ヘブル人への手紙 6:2 JC

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 6:2

Of the doctrine of baptisms - This is mentioned as the third element or principle of the Christian religion. The Jews made much of various kinds of “washings,” which were called “baptisms;” see the note on Mark 7:4. It is supposed also, that they were in the practice of baptizing proselytes to their religion; see the note on Matthew 3:6. Since they made so much of various kinds of ablution, it was important that the true doctrine on the subject should be stated as one of the elements of the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 6:1-2

Hebrews 6:1-2. Therefore Seeing that most of you have continued so ignorant, although you have been so long favoured with the light of the gospel, and various means of edification, it is high time for you to labour for more knowledge and grace, and for me to instruct you further; leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ That is, saying no more for the present, of those things in which those who embrace Christianity are wont to be first instructed. The original expression, τον της... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hebrews 6:1-8

5:11-6:20 CHRISTIAN GROWTH AND PERSEVERANCEWarning to the unstable (5:11-6:8)The writer would like to say more about Christ’s priesthood, but he feels his readers will not understand. Instead of being mature Christians they are spiritual babes, in spite of having received so much instruction in the Scriptures that by now they should be teachers themselves (11-12). They have not made the effort to study and understand the Word, and therefore are not able to apply its teachings to life’s... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hebrews 6:2

doctrine = teaching, baptisms = washings. App-115 . laying on, &c. See Acts 8:18 ; &c. resurrection . Greek. anastasis . App-178 . dead . App-139 . eternal . Greek. aionios. App-151 . judgment . Greek. krima . App-177 . Of the six things enumerated, two are esoteric experiences, two exoteric rites, two eschatological facts, and all have to do with the dispensation of the kingdom. Compare App-70 and App-140 read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 6:2

Hebrews 6:2. The doctrine of baptisms,— Dr. Sykes and many others think the reason why the sacred writer speaks of baptisms in the plural number to be this: He writes to the Hebrews, who had not only several sorts of baptisms enjoined in and by the law, but who had had John, whom all looked upon and acknowledged, baptizing into the belief of one who was to come after him, and into a baptism of repentance. When a Jew was converted, he was baptized into the profession of Jesus's being the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 6:2

2. the doctrine of baptisms—paired with "laying on of hands," as the latter followed on Christian baptism, and answers to the rite of confirmation in Episcopal churches. Jewish believers passed, by an easy transition, from Jewish baptismal purifications ( :-, "washings"), baptism of proselytes, and John's baptism, and legal imposition of hands, to their Christian analogues, baptism, and the subsequent laying on of hands, accompanied by the gift of the Holy Ghost (compare :-). Greek,... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 6:1-3

2. The needed remedy 6:1-3The writer proceeded to explain what the community of Christians that he addressed should do to change its dangerous condition. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 6:2

They did not need further instruction in four other subjects either. "Washings" evidently refers to the doctrine of spiritual cleansing. The Greek word translated "washings" is baptismos that refers to Jewish ceremonial washings whenever it occurs in the New Testament (Mark 7:4; Mark 7:8; Hebrews 9:10). A different Greek word (baptisma) describes Christian baptism. This means the writer here referred not to baptism but to spiritual cleansing.The "laying on of hands" in Judaism was part of the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 6:1-20

Warning and Encouragement1. Leaving.. let us go on] RV ’let us cease to speak of.. and press on.’ The words are either an exhortation to the readers to advance beyond the elementary stage of Christian doctrine, or a resolution on the part of the writer to omit the discussion of rudimentary truths and to proceed to more advanced subjects. The latter is probably correct, in which case the ’us’ is that of authorship. But though he determines to omit the treatment of elementary doctrines, he... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Hebrews 6:2

(2) Of the doctrine of baptisms.—The meaning of these words has been much controverted. The order of the Greek has been thought to require the rendering baptisms of doctrine (or, teaching); and it has been believed that the writer in this manner seeks to characterise Christian baptism as contrasted with the Jewish lustrations. Matthew 28:19, “baptising them . . . teaching them,” is often quoted in favour of this view. The whole question of baptism amongst the Jews of the Apostolic age is full... read more