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The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:14-16

Steadfastness. I. THERE IS HERE ENCOURAGEMENT TO STEADFASTNESS FROM THE DIGNITY AND SPHERE OF OUR LORD 'S MINISTRY . He is called the great High Priest, who stands in exalted contrast to Aaron and all his successors in the important duty of representing the people before God and representing God to the people. This greatness will appear in the arguments and discussions which follow, in which the holiness of his life, the value of his sacrifice, and the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 4:14

Seeing then that we have a great high priest - The apostle here resumes the subject which had been slightly hinted at in Hebrews 2:17; Hebrews 3:1, and pursues it to the end of Hebrews 10:0. The “object” is to show that Christians have a great High Priest as really as the Jews had; to show wherein he surpassed the Levitical priesthood; to show how all that was said of the Aaronic priesthood, and all the types pertaining to that priesthood, were fulfilled in the Lord Jesus; and to state and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 4:14

Hebrews 4:14. The writer of this epistle having spoken of the Author of the gospel, as the Creator of the world, as the Lawgiver in God’s church, as the Conductor of the spiritual seed of Abraham into the heavenly country, the rest of God, and as the Judge of the whole human race, now proceeds to speak of him as the High-Priest of our religion, and to show that, as such, he hath made atonement for our sins by the sacrifice of himself. This is the fourth fact whereby the authority of the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hebrews 4:14

Seeing . . . have = Having therefore. High Priest . See Hebrews 2:17 . passed into = passed through. Same word as in 1 Corinthians 10:1 ; 1 Corinthians 16:5 . Compare Hebrews 7:26 . Ephesians 4:10 . heavens . See Matthew 6:9 , Matthew 6:10 . Jesus . App-98 . Son of God . App-98 . profession . See Hebrews 3:1 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hebrews 4:14

DIVISION IIICHRIST IS A BETTER HIGH PRIEST (Hebrews 4:14-7:10)Having then a great high priest who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. (Hebrews 4:14)The author introduces in this verse the theme of Jesus as the great high priest and proceeds to elaborate the reasons of great superiority over any other. Jesus' passing "through the heavens" contrasts with Aaron's merely passing beyond certain enclosures in the tabernacle; nor should people be... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 4:14

Hebrews 4:14.— The apostle having finished the digression about the rest of God, and havingshewn,whathealwayskeeps in view, the infinitely superior advantage of what is to be had by Christ, above what is to be had in or by the law; he returns to what he had been saying, ch. Heb 2:17 Hebrews 3:1. Christ has been proved infinitely superior to Moses; and the rest that he promised infinitely superior to that of Canaan: he now proceeds to treat of Christ as our High-priest, still with a view of... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 4:14

14. Seeing then—Having, therefore; resuming Hebrews 2:17. great—as being "the Son of God, higher than the heavens" (Hebrews 2:17- :): the archetype and antitype of the legal high priest. passed into the heavens—rather, "passed through the heavens," namely, those which come between us and God, the aerial heaven, and that above the latter containing the heavenly bodies, the sun, moon, c. These heavens were the veil which our High Priest passed through into the heaven of heavens, the immediate... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 4:1-14

C. The Possibility of Rest for God’s People 4:1-14The writer returned again from exhortation to exposition. He now posed the alternatives of rest and peril that confronted the new people of God, Christians. It seems that this section ends with Hebrews 4:14 rather than 15 since 14 contains the end of an inclusio that begins in Hebrews 3:1. The writer warned his readers so they would not fail to enter into their rest."Since Moses was unable to lead the Israelites into Canaan, the writer reflects... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 4:14

Our "great High Priest" (Hebrews 2:17) has already proved faithful through suffering and is now in God’s presence where He intercedes for us (cf. Romans 8:34). Compare our "great salvation" (Hebrews 2:3). He is not just a priest serving on earth, like Israel’s high priests. He is our file leader (Hebrews 2:10), and we will follow Him through the heavens one day. This great High Priest is none other than Jesus, not an angel (Hebrews 1:4-14) or Moses (Hebrews 3:2-6). He is the Son of God (Hebrews... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 4:1-16

Jesus Christ, Giver or the Promised Rest, and High Priest to being Men to God1-13. Israel through unbelief failed to enter into the promised rest. The rest, therefore, remains open and a promise of entrance is made to us. Let us not make the same mistake and fail to enter in because of unbelief. For by no possibility can the most secret unbelief escape the searching eye of the living God.1. Being left] God’s promise of rest cannot fail. Israel having failed to enter into it, the promise remains... read more

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