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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 4:14

Hebrews 4:14.— The apostle having finished the digression about the rest of God, and havingshewn,whathealwayskeeps in view, the infinitely superior advantage of what is to be had by Christ, above what is to be had in or by the law; he returns to what he had been saying, ch. Heb 2:17 Hebrews 3:1. Christ has been proved infinitely superior to Moses; and the rest that he promised infinitely superior to that of Canaan: he now proceeds to treat of Christ as our High-priest, still with a view of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 4:15

Hebrews 4:15. Which cannot be touched with the feeling, &c.— With a fellow feeling, &c. See ch. Hebrews 10:34. The Greek of the next clause is literally, but in all things tempted according to a likeness; that is, with us. Compare ch. Hebrews 2:17-18.—Yet without sin;—we have added the word yet in our version. He underwent all kinds of trials, sufferings, and temptations: he stood firm, and went through them all, without any falling away from the truth, or doing any thing amiss:—we,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 4:13

13. creature—visible or invisible. in his sight—in God's sight (Hebrews 4:12). "God's wisdom, simply manifold, and uniformly multiform, with incomprehensible comprehension, comprehends all things incomprehensible." opened—literally, "thrown on the back so as to have the neck laid bare," as a victim with neck exposed for sacrifice. The Greek perfect tense implies that this is our continuous state in relation to God. "Show, O man, shame and fear towards thy God, for no veil, no twisting, bending,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 4:14

14. Seeing then—Having, therefore; resuming Hebrews 2:17. great—as being "the Son of God, higher than the heavens" (Hebrews 2:17- :): the archetype and antitype of the legal high priest. passed into the heavens—rather, "passed through the heavens," namely, those which come between us and God, the aerial heaven, and that above the latter containing the heavenly bodies, the sun, moon, c. These heavens were the veil which our High Priest passed through into the heaven of heavens, the immediate... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 4:15

15. For—the motive to "holding our profession" (Hebrews 4:14), namely the sympathy and help we may expect from our High Priest. Though "great" (Hebrews 4:14- :), He is not above caring for us; nay, as being in all points one with us as to manhood, sin only excepted, He sympathizes with us in every temptation. Though exalted to the highest heavens, He has changed His place, not His nature and office in relation to us, His condition, but not His affection. Compare Hebrews 4:14- :, "watch with... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 4:1-14

C. The Possibility of Rest for God’s People 4:1-14The writer returned again from exhortation to exposition. He now posed the alternatives of rest and peril that confronted the new people of God, Christians. It seems that this section ends with Hebrews 4:14 rather than 15 since 14 contains the end of an inclusio that begins in Hebrews 3:1. The writer warned his readers so they would not fail to enter into their rest."Since Moses was unable to lead the Israelites into Canaan, the writer reflects... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 4:13

Our Lord will examine every Christian; not one can avoid His judgment seat. This prospect should motivate every Christian to remain faithful to God until we see Him. We should "fear" (anticipate seriously, Hebrews 4:1) as we prepare for it (cf. 1 John 2:28). Will God find us faithful when we see Him? read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 4:14

Our "great High Priest" (Hebrews 2:17) has already proved faithful through suffering and is now in God’s presence where He intercedes for us (cf. Romans 8:34). Compare our "great salvation" (Hebrews 2:3). He is not just a priest serving on earth, like Israel’s high priests. He is our file leader (Hebrews 2:10), and we will follow Him through the heavens one day. This great High Priest is none other than Jesus, not an angel (Hebrews 1:4-14) or Moses (Hebrews 3:2-6). He is the Son of God (Hebrews... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 4:15

Jesus experienced temptation in every area of His life, as we do. Obviously He did not experience temptation to waste His time by watching too much television, for example. However, He experienced temptation to waste His time and to do or not do things contrary to God’s will. His temptations did not come from a sinful nature, as some of ours do, since He had no sinful nature, but He suffered temptation as we do because He was fully human. Since He endured every temptation successfully He... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Hebrews 4:15

4:15 manner, (h-22) Or 'according to [our] likeness,' which has substantially the same sense, 'according to the likeness of the way in which we are tempted.' read more

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