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The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 3:16-19

For who, when they heard, provoked? Nay, did net all those who came out of Egypt by Moses . That both these clauses are interrogative, and not as taken in the A.V. , is now the prevalent view. The reasons for thus understanding them are read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 3:19

The dread disability. "So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief." Our text— I. REFUTES SEVERAL ASSIGNED REASONS FOR MAN 'S FAILURE TO ATTAIN SALVATION . If any one does not enter the spiritual rest which God has graciously provided for man, it is: 1. Not by reason of anything in the purposes or predestinations of God. His purposes are the purposes of a Being of perfect righteousness, and of infinite wisdom and love. He could not ordain an... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 3:15

While it is said, Today ... - That is, persevere as long as life lasts, or as long as it can be said “today;” and by persevering in this manner you will have evidence that you are the friends of the Redeemer. This is a quotation from Psalms 95:7. Paul means, undoubtedly, to make use of this language himself as a direct exhortation to the Christians to whom he was writing. He entreats them, therefore, as long as it could be said “today,” or as long as life lasted, to take care lest they should... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 3:16

For some - Some of the Hebrews who came out of Egypt. The truth was that a large proportion of them rebelled against God, and provoked him to indignation. It is somewhat remarkable that though “all” the Hebrews seem to have joined in the provocation - except a very small number - Paul should have used language which would seem to imply that the number which rebelled was comparatively small. Another version, therefore, has been given to this passage by some of the most eminent critics,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 3:17

But with whom was he grieved forty years? - With whom was he angry; see the notes at Hebrews 3:10.Was it not with them that had sinned - That had sinned in various ways - by rebellion, murmuring, unbelief. As God was angry with them for their sins, we have the same reason to apprehend that he will be angry with us if we sin; and we should, therefore, be on our guard against that unbelief which would lead us to depart from him; Hebrews 3:12.Whose carcasses fell ... - Numbers 14:29. That is, they... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 3:18

And to whom sware he - note, Hebrews 3:11.But to them that believed not - That did not confide in God; Deuteronomy 1:32. “Yet in this thing ye did not believe the Lord your God.” In consequence of this want of faith, God solemnly sware unto them that they should not enter into the promised land; Deuteronomy 1:34-35. “And the Lord heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying, “Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land which I sware to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 3:19

So we see ... - We see from the direct testimony of the Old Testament that unbelief was the reason why they were excluded from the promised land. Let us learn in view of the reasoning and exhortations here:(1) The evil of unbelief. It excluded that whole generation, consisting of many hundred thousand souls, from the land of promise - the land to which they had looked with ardent hopes, and with warm desires. It will exclude countless millions from heaven. A “lack of confidence in God” is the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 3:16

Hebrews 3:16. For some, &c. As if he had said, You have need to attend; be watchful and circumspect. For some Yea, many; when they had heard The voice of God in giving the law, and the various instructions which God granted them in the wilderness; did provoke Literally, bitterly provoke, that is, God, whose voice they heard. By this consideration the apostle enforces his exhortation; when the people, says he, of old heard the voice of God in that dispensation of his law and grace... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 3:17-18

Hebrews 3:17-18. But with whom was he grieved Or, displeased, as Macknight renders προσωχθισε ; forty years? The apostle’s answer to this inquiry consists of a double description of them. First, By their sin; was it not with them that had sinned? Secondly, By their punishment; whose carcasses fell in the wilderness? As some only, and not all provoked, so it was with some only, and not all, that God was displeased. The sins here principally intended are the general sins of the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 3:19

Hebrews 3:19. So we see, &c. The conclusion we draw from the whole is, that they could not enter in because of unbelief Though afterward they desired it. In looking over the whole story of the sins of the Israelites, and of God’s dealings with them, one would be apt to fix upon some other causes of their exclusion from Canaan, as the Jews, their posterity, do at this day. But our apostle here lays it absolutely and wholly on their unbelief, which he proves to have been the chief... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 3:16-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 3:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 3:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 3:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 3:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 3:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 3:19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 3:16

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 3:17-18

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 3:19

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