Hebrews 10:19-23 KJV

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:19-22

Approaching God. I. WHY THE APPROACH IS TO BE MADE . There needed the statement of no reason here; the necessity of approach is assumed. The great thing required was to substitute a new ground and a new mode of approach for a ground and a mode which had become useless, nay, even harmful. The Israelite had always acknowledged that he must approach Deity in some way or other. If God had not appointed a certain way of access in the Levitical ordinances, the Israelite would... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:19-25

The great admonition. Having completed his elaborate argument, and concluded the doctrinal part of the treatise, the author warmly exhorts the Hebrews to maintain their Christian steadfastness. The appeal contained in these verses collects into a focus of intense light and heat the main teaching of this weighty book. The paragraph before us may be regarded as the center of gravity of the Epistle. It is also the key-note of the impressive representations and the loving counsels which occupy... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:19-39

Hebrews 10:19-39 . HORTATORY PORTION OF THE EPISTLE . The great doctrine of Christ's eternal priesthood having been led up to, established by argument, and at length fully expounded, it remains only to press the practical result of a belief in it in alternate tones of encouragement and of warning. We have seen that, even in the earlier chapters, hortatory passages were frequently interposed, showing the purpose all along in the writer's mind. In the central and deepest part of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:22

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our body washed with pure water. "Let us draw near" ( προσερχώμεθα ) is a liturgical phrase, denoting the approach of the people, after ceremonial atonement, to the earthly sanctuary (cf. Hebrews 10:1 , τοὺς προσερχομένους ) . We may now draw near to the very heavenly mercy-seat, without any sense of a bar to our doing so on the ground of consciousness of sin.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:23

Christian fidelity. "Let us hold fast the profession of our faith," etc. I. THE EXHORTATION TO CHRISTIAN FIDELITY . "Let us hold fast the confession of our hope, that it waver not." 1. The object of our hope. That in Christ we have at present forgiveness of our sins, the right of approach unto God, sanctifying influences, etc. That through Christ we shall attain unto the future and perfect rest—the sabbath-keeping which remains for the people of God. Or in brief, that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:23

The Christian's steadfast acknowledgment of his hope. I. THE EXISTENCE OF ACTUAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT IS ASSUMED . The writer is addressing those who are avowedly Christians. Jesus has already been acknowledged as Apostle and High Priest ( Hebrews 3:1 ), and already an exhortation has been given to hold fast the acknowledgment of him. In the first age of Christianity, the breaking away from Judaism or from Gentile idolatry could not, of course, be concealed. It never was meant... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:23-25

Let us hold fast the confession ( ὁμολογίαν , see Hebrews 3:1 , and ref; also Hebrews 4:14 ) of our hope without wavering ( ἀκλινῆ , agreeing with "confession"); for he is faithful that promised: and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works; not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. The readers, having been exhorted to confidence... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 10:19

Having therefore, brethren - The apostle, in this verse, enters on the hortatory part of his Epistle, which continues to the end of it. He had gone into an extensive examination of the Jewish and Christian systems; he had compared the Founders of the two - Moses and the Son of God, and shown how far superior the latter was to the former; he had compared the Christian Great High Priest with the Jewish high priest, and shown his superiority; he had compared the sacrifices under the two... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 10:20

By a new and living way - By a new method or manner. It was a mode of access that was till then unknown. No doubt many were saved before the Redeemer came, but the method by which they approached God was imperfect and difficult. The word which is rendered here “new” - πρόσφατον prosphaton - occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. It properly means “slain, or killed thereto;” that is, “newly killed, just dead; and then fresh, recent.” Passow. It does not so much convey the idea that it is new... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 10:21

And having an High Priest over the house of God - Over the spiritual house of God; that is, the church; compare the notes on Hebrews 3:1-6. Under the Jewish dispensation there was a great high priest, and the same is true under the Christian dispensation. This the apostle had shown at length in the previous part of the Epistle. The idea here is, that as under the former dispensation it was regarded as a privilege that the people of God might have access to the mercy-seat by means of the high... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:19-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:19-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:19-39

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:23-25

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 10:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 10:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 10:21

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