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That is, the blessing.
For ye know how that afterward ... - When he came to his father, and earnestly besought him to reverse the sentence which he had pronounced; see...
For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no (g) place of repentance, though he sought...
As the community is to bear up bravely under persecution, so it is to watch carefully over the purity of its own life. There must be no strife or dis...
know . Greek. oida . App-132. afterward . Greek. metepeita . Only here. Add "also". when he would have . wishing to. Greek. thelo . App-102....
17. When he would have inherited the blessing, etc. He at first regarded as a sport the act by which he had sold his birthright, as thoug...
DISCOURSE: 2338 THE DANGER OF DESPISING OR DISHONOURING THE GOSPEL Hebrews 12:15-17 . Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God;...
For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it...
For ye know— And you know that afterwards, when he was desirous to inherit the benediction, he was judged unworthy of it; nor could he find any wa...
For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought...
The Contest. Endurance, Holiness, and Divine Communion proposed to the Sons of God Inspired by the example of those victorious heroes of faith who...
Would have inherited ] The RV removes the ambiguity of these words by rendering 'when he afterward desired to inherit.' He sought it ] i.e. the ble...
For ye know how that afterward... — The meaning of the verse will be seen more clearly if one clause be placed in a parenthesis: “For ye know that...
CHAPTER XIV. CONFLICT. "Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the...
Endure Chastening; Seek Holiness Hebrews 12:9-17 If we are God's children, we will not look on suffering as a punishment. Chastening it may be,...
After this rapid survey of the past, the writer makes his great appeal. It is that we "consider Him" who is "the Author and Perfecter of faith." The...
(15) Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; (16...
AFTERWARD ‘He found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.’ Hebrews 12:17 Every act has its afterward, and that i...
For ye know how that afterwards ,.... After he had had his pottage; after he had sold his birthright for it, and the blessing with it; after his fat...
For As if he had said, Beware of profaneness, because Esau was punished for it, and so will you be if you fall into it; ye know how that afterward...
How rightly now Chapter 12 admonishes the saints of God to act by faith; for where faith is in godly exer\-cise, every honorable and true responsibil...
The Benefit of Afflictions; The Use of Afflictions; Cautions against Apostasy. A. D....
For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: as Esau's sin was, such was his penalty; for they knew,...
‘Lest there be any fornication, or profane person, as Esau, who for one portion of food sold his own birthright. For you know that even when he after...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Hebrews 12:9 . Father of spirits. —See Numbers 16:22 ; Numbers 27:16 ; Zechariah 12:1 . “The Creator of all spi...
Hebrews 12:14-18 Peace and Holiness. The two exhortations to follow peace with all men and that holiness without which none can see the Lord comp...
Hebrews 12:1-2 . Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which...
The apostle, having deserted the heroes of the faith, represents them as witnesses of the great race which Christians in all ages have to run. All th...
After giving a long list of the heroes of faith, the apostle adds: Hebrews 12:1-3 . Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a c...
l, 2. Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so ea...
Hebrews 12:1 . Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses. Confessors and martyrs of the ancient church are...
EXPOSITION The exhortation, begun at Hebrews 10:19 , but interrupted at Hebrews 11:1-58 . I by the chapter on faith, is now taken up again wit...
A Warning against Apostasy on the Basis of the excellency of the New Covenant. The warning example of Esau:
For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it...
Genesis 27:31-41 ; Hebrews 10:26-29 ; Hebrews 6:4-6 ; Hebrews 6:8 ; Jeremiah 6:30 ; Luke 13:24-27 ; Matthew 25:11 ; Matthew 25:12 ; Matthew...
He was rejected — He could not obtain it. For he found no place for repentance — There was no room for any such repentance as would regain what he...
17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no placee of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.