Hebrews 12:20

(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For they could not endure that which was commanded - They could not sustain the awe produced by the fact that God uttered his commands himself. T...
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

if . Greek. ean . App-118. beast . Greek. therion, not zoon. touch . See Hebrews 11:28 . or thrust through, &c . All the texts omit....
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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a d...
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...
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

There is no sufficient reason for enclosing this verse and the next in a parenthesis. And if so much as . — Better, If even a beast touch the moun...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 they could not endure that which was commanded ,.... In the law; not that they disliked and despised the law, as unregenerate men do; but they c...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For they could not endure that which was commanded That is, either, 1st, The law itself, so strict and holy, and promulged amidst such terrors seen...
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

Nature of the Christian Economy. A. D. 62. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The reason of the foregoing deprecation, and which adds to the terribleness of this covenant dispensation; for the voice surpassed their strength a...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Hebrews 12:18 . Might be touched. —A figure of speech for a “material” thing. “A palpable and enkindled fire.” For...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Hebrews 12:18-25 The Blessedness of the Christian Life. A Christian Jew is writing to Christian Jews, who stand in some danger of falling back to...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Hebrews 12:18-29 Mount Sinai and Mount Zion. In this passage are mentioned seven great and solemn heavenly realities. I. Mount Zion. Mount Sinai...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
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

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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The covenant of fear contrasted with that of grace:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

(for they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 33:2 ; Exodus 19:13 ; Exodus 19:16 ; Galatians 2:19 ; Galatians 3:10 ; Romans 3:19 ; Romans 3:20
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For they could not bear — The terror which seized them, when they heard those words proclaimed, If even a beast, &c. Exodus 19:12 , &c.

²⁰ (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:

Related Commentaries of Hebrews 12:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole 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

Preacher's Complete Homiletical 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

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Hebrews 12:20