Hebreabréfið 12:25

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25 Gætið þess, að þér hafnið ekki þeim sem talar. Þeir, sem höfnuðu þeim er gaf guðlega bendingu á jörðu, komust ekki undan. Miklu síður munum vér undan komast, ef vér gjörumst fráhverfir honum, er guðlega bendingu gefur frá himnum.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

See: Hebrews 8:5, Exodus 16:29, 1 Kings 12:16, Isaiah 48:6, Isaiah 64:9, Matthew 8:4, 1 Thessalonians 5:15, 1 Peter 1:22, Revelation 19:10, Revelation 22:9

refuse: Proverbs 1:24, Proverbs 8:33, Proverbs 13:18, Proverbs 15:32, Jeremiah 11:10, Ezekiel 5:6, Zechariah 7:11, Matthew 17:5, Acts 7:35

if they: Hebrews 2:1-3, Hebrews 3:17, Hebrews 10:28, Hebrews 10:29

turn away: Numbers 32:15, Deuteronomy 30:17, Joshua 22:16, 2 Chronicles 7:19, Proverbs 1:32, 2 Timothy 4:4

Reciprocal: Exodus 7:14 - he refuseth Exodus 10:3 - How long Exodus 20:22 - I have talked Exodus 23:21 - Beware of him Leviticus 26:14 - General Numbers 9:13 - forbeareth Numbers 16:49 - fourteen thousand Deuteronomy 4:10 - the day Deuteronomy 4:36 - General Deuteronomy 5:29 - O that there Deuteronomy 18:18 - like unto Deuteronomy 18:19 - General Joshua 1:18 - that doth rebel Joshua 22:15 - General 2 Kings 5:11 - went away 2 Chronicles 15:2 - if ye forsake Nehemiah 9:17 - refused Psalms 2:11 - rejoice Psalms 68:21 - of such Psalms 85:8 - hear Psalms 95:8 - Harden Proverbs 5:7 - Hear Proverbs 10:17 - he that Isaiah 28:12 - yet Isaiah 30:15 - and ye Isaiah 49:1 - and hearken Jeremiah 3:3 - thou refusedst Jeremiah 8:5 - they refuse Jeremiah 13:10 - evil Jeremiah 17:27 - ye will Jeremiah 25:4 - ye Jeremiah 29:19 - General Jeremiah 35:13 - Will Jeremiah 38:21 - if thou Ezekiel 3:19 - if thou Ezekiel 33:9 - if he Micah 5:8 - and none Malachi 3:2 - who may abide Matthew 3:10 - now Matthew 5:22 - I say Matthew 21:41 - He will Matthew 22:3 - and they would not Matthew 23:33 - how Matthew 27:51 - the earth Mark 9:7 - hear Luke 9:35 - hear Luke 14:21 - being Luke 14:24 - General John 3:18 - he that believeth not John 8:24 - for John 12:48 - rejecteth Acts 3:23 - that every Acts 4:12 - is there Acts 13:40 - Beware Romans 2:3 - that thou shalt 2 Corinthians 3:11 - if 2 Corinthians 6:1 - ye Ephesians 5:15 - See Titus 1:14 - turn Hebrews 2:3 - How Hebrews 3:12 - in Hebrews 4:1 - us therefore Hebrews 10:27 - a certain Hebrews 13:22 - suffer 1 Peter 4:17 - what Revelation 20:15 - whosoever

Gill's Notes on the Bible

See that ye refuse not him that speaketh,.... Jesus, the Mediator of the new covenant, whose blood speaks better things than Abel, or than his blood and sacrifice: he was the speaker in the council and covenant of grace, that spoke for the elect; in the creation of all things out of nothing, that said, and it was done; in giving the law to the Israelites, in the wilderness, for he is the angel which spake to Moses in Mount Sinai, he spoke to God for the Old Testament saints, and was the angel of God's presence to them; he spoke in his own person, as the prophet of the church, in the days of his flesh; and he now speaks in heaven, by appearing in the presence of God for his people, and by presenting his blood, righteousness, and sacrifice; he speaks by his Spirit, in and to the hearts of his saints; and by his ministers in the Gospel, and the ordinances of it: nor should he be refused, as he is, when his Gospel is made light of, and neglected; when men excuse themselves from an attendance on it; when they will not hear it; or, when they do, and contradict and blaspheme, despise and reproach it, or leave off hearing it. Care should be taken that Christ is not refused in the ministry of the word; which may be enforced from the greatness and excellency of the person speaking, who is God, and not a mere man; from the excellency of the matter spoken, the great salvation: and the rather diligent heed should be had unto him, since there is a backwardness to everything that is spiritual and heavenly; and since Satan is vigilant and industrious to put off persons from hearing the Gospel, or to steal the word from them:

for if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth: the Ethiopic version renders it, "who appeared to them on the mount"; that is, on Mount Sinai; meaning either God himself, who descended on the mount, and spoke the ten commandments to the children of Israel; or Christ, the Angel that spoke to Moses in it; or rather Moses himself, who was on the earth, and of the earth, earthly; who spake from God to the people, being their mediator; him the Jews refused, would not obey him, but thrust him away, Acts 7:39, though they promised to hear and do all that was said to them; wherefore they did not escape divine vengeance and punishment; their carcasses fell in the wilderness at several times, in great numbers, and were not suffered to enter into Canaan's land: much more

shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven; that is, Christ, who came from heaven originally; is the Lord from heaven; whose doctrine is from heaven; and who, having done his work, is gone to heaven; where he now is, and from whence he speaks; and from hence he will come a second time, as Judge of all. There have been, and are some, that turn away from him; from a profession of him, and his Gospel and ordinances, and draw back unto perdition; such shall not escape divine wrath and vengeance; the sorest punishment shall be inflicted on them; see Hebrews 10:29.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See that ye refuse not - That you do not reject or disregard.

Him that speaketh - That is, in the gospel. Do not turn away from him who has addressed you in the new dispensation, and called you to obey and serve him. The meaning is, that God had addressed “them” in the gospel as really as he had done the Hebrews on Mount Sinai, and that there was as much to be dreaded in disregarding his voice now as there was then. He does not speak, indeed, amidst lightnings, and thunders, and clouds, but he speaks by every message of mercy; by every invitation; by every tender appeal. He spake by his Son Hebrews 1:1; he speaks by the Holy Spirit, and by all his calls and warnings in the gospel.

For if they escaped not - If they who heard God under the old dispensation, who refused to obey him, were cut off; notes, Hebrews 10:28.

Who refused him that spake on earth - That is, Moses. The contrast here is between Moses and the Son of God - the head of the Jewish and the head of the Christian dispensation. Moses was a mere man, and spake as such, though in the name of God. The Son of God was from above, and spake as an inhabitant of heaven. “Much more,” etc.; see the notes on Hebrews 2:2-3; Hebrews 10:29.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 25. See — βλεπετε. Take heed, that ye refuse not him - the Lord Jesus, the mediator of the new covenant, who now speaketh from heaven, by his Gospel, to the Jews and to the Gentiles, having in his incarnation come down from God.

Him that spake on earth — Moses, who spoke on the part of God to the Hebrews, every transgression of whose word received a just recompense of reward, none being permitted to escape punishment; consequently, if ye turn away from Christ, who speaks to you from heaven, you may expect a much sorer punishment, the offence against God being so much the more heinous, as the privileges slighted are more important and glorious.