Hebrews 10:32-36

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 10:19-39

I. Here the apostle sets forth the dignities of the gospel state. It is fit that believers should know the honours and privileges that Christ has procured for them, that, while they take the comfort, they may give him the glory of all. The privileges are, 1. Boldness to enter into the holiest. They have access to God, light to direct them, liberty of spirit and of speech to conform to the direction; they have a right to the privilege and a readiness for it, assistance to use and improve it and... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 10:32-39

10:32-39 Remember the former days. Remember how, after you had been enlightened, you had to go through a hard struggle of suffering, partly because you yourselves were held up to insult and involved in affliction and partly because you had become partners with people whose life was like that. For you gave your sympathy to those in prison; you accepted the pillaging of your goods with joy; for you knew that you yourselves hold a possession which is better and which lasts. Do not throw away... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 10:32

But call to remembrance the former days ,.... The words may be considered either as a declaration of what they had done, and be read, "but ye do call to remembrance", &c.; or as an exhortation to remember the days of their espousals, the times of their first conversion: and the apostle's design in this is, to mitigate the terror the preceding words might strike them with; and to aggravate the disgrace of turning back, when they had behaved so bravely in former times; and to encourage... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 10:33

Partly whilst ye were made a gazing stock ,.... Brought upon the stage or theatre, and made a spectacle to the world, angels, and men, 1 Corinthians 4:9 both by reproaches and afflictions ; suffering both in their characters and reputations, and in their persons and substance: and partly whilst ye became companions of them that were so used ; they maintained their communion with them, relieved them in distress, and sympathized with them. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 10:34

For ye had compassion of me in my bonds ,.... When he was bound at Jerusalem, by the chief captain Lysias, with two chains, Acts 21:33 or when he was in bonds elsewhere; which they did by sympathizing with him in their hearts; by their prayers for him, and in their letters to him; and by sending presents to him for his relief and support. The Alexandrian copy, and two of Stephens's, the Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions, read, "had compassion on the prisoners"; or "them that were bound";... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 10:35

Cast not away therefore your confidence ,.... The same word is used here, as in Hebrews 10:19 where it is translated "boldness"; and may design here, as there, an holy boldness in prayer, free from a servile and bashful spirit; and which appears in a liberty of speaking to God, and in a confidence of being heard; prayer itself should not be left off, nor should freedom, boldness, and confidence in it be slackened, or laid aside: or else a profession of faith is intended, which ought to be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 10:36

For ye have need of patience ,.... Not that they were destitute of the grace of patience; for where God is the God of all grace, he is the God of patience; and such, who are called by grace, are conformed to the image of Christ, and, among other things, are like him in this; and those who are born of the Spirit, have the fruits of the Spirit, and this, among the rest; to whom the word of God is effectual, this fruit is produced in them, that being the word of patience; and such who are... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 10:32

But call to remembrance - It appears from this, and indeed from some parts of the Gospel history, that the first believers in Judea were greatly persecuted; our Lord's crucifixion, Stephen's martyrdom, the persecution that arose after the death of Stephen, Acts 8:1 , Herod's persecution, Acts 12:1 , in which James was killed, and the various persecutions of St. Paul, sufficiently show that this disposition was predominant among that bad people. A great fight of afflictions - Πολλην... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 10:33

Ye were made a gazing-stock - Θεατριζομενοι· Ye were exhibited as wild beasts and other shows at the theatres. See the note on 1 Corinthians 4:9 , where all this is illustrated. Companions of them that were so used - It appears, from 1 Thessalonians 2:14 , 1 Thessalonians 2:15 , that the Churches of God in Judea were greatly persecuted, and that they believed with courage and constancy in their persecutions. When any victim of persecuting rage was marked out, the rest were prompt... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 10:34

Ye had compassion of me in my bonds - Συνεπαθησατε· Ye suffered with me, ye sympathized with me, when bound for the testimony of Jesus. This probably refers to the sympathy they showed towards him, and the help they afforded him, during his long imprisonment in Caesarea and Jerusalem. But instead of τοις δεσμοις μου , my bonds, τοις δεσμιοις , the prisoners, is the reading of AD, and several others, both the Syriac, the Arabic of Erpen, the Coptic, Armenian, Vulgate, some of the Itala,... read more

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