Hebrews 3:16 NASB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 3:7-19

Here the apostle proceeds in pressing upon them serious counsels and cautions to the close of the chapter; and he recites a passage out of Ps. 95:7; where observe, I. What he counsels them to do?to give a speedy and present attention to the call of Christ. ?Hear his voice, assent to, approve of, and consider, what God in Christ speaks unto you; apply it to yourselves with suitable affections and endeavours, and set about it this very day, for to-morrow it may be too late.? II. What he cautions... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 3:7-19

3:7-19 So then, as the Holy Spirit says, "If today you will hear my voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the Provocation, as happened on the day of the Temptation in the wilderness, where your fathers tried to test me, and, in consequence, experienced for forty years what I could do. So my anger was kindled against that generation, and I said, 'Always they wander in their hearts; they do not know my ways.' So I swore in my anger, 'Very certainly they shall not enter in to my rest.'" Have a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 3:16

For some, when, they had heard ,.... The Arabic version adds, "his voice"; the law on Mount Sinai; the voice of words, with the voices and thunderings that attended it; the book of the covenant read; the whole system of laws and ordinances delivered to Moses, and by him to them; and also the Gospel, for that was preached to the Israelites in the wilderness, and heard by them; as appears from Hebrews 4:2 and which seems chiefly intended: and yet some of the hearers of it did provoke ;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 3:16

For some, when they had heard, did provoke - There is a various reading here, which consists merely in the different placing of an accent, and yet gives the whole passage a different turn: - τινες , from τις , who, if read with the accent on the epsilon, τινὲς , is the plural indefinite, and signifies some, as in our translation; if read with the accent on the iota, τίνες , it has an interrogative meaning; and, according to this, the whole clause, τίνες γαρ ακουσαντες... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 3:16

Verse 16 16For some, when they had heard, etc. David spoke of the fathers as though that whole generation were unbelieving; but it appears that some who truly feared God mingled with the wicked. The apostle mentions this to modify what had been more severely said by David, in order that we may know that the word is preached to all for this end, that all may obey it with one consent, and that the whole people were justly condemned for unbelief, when the body was torn and mutilated by the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 3:1-19

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 3:7-19

Beware of unbelief. Eminent and honored though Moses had been, the generation of Hebrews whom he led out of Egypt became unbelieving and disobedient, and were in consequence overtaken by a dreadful doom. So the writer of this Epistle, realizing the strong temptations to relapse into Judaism which beset the Hebrew Christians, warns them against the still more dreadful consequences of apostasy from discipleship to Jesus Christ. I. A BESETTING SPIRITUAL DANGER . It is that of losing... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 3:7-19

The comparison of Christ and Moses suggests the possibility of apostasy from Christ. As Christ and Moses occupied similar positions as leaders of the household of God, and Israel was faithless under the leadership of Moses, and came to ruin as the result, so it is possible that, under the leadership of Christ, there may be the same infidelity and the same bitter end. I. THE FEAR OF APOSTASY FROM CHRIST . This solemn exhortation is written to professing Christians; and such... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 3:15-19

As redemption from Egypt did not protect Israel from punishment, so misbelief in Christians will be visited with the Divine displeasure and final failure. The sacred writer refers us to the psalm from which he had drawn such affecting exhortations to steadfastness in the spiritual life, and now advances to enforce the lessons of earnestness by a series of weighty inquiries derived from the overthrow of many Israelites in the desert. The ideas resemble those of Paul, who in 1 Corinthians... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 3:16-19

For who, when they heard, provoked? Nay, did net all those who came out of Egypt by Moses . That both these clauses are interrogative, and not as taken in the A.V. , is now the prevalent view. The reasons for thus understanding them are read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 3:7-19

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 3:7-19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 3:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 3:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 3:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 3:1-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 3:7-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 3:7-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 3:15-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 3:16-19

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