21 And having an high priest over the house of God; Ver. 21. Over the house of God ] As Jehoiadah was over the temple, presided and commanded there, 2 Kings 2:5 . All power is given to Christ both in heaven and earth, for our behoof and benefit. read more
22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Ver. 22. Let us draw near ] Come, for the Master calleth,Mark 10:49; Mark 10:49 . With a true heart ] That is, with a heart truly and entirely given up to God, uprightly propounding God’s service in prayer, and that out of a filial affection, delighting to do his will, and therefore well content to wait, or, if God see good, to want... read more
23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) Ver. 23. Without wavering ] Gr. ακλινη , without tilting or tossing to one side or other. This amounts to more than that conjectural confidence of the Popish dubitanei, and that common faith that holds men in suspense, and hangs between heaven and earth as a meteor. read more
24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Ver. 24. And let us consider ] Christians must study one another’s cases, the causes and cure of their spiritual distempers, solicitous of their welfare. To provoke unto love ] To whet on, as Deuteronomy 6:7 , to sharpen and extimulate, as Proverbs 27:17 , to rouse and raise up their dull spirits, as 2 Peter 2:13 , to set an edge on one another, as boars whet their tusks one against another, saith Nazianzen, ως υων... read more
25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is ; but exhorting one another : and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. Ver. 25. Not forsaking ] Schism is the very cutting asunder of the very veins and arteries of the mystical body of Christ. We may not separate, but in case of intolerable persecution, heresy, idolatry, and Antichristianism. The assembling of ourselves together ] επισυναγωγη , in Church assemblies and Christian meetings, as ever... read more
26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, Ver. 26. For if we sin wilfully ] Against the grace of the gospel, despising and despiting it, as those that fall into the unpardonable sin. Some good souls by mistakes of this text have been much afflicted, as Master John Glover. Other odious apostates have utterly despaired. Others of the ancients have unworthily cashiered this Epistle out of the canon, because of... read more
27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. Ver. 27. Fearful looking for ] Though judgment be not speedily executed, yet it is certainly to be expected. Winter never rots in the air, or dies in the dam’s belly, as they say. Could but men foresee what an evil and a bitter thing sin is, they durst not but be innocent. read more
28 He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: Ver. 28. He that despised ] i.e. He that with a high hand violated it, or fell into any capital crime, and it came to light, died without mercy. As for those heinous offences, that not being discovered, and sufficiently proved, came not under the Judge’s cognizance, the Lord, for the easing of men’s consciences, and for the saving of their lives, appointed the yearly feast of expiations, Leviticus 16:29 . read more
29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? Ver. 29. Who hath trodden under foot ] Respecting him no more than the vilest and filthiest dirt in the street, or the most abject thing iu the world, as Ambrose expounds it; he disdains to receive benefit by Christ’s propitiatory and... read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Hebrews 10:20
20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; Ver. 20. By a new ] Fresh, and as effectual at all times as if Christ were but newly sacrificed for us. Tam recens mihi nunc Christus est, ac si hac hora fudisset sanguinem, saith Luther. Christ is even now as fresh to me as if this very hour he had shed his precious blood. προσφατον , Recens mactatus. Which he hath consecrated, or new made for us ] Paradise had a way out, but none... read more