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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 12:18-29

Here the apostle goes on to engage the professing Hebrews to perseverance in their Christian course and conflict, and not to relapse again into Judaism. This he does by showing them how much the state of the gospel church differs from that of the Jewish church, and how much it resembles the state of the church in heaven, and on both accounts demands and deserves our diligence, patience, and perseverance in Christianity. I. He shows how much the gospel church differs from the Jewish church, and... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 12:18-24

12:18-24 It is not to something that can be touched that you have come, to a flaming fire, to mist and gloom and stormblast, and to the blare of a trumpet, and to a voice which spoke such words that those who heard it begged that not another word should be further spoken unto them, for they could not bear the command: "If even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned." So terrifying was the apparition that Moses said: "I am in utter fear and trembling." But you have come to Mount Sion... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 12:25-29

12:25-29 See that you do not refuse to listen to his voice; for if they who refused to listen to the one who brought the oracles of God upon earth did not escape, how much more shall we not escape if we turn away from him who speaks from Heaven? Then his voice shook the earth but now the voice of the promise is: "Still once more I will shake not only the earth but heaven also." That phrase "still once more" signifies the removal of the things that are shaken, because they are merely created... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:22

But ye are come unto Mount Sion ,.... The Alexandrian copy reads, as in Hebrews 12:18 "for ye are not come"; which may seem to favour that interpretation of this passage, which refers it to the heavenly state; to which saints, in this present life, are not, as yet, come: but, by "Mount Sion", and the other names here given, is meant the church of God, under the Gospel dispensation, to which the believing Hebrews were come; in distinction from the legal dispensation, signified by Mount... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:23

To the general assembly ,.... A "panegyris", the word here used, was a public and solemn assembly of the Greeks, either at their games, or feasts, or fairs, or on religious accounts; and signifies a large collection and convention of men; and sometimes the place where they met togethers F9 Vid. Philostrat. Vita Apollen. l. 8. c. 7. ; and is here used, by the apostle, for the church of God, consisting of all his elect, both Jews and Gentiles, and the meeting of them together: they met... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:24

And to Jesus, the Mediator of the new covenant ,.... Of the new covenant, and, of Christ's being the Mediator of it, See Gill on Hebrews 8:6 . See Gill on Hebrews 8:8 . Coming to Christ is by faith; and is different from a corporeal coming to him in the days of his flesh; and from an outward attendance on ordinances; it is a coming to him under a sense of want, and upon a sight of fulness; and is the produce of God's efficacious grace; and souls must come to Christ as naked sinners; and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:25

See that ye refuse not him that speaketh ,.... Jesus, the Mediator of the new covenant, whose blood speaks better things than Abel, or than his blood and sacrifice: he was the speaker in the council and covenant of grace, that spoke for the elect; in the creation of all things out of nothing, that said, and it was done; in giving the law to the Israelites, in the wilderness, for he is the angel which spake to Moses in Mount Sinai, he spoke to God for the Old Testament saints, and was the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:26

Whose voice then shook the earth ,.... That is, at the giving of the law on Mount Sinai: Christ was then present; his voice was then heard; which was either the voice of thunder, or the voice of the trumpet, or rather the voice of words: this shook the earth, Sinai, and the land about it, and the people on it; which made them quake and tremble, even Moses himself; see Exodus 19:18 but now he hath promised, saying in Haggai 2:6 yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:27

And this word yet once more ,.... Or as it is in Haggai 2:6 "yet once it is a little while"; which suggests, that as something had been done already, so in a very little time, and at once, something very marvellous and surprising would be effected: and it signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made ; which some understand of what will be done at Christ's coming to judgment; as the passing away of the heavens and the earth, which are things that... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 12:22

But ye are come unto mount Sion - In order to enter fully into the apostle's meaning, we must observe, That the Church, which is called here the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and mount Sion, is represented under the notion of a City. That the great assembly of believers in Christ is here opposed to the congregation of the Israelites assembled at Mount Sinai. That the innumerable company of angels is here opposed to, those angels by whom the law was ushered in, Acts... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 12:18-29

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 12:18-24

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 12:25-29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:27

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 12:22

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