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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Hebrews 12 In this chapter the apostle presses to a constant exercise of faith and patience, amidst the various afflictions the saints are exercised with; delivers out several exhortations useful in the Christian life; and shows the difference between the legal and Gospel dispensations. Having in the preceding chapter given many...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about,...., As the Israelites were encompassed with the pillar of cloud, or with the clouds of glory in the wilderness, as the Jews say; [See comments on 1 Corinthians 10:1], to which there may be an allusion, here, since it follows, with so great a cloud of witnesses; or "martyrs", as the Old Testament...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
The apostle, in this chapter, applies what he has collected in the chapter foregoing, and makes use of it as a great motive to patience and perseverance in the Christian faith and state, pressing home the argument, I. From a greater example than he had yet mentioned, and that is Christ himself, ver. 1-3. II. From the gentle and gracious nature of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 easily beset us, Or “entangle us.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; It was no excitement to run if there were no onlookers. The spur to the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, In those games, those who ran and wrestled wore very little clothing, or often nothing at all. A runner might lose the race through...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith,.... Not with bodily eyes, for at present he is not to be looked upon in this manner, but with the eye of the understanding, or with the eye of faith; for faith is a seeing of the Son; it is a spiritual sight of Christ, which is at first but glimmering, afterwards it increases, and is of a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. It was this joy that made Christ strong to endure in the day of his sorrow and joy must make you also strong to endure unto the end. He had the joy of anticipated victory. It “was set before him,” and so he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. His race is complete; his wrestling is over; so he sits down with the great Judge of all as the One who has won his crown for ever. Let us look to him.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. What a runner in the race was he! and what a race he...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For consider him,.... In the greatness of his person, as God, the Son of God, the heir of all things; and in his offices of prophet, priest, and King, as the Saviour of lost sinners, the Leader and Commander of the people, as the apostle and high priest of our profession: consider him in his human nature, his conversation on earth, and what he did...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Luther says, “When I think of what Christ suffered, I am ashamed to call anything that I have endured, suffering for his sake.” He carried his heavy cross, but we only carry a sliver or two of it; he drank his cup to the dreg,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. It has never come to a bloody sweat with you as with him, nor to death upon a cross, as in his case. Shall the disciple be above his master or the servant above his lord?
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Think how he wrestled, think how he ran; and let your consideration of him nerve you for your struggle, and brace up every muscle of your spirit so that you will be determined that, as he won, so will you by the divine help of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
That endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. It has not come to that yet with any of you who are now here; you have not shed your blood for Christ yet, for these are not martyr days, so can you be wearied and faint? If you run with...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Ye have not yet resisted unto blood,.... They had resisted sin, and Satan, and the world, the men of it, and the lusts of it, and its frowns and flatteries, and also false teachers, even every adversary of Christ, and their souls; but they had not, as yet, resisted unto blood, or to the shedding of their blood, as some of the Old Testament saints...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. It has hardly come to blows and bruises yet — certainly not to bloody strokes. Ye have not lost blood yet for Christ.