Hebrews 12:12 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 12:4-17

Here the apostle presses the exhortation to patience and perseverance by an argument taken from the gentle measure and gracious nature of those sufferings which the believing Hebrews endured in their Christian course. I. From the gentle and moderate degree and measure of their sufferings: You have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin, Heb. 12:4. Observe, 1. He owns that they had suffered much, they had been striving to an agony against sin. Here, (1.) The cause of the conflict was... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 12:12-17

12:12-17 So, then, lift up the slack hands. Strengthen the weak knees. And make straight the paths of your feet so that the bones of the lame may not be completely dislocated but rather may be cured. Make peace your aim--and do it all together--and aim at that holiness without which no one can see the Lord. Watch that no one misses the grace of God. Watch that no pernicious influence grows up to involve you in troubles. And watch that the main body of your people are not soiled by any such... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:12

These words may be considered as spoken to the Hebrews, with respect to themselves; accordingly, the Syriac version reads, "your hands", and "your knees"; who were sluggish, and inactive in prayer, in hearing the word, in attendance on ordinances, in holding fast their profession, and in the performance of those things which adorn it; they were weary and fatigued with weights and burdens of sins and afflictions; and were faint, fearful, and timorous, through distrust of the promised good,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 12:12

Wherefore lift up the hands - The apostle refers to Isaiah 35:3 . The words are an address to persons almost worn out with sickness and fatigue, whose hands hang down, whose knees shake, and who are totally discouraged. These are exhorted to exert themselves, and take courage, with the assurance that they shall infallibly conquer if they persevere. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 12:12

Verse 12 12.Wherefore, lift up, etc. After having taught us that God regards our salvation when he chastises us, he then exhorts us to exert ourselves vigorously; for nothing will more weaken us and more fully discourage us than through the influence of a false notion to have no taste of God’s grace in adversities. There is, therefore, nothing more efficacious to raise us up than the intimation that God is present with us, even when he afflicts us, and is solicitous about our welfare. But in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 12:1-29

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 12:12

Wherefore lift up (for, straighten anew ) the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees (rather, the relaxed hands and the loosened or enfeebled knees ) . The word παραλελυμένα is used only by St. Luke elsewhere in the New Testament, and with reference to persons paralyzed ( Luke 5:18 , Luke 5:24 ; Acts 8:7 ; Acts 9:33 ). The form of the exhortation is taken from Isaiah 35:3 , ἰσχύσατε χεῖρες ἀνειμέναι καὶ γόνατα παραλελυμένα . The figure of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 12:12-13

The Christian treatment of the feeble. "Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down," etc. I. THE LIABILITY TO FAINTNESS AND INFIRMITY IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE . This condition is variously described in the text. "The hands which hang down," relaxed, enervated, incapable of vigorous or healthy action. "The feeble knees," tottering and paralyzed. "That which is lame" indicates, says Afford, "that part of the Church which was wavering between Christianity and Judaism."... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 12:12-17

A threefold cord of duty. The word "wherefore" ( Hebrews 12:12 ) connects this admonition with what goes before. For these reasons, says the apostle—since the Savior was subjected to such hard treatment at the hands of wicked men; since your own resistance to sin has not yet exposed you to bloodshed; since your very trials are an expression of God's fatherly love; and since his chastisements are fitted to be so profitable in their results—surely you will never allow yourselves to fall... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 12:12

Wherefore - In view of the facts which have been now stated - that afflictions are sent from God, and are evidences of his paternal watchfulness.Lift up the hands which hang down - As if from weariness and exhaustion. Renew your courage; make a new effort to bear them. The hands fall by the side when we are exhausted with toil, or worn down by disease; see the notes on Isaiah 35:3, from which place this exhortation is taken.And the feeble knees - The knees also become enfeebled by long effort,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 12:4-17

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 12:12-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 12:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 12:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 12:1-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 12:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 12:12-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 12:12-17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 12:12

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