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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 3:1-19

The argument now passed to the second claim of superiority, that over all human leaders. He is first seen as superior to Moses and Joshua. He is "the Apostle" completely fulfilling the function represented by the work of these two; He is also 'High Priest," thus realizing everything suggested in the position of Aaron. The position of Moses was that of a servant in the house of God. His faithfulness was shown in that he made all things according to the pattern. The spiritual house of God... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 3:15

‘In that it is said, “Today if you will hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.” The quotation is a repetition of Hebrews 3:7. ‘In that it is said’ perhaps refers back to ‘exhort one another’ (Hebrews 3:13), giving a reason for the exhortation. They are to exhort and encourage one another because the Holy Spirit has said, ‘Today if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the provocation.’ They are to work together to obey Him. Or it may refer back to the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 3:16

‘For who, when they heard, did provoke? No, did not all those who came out of Egypt by Moses?’ And who of those who heard these words, provoked God? Was it not all those who came out of Egypt through the activity of Moses? The situation was appalling. It was not the few who provoked God, but the many. Indeed (nearly) all of them. Let his readers not think that, because they were all agreed, it proved that what they were thinking of doing was right. For Israel had all been agreed in provoking... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 3:17

‘And with whom was he displeased forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?’ And let them consider with whom He was displeased for forty years, a displeasure revealed by their not being able to enter Canaan, their longed for rest. It was with those who sinned whose bodies fell in the wilderness. That was their fate. And it was what happened to almost all of them. They did not enter into what they had set out from Egypt to obtain, the land of milk and... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 3:18

‘And to whom swore he that they should not enter into his rest, but to those who were disobedient?’ For God swore to those who were disobedient that they should not enter into His rest. This refers mainly to the later incident when faced with the obstacles to entering the land their faith failed and they refused to go. They forgot all that had happened in the past. They forgot Who and What God was. They thought only of their own temporary safety. And they thus excluded themselves from the land... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 3:19

‘And we see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief.’ Note the sequence. They provoked (Hebrews 3:16), they sinned (Hebrews 3:17), they were disobedient (Hebrews 3:18), they were guilty of unbelief (Hebrews 3:19). Their hearts became harder and harder. And thus they could not enter into God’s rest (Deuteronomy 12:9; Exodus 33:14). To enter God’s rest was to be settled in the land and delivered from surrounding enemies (Deuteronomy 3:20; Deuteronomy 25:19; Joshua 1:15; Joshua... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 3:1-19

Hebrews 3:1 to Hebrews 4:13 . As Christ is higher than the angels, so He is greater than Moses, through whom the first covenant was established. The comparison with Moses, however, occupies only a few verses, and merges in a warning to avoid the fate of those Israelites whom Moses led. read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 3:7-16

Hebrews 3:7 to Hebrews 4:13 . With this warning the comparison between Christ and Moses changes into an exhortation, based on Psalms 95:7-1 Kings :. This psalm is concerned with the “ house” or community of which Moses was the head, and its lessons are applied to the “ house” of the new covenant. The ancient people of God missed their destiny because of unbelief, and Christians must be on their guard against a like danger. After making his quotation the writer proceeds to explain it by his... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 3:15

This is another circumstance of the example of the Jews applied to them: That since now Christ is speaking to you, as he did to your forefathers then; the same voice concerning you both, so as, not to-morrow, or when you will, but To-day, if you will believe what God speaketh to you by him, and hath recorded in his word concerning his being the Messiah, and render not yourselves deaf to God’s voice, or obdurate through unbelief, as your forefathers did, when their unbelief and hardness of heart... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 3:16

For some, when they had heard, did provoke: this is a rational enforcement of the former duty pressed; it being as possible for them to provoke Christ as others, they should look to it, and not harden their hearts; for the greater some, the most of the congregation of Israel, imbittered God’s Spirit by their unbelief and hardness of heart; though Christ spake to them from heaven, as never was before done, and daily by Moses they were hearing counsels by which they might live, yet provoked they... read more

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 3:1-19

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 3:15

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 3:16

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 3:17

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 3:18

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 3:19

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 3:1-19

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 3:7-16

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 3:15

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 3:16

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