370 A. D. 64. HEB. XI. 32-34. διηγούμενον ὁ χρόνος περὶ Γεδεών, Βαράκ τε καὶ Σαμψών, καὶ Ιεφθάε, Δαβίδ τε καὶ Σαμουὴλ, καὶ τῶν προφητῶν· And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of a Gedeon, and of b Barak, and of c Samson, and of d Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets : a See Judg. vi-viii. b See on ver. 4-8. A. D. 64. c Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath; and, behold, a young lion roared against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand but he told not his father or his mother what he had done, Judg. xiv. 5, 6. And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock; And I Οἱ διὰ πίστεως κατηγωνίσαντο βασι went out after him, and smote him, λείας, εἰργάσαντο δικαιοσύνην, ἐπέτυχον and delivered it out of his mouth : and ἐπαγγελιῶν, ἔφραξαν στέματα λεόντων, when he rose against me, I caught Who through faith subdued king-him by his beard, and smote him, and doms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, b VER. 33. slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God, 1 Sam. xvii. 34-36. Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God, whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee, Dan. vi. 16. And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice' unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions? Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God, 20-23. a See Josh. vi-xiii. and 2 Sam. v. ; viii. For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God? It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect. He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places. He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms, We have heard Psal. xviii. 31-34. with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them. Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. Through thee will we push down our enemies; through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall But thou hast my sword save me. saved us from our enemies, and hast us, xliv. put them to shame that hated 1-6. Blessed be the LORD my my hands strength, which teacheth to war, and my fingers to fight. My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me, cxliv. 1, 2. VER. $4. Εσβεσαν δύναμιν πυρὶς, ἔφυγον στόμα τα μαχαίρας, ἐνεδυναμώθησαν ἀπὸ ἀσθε νείας, ἐγενήθησαν ἰσχυροὶ ἐν πολέμῳ, παι μboràs ënλivav åññorpíwy. a Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in A. D. 64. HEB. XI. 34, 35. A. D. 64. fight, turned to fight the armies of the | singed, neither were their coats chang aliens. a Thou hast caused men to ride ed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them. Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, over our heads: we went through fire and said, Blessed be the God of Shaand through water; but thou brought-drach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who est us out into a wealthy place, Psal. Ixvi. 12. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burnt; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee, Isa. xliii. 2. Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god except their own God, Dan. iii. 19-28. In famine he shall redeem thee from death; and in war from the power of the sword, Job v. 20. It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword, Psal. xliv. 10. See Judg. viii. 4-21 ; xv. 14—19. c See 1 Sam. xvii. 39-53; 2 Chron. xiv. 11-15. VER. 35. a Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection : be heated. And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, Έλαβον γυναῖκες ἐξ ἀναστάσεως τοὺς and Abed-nego, and to cast them into | νεκροὺς αὑτῶν· ἄλλοι δὲ ἐτυμπανίσθησαν, the burning fiery furnace. Then these | οὐ προσδεξάμενοι τὴν ἀπολύτρωσιν, ἵνα men were bound in their coats, their κρείττονος ἀναστάσεως τύχωσιν· hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. Therefore, because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach,and Abed-nego, fell down bound in the midst of the burning fiery furnace. Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God. Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery, furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, came forth of the midst of the fire. And the princes, governors, and cap-hazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. tains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head a And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth, 1 Kings xvii. 22, 23. And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed. He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD. And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands; and he stretched himself upon the child, and the flesh of the child waxed warm. Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. And he called Ge So he called her: and when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son. Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the Α. D. 64. HEB. XI. 35---40.-XII.1, 2. Α. D. 64. 8 ground, and took up her son, and went out, 2 Kings iv. 32-37. CHAP. XII.-VER. 1. b See on Matt. xxi. ver. 35. Τοιγαρούν και εμείς τοσούτον έχοντες • See on Μatt.χτάϊ. ver.30. clause1. περικείμενον ημϊν νέφος μαρτύρων, όγκων αποθέμενοι πάντα, και την εύπερίστατον VER. 36. αμαρτίαν, δι' υπομονής τρέχωμεν τον προ"Ετεροι δε έμπαιγμών και μαστίγων κείμενον ημϊν αγώνα πείραν έλαβον έτι δε δεσμών και φυλακής Wherefore seeing we also are com And others had trial of cruel mock- passed about with so great a cloud of ings and scourgings, yea, moreover, of witnesses, 6 let us lay aside every weight, bonds and imprisonment : and the sin which doth so easily beset us, Cand let us run dwith patience the race VER. 37. that is set before us. 'Ελιβάσθησαν, έπρίσθησαν, επειράσθη- aSee chap. xi. ver. 32-38. σαν, έν φόνω μαχαίρας απέθανον περιήλ- b See on Matt. 1. ver. 38. and θον έν μελωταϊς, εν αιγείοις δέρμασιν· Rom. xiii. ver. 12. clause 2. υστερούμενοι, θλιβόμενοι, κακουχούμενοι c See on 1 Cor. ix. ver. 24. They were stoned, they were sawn See on Luke xxi. ver. 19. asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword : they wandered about in sheep VER. 2. skins and goatskins; being destitute, 'Αφορώντες εις τον της πίστεως αρχηγών afflicted, tormented; και τελειωτην Ιησούν, δς αντί της προκει μένης αυτών χαράς, υπέμεινε σταυρόν, VER. 38. αισχύνης καταφρονήσας, εν δεξιά τε του Ων ουκ ήν άξιος ο κόσμος έν έρημίας θρόνου του Θεού εκάθισεν. πλανώμενοι και όρεσι και σπηλαίοις και * Looking unto Jesus, the author ταϊς οπαϊς της γης. Cand finisher of our faith ; ( who for the (of whom the world was not worthy:) joy that was set before him, e endured they wandered in deserts, and in moun the cross, f despising the shame, 6 and is tains, and in dens und caves of the earth. set down at the right hand of the throne of God. VER. 39. • Or, beginner. και ουτοι πάντες μαρτυρηθέντες δια της πίστεως, ούκ έκομίσαντο την επαγγελίαν. | that hideth his face from the house of 2 And I will wait upon the LORD, And these all, having obtained a good Jacob, and I will look for him, Isa. report through faith, received not the viii. 17. They look not unto the Holy promise: One of Israel, neither seek the LORD, a See on ver. 13. clause 2. Xxxj. 1. Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for VER. 40. I am God, and there is none else, xlv. 22. Therefore I will look unto the Του Θεού περί ημών κρείττόν τι προ- | LORD; I will wait for the God of my Ελεψαμένου, ίνα μή χωρίς ημών τελειω- salvation : : my God will hear me, 8a. Mic. vii. 7. Without me ye can do * God having provided some better nothing, John xv. 5. thing for us, that they without us b See on Mark ix. ver. 24. should not be made perfect. • For by one offering he hath per* Or, foreseen fected for ever them that are sancti fied, Heb. x. 14. a See on chap. vii. ver. 19. clause 2. d For it became him, for whom are And white robes were given unto all things, and by whom are all things, every one of them; and it was said in bringing many sons unto glory, to unto them, that they should rest yet make the Captain of their salvation for a little season, until their fellow perfect through sufferings, Heb. ii. 10. servants also, and their brethren, that e See on Matt. xxvii. ver. 35. clause 1. should be killed as they were, should See on Matt. xxvii. ver. 39-44. be fulfilled, Rev. vi. 11. & See on chap. i. ver. 3. clause 6. . A. D, 64. HEB. XI. 3-9. A. D. 64, b are ye с And ye say, VER. 3. VER. 8. 'Αναλογίσασθε γάρ τον τοιαύτην υπομε- Ει δε χωρίς εστε παιδείας, ής μέτοχοι μενηκότα υπο των αμαρτωλών εις αυτόν γεγόνασι πάντες, άρα νόθοι εστί και ουχ αντιλογίαν, ίνα μη κάμησε, ταϊς ψυχαίς υιοί. υμών εκλυόμενοι. But if ye be without chastisement, a For consider him b that endured such a whereof all are partakers, the contradiction of sinners against himself, bastards, and not sons. c lest ye be wearied and fuint in your a See on John xvi. ver. 33. clause 2. minds. VER. 9. * See on chap. iii. ver. 1. clause 4. Είτα τους μεν της σαρκός ημών πατέSee on Matt. X. ver. 25. c Therefore, my beloved brethren, oi nomzo pārdon incrayno pada tū ta ρας είχομεν παιδευτές, και ενετρεπόμεθα: be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always api tão ūverpátwy, xai Shoques; abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your la Furthermore we have had fathers of bour is not in vain in the Lord, 1 Cor. our flesh which corrected us, a