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.See ch.13:15.For sprinkled, see on 1 Peter 1:2.Bodies washed (lelousme>noi todov).Rend. confession of our hope. Faith does not appear among Ms.readings.It isan innovation of the translators.Hope is the rendering of Tyndale,Coverdale, the Great Bible, the Geneva, the Bishops , and Rheims.Onconfession see on 2 Corinthians 9:13, and comp.notes on 1 Timothy 6:12,13.The phrase confession of hope N.T.o.They are steadfastly to confesstheir hope in God s promise and salvation.Comp.ch.3:6; 6:11, 18; 7:19.Hope is here = the object of hope.Without wavering (ajklinh~).N.T.o.24.Let us consider one another (katanow~men ajllh>louv).Takecareful note of each other s spiritual welfare.For the verb see on James1:23.It denotes attentive, continuous care.Comp.Hebrews 3:1. To provoke (eijv paroxusmonein to sharpen.Hence to stimulate.InActs 15:39, the result of provocation; irritation or contention.Here the actof incitement.Twice in LXX, Deuteronomy 29:28; (27) Jeremiah 29 (32.)3, 7; for the Hebrew qatsaph anger, wrath, altercation.The Hebrewderivation is from qatseph a splinter.The new economy demands mutualcare on the part of the members of the Christian community.Comp.1Corinthians 12:25.They must stir up each other s religious affections andministries.25.The assembling of ourselves together (ejpisunafwgh only here and 2 Thessalonians 2:1, see note.The act ofassembling, although some explain assembly.The antithesis is, notforsaking assembling, but exhorting in assembly. Lünemann aptly saysthat the idea of apostasy which would be conveyed by the renderingassembly or congregation is excluded by e]qov habit or custom, whichimplies an often recurring act on the part of the same persons.As the manner of some is (kaqwn).For manner rend.custom.Lit.as is custom unto some.&Eqov mostly in Luke and Acts.Comp.Luke 1:9; John 19:40.Ye see the day approaching (ble>pete ejggi>zousan thran).Theday of Christ s second coming, bringing with it the judgment of Israel.Hecould say ye see, because they were familiar with Christ s prophecyconcerning the destruction of the temple; and they would see this crisisapproaching in the disturbances which heralded the Jewish war.26.We sin willfully (eJkousi>wv aJmartano>ntwn hJmw~n).JEkousi>wvwillfully, only here and 1 Peter 5:2.Comp.Philemon 14, kat eJkou>sionof free will.See LXX, Numbers 15:3.The willful sin is the abandonmentof Christianity for Judaism.The knowledge (ejpi>gnwsin).Only here in Hebrews.Very common inPaul.For the word, and the phrase knowledge of the truth, see on 1Timothy 2:4.The truth is the revelation through Christ.There remaineth no more sacrifice for sins (oujke>ti peripetai qusi>a).Of course not.For the Levitical sacrifices areabolished.It is Christ s sacrifice or none.27.But a certain fearful looking for (fobera tiv ejkdochskei).Lit.dieth.According to the ordinance as it nowstands in the law.Without mercy (cwrisav) Only here in Hebrews.oP.Frequentin LXX for spoiling, defeating, treating contemptuously.The strong termis purposely selected in order to convey the sense of the fearful outrageinvolved in forsaking Christ and returning to Judaism.Hath counted an unholy thing (koinomenov).JHgei~sqai tocount or deem means a conscious judgment resting on a deliberate weighingof the facts.See Romans 12:10; Philippians 2:3.Here it implies adeliberate, contemptuous rejection of the gifts of the new covenant.Thefundamental idea of koinozein to insult, N.T.o.The simple verbuJbri>zein in Matthew, Luke, Acts, and Pastorals.It will be observed thatthe work of the Holy Spirit does not receive in this epistle the emphasiswhich marks it in some other portions of the N.T.30.We know him that hath said (oi]damen gaa) is certain, because assured by the word of God inScripture.Vengeance (ejkdi>khsiv).An unfortunate translation, since it conveys theidea of vindictiveness which does not reside in the Greek word.It is thefull meting out of justice to all parties.The quotation is an adaptation ofthe LXX of Deuteronomy 32:35.The second citation is literally fromLXX of Deuteronomy 32:36.31.To fall, etc.Comp.LXX, 2 Samuel 24:14; Sir.ii.18.Of the living God.The living God, revealed in the living Christ, will notsuffer his sacrificial gift and his covenant to be slighted and insulted withimpunity.See on ch.3:12.32.After ye were illuminated (fwtisqe>ntev).See on ch.6:4.A great fight (pollhmenoi).N.T.o.oLXX, oClass.Lit.exhibited in the theater.Comp.1 Corinthians 4:9.Whilst ye became companions (koinwnointev).Rend.bybecoming partakers.More than companionship is implied.For koinwnoinwn).Rend. ofthem that fared thus. Others render who conducted themselves thus ;endured their persecutions, so bravely.But the ou[twv can refer only tomade a gazing-stock. 34.For ye had compassion of me in my bonds (kaisate).Entirely wrong, following T.R.toi~v desmoi~vmou.Rend. ye had compassion on the prisoners. So Vulg.vinctiscompassi estis.The corrupt reading has furnished one of the stockarguments for the Pauline authorship of the Epistle.Took joyfully (metaxasqe).The verb primarily toreceive to one s self, accept, as here
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