sense of "seizing by the throat," or... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:13

The omniscience of God. "Neither is there any creature that is not manifest," etc. I. THE UNIVERSALITY OF GOD 'S KNOWLEDGE , "There is no creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things," etc. All created things, high and low, great and small, visible and invisible, are comprehended in this word "creature." "His understanding is infinite." Nothing is too great for his comprehension; nothing too small for his notice ( Psalms 1:1-6 :11); nothing too hidden for... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:14

To the interposed minatory warning of the three preceding verses now succeeds encouragement, based on the view, which has been now a second time led up to, of Christ being our great High Priest, who can both sympathize and succor. The passage answers closely in thought to the conclusion of Hebrews 2:1-18 ., and might naturally have followed there; but that, before taking up the subject of Christ's priesthood, the writer had another line of thought to pursue, leading up (as has been... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:14

A summons to steadfastness. "Seeing then that we have a great High Priest," etc. I. THE DUTY TO WHICH WE ARE SUMMONED . "Let us hold fast our confession," i.e. of the Christian faith. 1. Danger of renouncing this confession is implied. We have already pointed out that these Hebrew Christians were in considerable peril in this respect. £ This danger arises 2. Effort to retain this compression is enjoined. "Let us hold fast our confession." This includes: ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:14

Our great High Priest passed into the heavens. I. THE COMPARISON IMPLIED , Hebrews 9:1-28 . helps us here. There the writer speaks of two tabernacles—the first outside the veil, the second within. Into the second the high priest went alone once a year. There, away from the sight of the people, before the ark of the covenant containing the tables of our Law, he transacted solemn business with God on behalf of his fellow-Israelites. And not only so, this high priest was... read more

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