and we xv. 58. gave them reverence: b shall we not VER. 4. much rather be in subjection unto cthe Oīti uéxpis aipatog årtina récente Father of spirits, and live ? προς την αμαρτίαν ανταγωνιζόμενοι a See on Matt. xv. ver. 4. clause 2. a Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, bA son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a striving against sin. father, where is mine honour? and if a See on Matt. xxi. ver. 35. I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, VER. 5. that despise my name. Kal inabano e vñs napaxańcews, útış Wherein have we despised thy name? ipio ás viołę staniyemai 'Tre pecu, poni Mal. i. 6. Submit yourselves thereórycópai Taidelas Kupiou, pendà exaúou in' fore to God, Jam. ir. 7. Humble αυτού ελεγχόμενος yourselves in the sight of the Lord, And ye have forgotten the exhortation and he shall lift you up, 10. Humble which speaketh unto you as unto children, yourselves therefore under the mighty a My son, despise not thou the chastening in due time, 1 Pet. v. 6. hand of God, that he may exalt you of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: ¢And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits a My son, despise not the chasten- of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt ing of the Lord; neither be weary of thou be wroth with all the congrehis correction : For whom the LORD gation ? Numb. xvi. 22. Let the LORD, loveth he correcteth, even as a father the God of the spirits of all filesh, set a the son in whom he delighteth, Prov. man over the congregation, xxvii. 16. iii. 11, 12. Then shall the dust return to the earth VER. 6. as it was; and the spirit shall return "Ov yap sya na Kúpoos, fraidetas' deco Thus saith God the Lorv, he that unto God who gave it, Eccles. xii. 7. τιγοί δε πάντα υιον δεν παραδέχεται. created the heavens, and stretched For whom the Lord loveth he chasten- them out; he that spread forth the eth, and scourgeth every son whom he earth, and that which cometh out of receiveth. it; he that giveth breath unto the VER. 7. people upon it, and spirit to them that ti Fardíay it ouévete, os vicis ipñr walk therein, Isa. xlii. 5. For I will for pépetar o próça ris yap ictu viòs, pot contend for ever, neither will I αν ού παιδεύει πατήρ και be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I If ye endure chastening, God dealeth have made, lvii. 16. The burden of with you as with sons ; for what son is the word of the LORD for Israel, saith he whom the father chasteneth net? the LORD, which stretcheth forth the A. D. 64. feet, blest that which is lame be turned a Ponder the path of thy feet, and * Or, as seemed good, or, meet to them. a See on John xv. ver. 2. clause 3. b See on 2 Cor. xi. ver. 2. clause 3. VER. 11. Πᾶσα δὲ παιδεία πρὸς μὲν τὸ παρὸν οὐ δοκεῖ χαρᾶς εἶναι, ἀλλὰ λύπης· ὕστερον δὲ καρπὸν εἰρηνικὸν τοῖς δι ̓ αὐτῆς γεγυμνασμέ νοις ἀποδίδωσι δικαιοσύνης. Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: a nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable bfruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. a See on Rom. v. ver. 3, 4. See on Matt. xiii. ver. 23. clause 3. VER. 12. b See on Matt. xviii. ver.7. clause 3, See on Matt. xviii. ver. 15. clause 3. VER. 14. Εἰρήνην διώκετε μετὰ πάντων, καὶ τὸν ἁγιασμὸν, οὗ χωρὶς οὐδεὶς ἔψεται τὸν Κύριον a Follow peace with all men, band holiness, without which no man shall © see the Lord: a See on Mark ix. ver. 50. clause 3. b See on Luke i. ver. 75. See on Matt. v. ver. 8. clause 2. VER. 15. Επισκοποῦντες μήτις ὑστερῶν ἀπὸ τῆς χάριτος τοῦ Θεοῦ· μήτις ῥίζα πικρίας ἄνω φύουσα ἐνοχλῇ, καὶ διὰ ταύτης μιανθῶσι Διὸ τὰς παρειμένας χεῖρας καὶ τὰ παρα πολλοί. λελυμένα γόνατα ἀνορθώσατε· a Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; * Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees, Job xiv. 3, 4. Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you, Isa. xxxv. 3, 4. Comfort the feeble-minded, support the weak, be patient toward all men, 1 Thess. v. 14. VER. 13. Καὶ τροχιὰς ὀρθὰς ποιήσατε τοῖς ποσὶν ὑμῶν, ἵνα μὴ τὸ χωλὸν ἐκτραπῇ, ἰαθῇ δὲ μᾶλλον. * And make * straight paths for your a Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, b and thereby many be defiled; * Or, fall from. a See on chap. iii. ver. 12. clause 1. VER. 16. ἀντὶ βρώσεως μιᾶς ἀπέδοτο τὰ πρωτοτόκια Μή τις πόρνος, ἢ βέβηλος, ὡς Ἡσαν, ὃς arou. Lest there be any fornicator, ber profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. a See on Acts xv. ver. 20. clause 2. b And Jacob said, Sell me this day hold, I am at the point to die ; and thy birthright. And Esau said, Bewhat proft shall this birthright do to And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: me? |