Hebrews 6:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. ”

• Hebrews 6:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Whither - To which most holy place - heaven. The forerunner - The word used here occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. A “forerunner” - πρόδρομος prodromos - is one who goes before o...

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• Hebrews 6:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (9) Whither the forerunner is for us entered, [even] Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. (9) He repeats David's words, in which all those comparisons that he mentione...

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• Hebrews 6:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The mention of God's promise suggests the thought that it is absolutely sure, so that we may hold to it without misgiving. When God made His promise to Abraham He sealed it by an oath. Just as in hum...

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• Hebrews 6:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  the . as. Forerunner . Greek. prodromos. Only here. Jesus . App-98. made . having become. an . Omit. for ever . App-151. a. after . Greek. kata . App-104. order . See Hebrews 5:6 ....

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• Hebrews 6:20 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 2295 THE CHRISTIAN’S ANCHOR Hebrews 6:19-20 . Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the vail; whither the Forerunne...

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• Hebrews 6:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. Whither the forerunner - The word προδρομος, prodromos, does not merely signify on...

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• Hebrews 6:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Which entereth into that within the vail;— The apostle means, that the hope set before us, is not limited to any thing temporal or present, but reaches to heaven and heavenly things; which he compa...

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• Hebrews 6:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. The absence of the Greek article requires (Alford) 'Where, AS forerunner in b...

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• Hebrews 6:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Warning and Encouragement 1. Leaving.. let us go on] RV 'let us cease to speak of.. and press on.' The words are either an exhortation to the readers to advance beyond the elementary stage of Chri...

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• Hebrews 6:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Whither the forerunner. — Rather, Whither, as forerunner, Jesus entered for us, having become High Priest after the order of Melchizedek for ever. The Jewish high priest entered the Holiest Place...

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• Hebrews 6:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER VI. THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF FAILURE. "But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak: for God is not unrighteous to forget you...

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• Hebrews 6:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “The Hope Set before Us” Hebrews 6:9-20 The keynote of this passage is patient continuance . We should seek not only faith but its accompaniments. It is not enough to manifest faith, hope and...

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• Hebrews 6:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  This chapter consists of the third appeal and warning. The appeal is that they should leave the first principles and press on to perfection. The things referred to were Jewish, and all have spiritual...

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• Hebrews 6:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (13) For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself, (14) Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. (15) And so...

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• Hebrews 6:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus ,.... Christ was a runner; he had a race to run, which lay in going about to heal diseases, in preaching the Gospel, in obeying the law, and in s...

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• Hebrews 6:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. Ver. 20. Whither the forerunner ] Like as the high priest once a year entered...

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• Hebrews 6:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Whither the forerunner Προδρομος, a forerunner , is one who goes before to do some service for another who is to follow: in which sense also the Latin word ante-cursor is used. A forerunner uses...

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• Hebrews 6:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  Verse 1 of this chapter is not properly translated in the Authorized Version, and it should be evident that we must never leave "the principles of the doctrine of Christ." Divine principles and sound...

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• Hebrews 6:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Cautions against Apostasy; The Divine Promise and Oath. A. D.  62.       9 But, beloved, we are per...

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• Hebrews 6:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Whither the forerunner is for us entered: this heaven is actually possessed for us already by a harbinger, who came at his Father's word to fit and prepare us for it, and then again returned in our...

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• Hebrews 6:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Hebrews 6:13 .—The connection of thought may be thus given: “Follow the godly, I say. Take one such for an instance. Abraham. See how graciously God met his steadfas...

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• Hebrews 6:20 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Hebrews 6:4-20 Exhortation. I. The danger of apostasy. The Hebrews had become lukewarm, negligent and inert; the Gospel, once clearly seen and dearly loved by them, had become to them dim and vag...

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• Hebrews 6:20 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  In the previous chapter, Paul was writing to some who ought to have been teachers, but who needed still to be taught the first principles of the gospel; they were such babes in grace that they needed...

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• Hebrews 6:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Hebrews 6:1 . Therefore, leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, as a builder leaves the foundation to complete the superstructure, let us go on to perfection, which he calls here, te...

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• Hebrews 6:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Hebrews 6:1 , Hebrews 6:2 Wherefore (since it is so incumbent on us to advance out of the state of milk-fed infants), leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, l...

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• Hebrews 6:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The certainty of God's promises:

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• Hebrews 6:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 John 2:12 ; 1 Peter 3:22 ; Ephesians 1:20-23 ; Ephesians 1:3 ; Hebrews 1:3 ; Hebrews 12:2 ; Hebrews 2:10 ; Hebrews 3:1 ; Hebrews 4:14 ; Hebrews 5:10 ; Hebrews 5:6 ; Hebrews 7:1-21 ; He...

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• Hebrews 6:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  A forerunner uses to be less in dignity than those that are to follow him. But it is not so here; for Christ who is gone before us is infinitely superior to us. What an honour is it to believers, t...

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