John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:10
For they verily for a few days chastened us ,.... Which respects not the minority of children, during which time they are under the correction of parents, and which is but a few days; nor the short life of parents; but rather the end which parents have in chastening their children, which is their temporal good, and which lasts but for a few days; which sense the opposition in the latter part of the text requires: and this they do after their own pleasure : not to please and delight... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:9
Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh ,.... Earthly parents; who are so called, because they are the immediate causes and instruments of the generation of their children, and of their fleshly bodies and worldly beings; and to distinguish them from the Father of spirits: and this shows, that they have not the spirit or soul from them, only the flesh or body, and which is frail and corrupt; and therefore goes by this name. Which corrected us ; early, and at proper seasons, in love,... read more