Hebrews 10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 10:21

And having an high priest over the house of God. The church of God, over which Christ is as prophet, priest, and King, and as the Son and owner of it; See Gill on Hebrews 3:6 ; See Gill on Hebrews 4:14 . In the Greek text it is, "a great priest"; so the Messiah is called by the Targum on Zechariah 6:12 כהן רב , "a great priest", as he is; even a great high priest, as in Hebrews 4:14 , and greater than Aaron, and any of his sons. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 10:22

Let us draw near with a true heart ,.... Either to the holiest of all, into which the saints have boldness to enter; or to Christ the high priest, who is entered there; or to the house of God, over which he is an high priest; or rather to God himself, as on a throne of grace, on the mercy seat in heaven, the most holy place: to "draw near" to him is a sacerdotal act, common to all the saints, who are made priests to God; and includes the whole of divine worship, but more especially designs... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 10:23

Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering ,.... Either in the grace or doctrine of faith, or in the profession of both; See Gill on Hebrews 4:14 . For he is faithful that promised ; that is God; and it is true of Father, Son, and Spirit; but God the Father may be more especially designed: he is a promising God, and is known to be so by his people; he is eminently and emphatically the Promiser; and all other promisers, and the promises made by them, signify little;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 10:24

And let us consider one another ,.... Saints should consider one another as men, that they are but men, of like passions and infirmities; they should consider their different tempers, and make allowance for them, and their outward state and condition in the world: they should consider one another as saints, partakers of the same grace; as that they are all loved with the same love, all conceived and brought forth in the womb of God's eternal electing grace, interested in the same covenant,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 10:25

Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together ,.... Or the episynagogue of one another; which word is used to distinguish Christian assemblies from Jewish synagogues, and to denote the coalition of Jews and Gentiles in one church state, and to express the saints' gathering together to Christ; see 2 Thessalonians 2:1 and their act of meeting together in some one place to attend his worship, word, and ordinances. Now to "forsake" such assembling, signifies a great infrequency in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 10:26

For if we sin wilfully ,.... Which is not to be understood of a single act of sin, but rather of a course of sinning; nor of sins of infirmity through temptation, or even of grosser acts of sin, but of voluntary ones; and not of all voluntary ones, or in which the will is engaged and concerned, but of such which are done on set purpose, resolutely and obstinately; and not of immoral practices, but of corrupt principles, and acting according to them; it intends a total apostasy from the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 10:27

But a certain fearful looking for of judgment ,.... Either of some outward visible judgment in this life, which sometimes falls on such persons; or of the particular judgment which immediately follows after death; or of the universal judgment, after the resurrection, and the dreadful sentence of condemnation which will then pass, and be immediately executed; and which will be done by Christ, and according to truth, and in strict justice; it is certain, and there will be no escaping it, for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 10:28

He that despised Moses' law ,.... By breaking it wilfully, and presumptuously, for which there was no sacrifice; meaning the law which Moses was the minister of not the author; and it respects the whole body of laws given by him, from God; and is instanced in for the sake of the comparison between him and Christ, and between the law and the Gospel, and for the illustration of the case in hand. Now one that transgressed that law, either in whole, or in part, by denying it entirely, or by... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 10:29

Of how much sorer punishment ,.... Than a mere corporeal death, which was the punishment inflicted on the transgressors of the law of Moses. Suppose ye ; the apostle appeals to the Hebrews themselves, and makes them judges of what punishment shall he be thought worthy ; who is described as follows: who hath trodden under foot the Son of God : this seems to be a stronger expression than crucifying him again, Hebrews 6:6 and is to be understood, not of what was in fact committed,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 10:30

For we know him that hath said ,.... That is, God, whom the apostle and the Hebrews knew; not merely by the works of creation and providence, but by the Scriptures, which they were favoured with, and by which they were distinguished from the Gentiles, and by which they knew his being, nature, and perfections; particularly, that what he said he was able to perform, and that he was true and faithful to every word of his, and to what he has said, Deuteronomy 32:35 vengeance belongeth ... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 10:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 10:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 10:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 10:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 10:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 10:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 10:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 10:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 10:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 10:30

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