Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 12:1-3
1. The example of Jesus 12:1-3One writer observed a chiastic structure in verses one and two."Therefore we,[A] having seated around about us such a cloud of witnesses, [B] setting aside every weight and every clinging sin . . . [C] with patient endurance . . . [D] let us run the race that is set before us[E] keeping our eyes on Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of the faith, [D’] who for the joy that was set before Him . . . [C’] patiently endured the cross . . . [B’] despising shame . . .[A’]... read more
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 12:4
4. not yet resisted unto blood—image from pugilism, as he previously had the image of a race, both being taken from the great national Greek games. Ye have suffered the loss of goods, and been a gazing-stock by reproaches and afflictions; ye have not shed your blood (see on Hebrews 12:1). "The athlete who hath seen his own blood, and who, though cast down by his opponent, does not let his spirits be cast down, who as often as he hath fallen hath risen the more determined, goes down to the... read more