Hebrews 12:18

For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For ye are not come - To enforce the considerations already urged, the apostle introduces this sublime comparison between the old and new dispens...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(12) For ye are not come unto the mount that might be (h) touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, (12) No...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The theme of the epistle has been the contrast of the old and the new covenants, and this contrast is now summed up in a splendid closing passage. Th...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

mount . The texts omit. that might, &c . = that was touched. Greek. pselaphao. The reference is to Exodus 19:16-19 . and . This and other...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

18. For ye are not come, etc. He fights now with a new argument, for he proclaims the greatness of the grace made known by the Gospel, th...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2339 THE TRANSCENDENT EXCELLENCE OF THE CHRISTIAN DISPENSATION Hebrews 12:18-25 . Ye are not come unto the mount that might be touche...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, For ye are not co...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For ye are not come, &c.— What here follows is assigned as a reason to confirm the preceding advice; namely, that they should follow peace wit...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, For - The...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Contest. Endurance, Holiness, and Divine Communion proposed to the Sons of God Inspired by the example of those victorious heroes of faith who...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Unto the mount ] This balances the words 'unto mount Zion' in Hebrews 12:22 . But the best. MSS omit the word 'mount' here, and read 'unto a palpab...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(18-29) The exhortation to faithfulness is most impressively enforced by means of a comparison between the earlier revelation and that which is given...
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CHAPTER XV. MOUNT ZION. "For ye are not come unto a mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hearken to God's Latest Word Hebrews 12:18-29 Sinai rocked with earthquake and burned with fire. None might touch it without incurring the deat...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(18) For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, (19) And the...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched ,.... The design of the apostle in the following words is, in general, to engage the Hebrew...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, Ver. 18. For...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For , &c. As if he had said, Take heed of apostatizing from Christianity to Judaism again, because of the great privileges you enjoy by the gosp...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For showeth, Hebrews 12:18-24 , the apostle enforcing on these Hebrews, and with them on all Christians, the pursuit of holiness and peace, by s...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘For you are not come to what might be touched, and which burned with fire, and to blackness, and darkness, and tempest, and the sound of a trumpet,...
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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Timothy 1:7 ; Deuteronomy 4:11 ; Deuteronomy 5:22-26 ; Exodus 19:12-19 ; Exodus 20:18 ; Exodus 24:17 ; Romans 6:14 ; Romans 8:15
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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¹⁸ For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

Related Commentaries of Hebrews 12:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Hebrews 12:18