Hebrews 10:35. Cast not away therefore your confidence,— "Do not cast away, on the contrary, hold fast that liberty, that freedom of access (παρρησιαν ), which is granted you to enter into the holy of holies." See ch. Heb 3:6 and Heb 10:19 of this chapter. read more
Hebrews 10:36. For ye have need of patience;— "You have need of steady perseverance, or of holding out to the end." See Revelation 17:18; Revelation 3:3; Revelation 3:11. read more
Hebrews 10:37. For yet a little while,— Some would render the Greek, which is emphatical,—a little, a very little time,— μικρον οσον οσον . It has been observed that 'Ο ερχομενος, the Comer, is a title given to the Messiah. See Mat 11:3 and Habakkuk 2:3; Habakkuk 2:20. The Hebrews were to wait with patience and perseverance, that they might receive the promise of an eternal inheritance. They were to hold out for some time, be it more or less; and he that is to come, will come, and will not... read more
Hebrews 10:38. Now the just shall live by faith:— Dr. Sykes is of opinion, that this sentence would stand better connected with the preceding words, if a full stop were not put after the word tarry, but the whole were read in one continued sentence: "He that shall come, will come at the time appointed; and those who are just, from and by theirfaith in Christ, shall live." St. Paul has, throughout the epistles to the Romans and Galatians, shewn that we are justified by faith: Romans... read more
30. him—God, who enters no empty threats. Vengeance belongeth unto me—Greek, "To Me belongeth vengeance": exactly according with Paul's quotation, :-, of the same text. Lord shall judge his people—in grace, or else anger, according as each deserves: here, "judge," so as to punish the reprobate apostate; there, "judge," so as to interpose in behalf of, and save His people (Deuteronomy 32:36). read more
31. fearful . . . to fall into the hands—It is good like David to fall into the hands of God, rather than man, when one does so with filial faith in his father's love, though God chastises him. "It is fearful" to fall into His hands as a reprobate and presumptuous sinner doomed to His just vengeance as Judge ( :-). living God—therefore able to punish for ever ( :-). read more
32. As previously he has warned them by the awful end of apostates, so here he stirs them up by the remembrance of their own former faith, patience, and self-sacrificing love. So Revelation 2:3; Revelation 2:4. call to remembrance—habitually: so the present tense means. illuminated—"enlightened": come to "the knowledge of the truth" (Revelation 2:4- :) in connection with baptism (see on Revelation 2:4- :). In spiritual baptism, Christ, who is "the Light," is put on. "On the one hand, we are not... read more
33. The persecutions here referred to seem to have been endured by the Hebrew Christians at their first conversion, not only in Palestine, but also in Rome and elsewhere, the Jews in every city inciting the populace and the Roman authorities against Christians. gazing-stock—as in a theater (so the Greek): often used as the place of punishment in the presence of the assembled multitudes. Acts 19:29; 1 Corinthians 4:9, "Made a theatrical spectacle to the world." ye became—of your own accord:... read more
34. ye had compassion on me in my bonds—The oldest manuscripts and versions omit "me," and read, "Ye both sympathized with those in bonds (answering to the last clause of :-; compare Hebrews 13:3; Hebrews 13:23; Hebrews 6:10), and accepted (so the Greek is translated in Hebrews 6:10- :) with joy (James 1:2; joy in tribulations, as exercising faith and other graces, James 1:2- :; and the pledge of the coming glory, James 1:2- :) the plundering of your (own) goods (answering to the first clause... read more
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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 10:34
Hebrews 10:34. For ye had compassion of me, &c.— This verse alone, it appears to me, leaves no room to doubt that St. Paul was the author of this epistle. We may observe, that the apostle having mentioned two things, Heb 10:33 to set forth the sufferings of the Hebrews, proceeds in this verse to give a proof of both; but does not proceed in the order wherein he had before placed them. The first clause of Heb 10:34 relates to the latter in Heb 10:33 and in like manner the last clause in Heb... read more