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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 3:7-19

B. The Danger of Disbelief (The Second Warning) 3:7-19"The comparison between Christ and Moses leads to one between their followers. The writer uses the conduct of the Israelites as a means of challenging his readers to a closer walk with God." [Note: Morris, p. 33.] The writer next reminded his readers of the fate of the Israelites when they failed to continue believing God at Kadesh Barnea. His purpose was to help them realize the serious consequences of that behavior and to motivate them to... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 3:15

We see the example of failure in Israel’s unbelief at Kadesh-barnea, which the writer repeated for emphasis. Much misinterpretation of the warnings in Hebrews has arisen over failure to appreciate that this writer was drawing parallels between the behavior of God’s people in the past (Israel) and the behavior of God’s people in the present (the church). Christians face the same kinds of temptations that the Israelites did, and we should learn from their mistakes (cf. 1 Corinthians 10:1-22)."The... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 3:16-19

These verses constitute an exposition of the passage quoted. The questions indicate the diatribe style of rhetoric in which the speaker raises questions and provides answers. The Israelites who died in the wilderness were mostly redeemed believers (cf. Exodus 14:31). [Note: See Randall C. Gleason, "The Old Testament Background of Rest in Hebrews 3:7-4:11," Bibliotheca Sacra 157:627 (July-September 2000):288.] They died as believers; they did not lose their salvation. However they did fail to... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Hebrews 3:15

3:15 provocation; (k-21) I have no doubt, in spite of objections, that 16-19 is a parenthesis. read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Hebrews 3:16

3:16 not (l-12) Or 'was it not indeed.' read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Hebrews 3:17

3:17 carcases (a-18) Lit. 'limbs.' often used for a carcase. Some suppose the idea of the body falling to pieces. read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Hebrews 3:18

3:18 word? (b-23) Apeitheo . see Note e, John 3:36 . 'Who had not hearkened to the word' is, I apprehend, the true force here. It is taken from the LXX, Numbers 14:43 and Deuteronomy 1:26 , which refer to the occasion on which God declared their carcases should fall in the wilderness. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 3:1-19

Jesus Christ, Lord of the Household of Gods(b) Christ is superior also to Moses; for He is Son over the house of God, whereas Moses was only a servant in it.1. Wherefore] A new section begins here, in which argument and exhortation are blended. The connexion with the preceding is not quite plain. It may lie in the fact that Christ has been described (Hebrews 2:10) as a Leader of salvation, conducting God’s children to glory, suggesting a similar function performed by Moses, the Leader of God’s... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Hebrews 3:15

(15) If ye will hear.—Rather, as before (Hebrews 3:7), if ye shall hear. The true connection of this verse is not easily decided. By many it is held that the words should be joined with what follows, and commence a new paragraph; but this does not seem probable. Either Hebrews 3:14 is parenthetical, so that this verse emphasises the reference to “today” in Hebrews 3:13; or the thought of the writer is that we must “hold fast the beginning of our confidence” in the presence of this divine... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Hebrews 3:16

(16) For.—The connecting link is the thought of “the provocation.” A slight change in the accentuation of the first Greek word effects a complete change in the sense: For who when they had heard did provoke? Nay, was it not all that came out of Egypt through Moses? Those who were disobedient were the people whom God, through Moses, had but now delivered from bondage! The two exceptions (Numbers 14:30) are left out of account in the presence of the multitude of rebels. There can be little doubt... read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 3:7-19

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 3:15

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 3:16-19

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Hebrews 3:15

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Hebrews 3:16

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Hebrews 3:17

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Hebrews 3:18

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 3:1-19

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Hebrews 3:15

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Hebrews 3:16

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