Holy Bible, The New Living Translation
Book of Hebrews
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 12:18 DSN -> Synopsis on 12:18 GEB -> Study Notes on 12:18 GSB -> Study Notes on 12:18 JFB -> Commentary on 12:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 12:18 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 12:18 PNT -> Commentary on 12:18 RWP -> Study Notes on 12:18 TSK -> Commentary on 12:18 TSK -> Entry for 12:18 WEN -> Notes on 12:18 NTB -> Covenant; Darkness; Fear Of God; God; Law; Symbols And Similitudes; Thunder; Vision TTT -> Darkness; Law of Moses, The 12:18 - [In Context] You have not come to a physical mountain, to a place of flaming fire, darkness, gloom, and whirlwind, as the Israelites did at Mount Sinai when God gave them his laws.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 12:19 DSN -> Synopsis on 12:19 GEB -> Study Notes on 12:19 GSB -> Study Notes on 12:19 JFB -> Commentary on 12:19 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 12:19 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 12:19 PNT -> Commentary on 12:19 RWP -> Study Notes on 12:19 TSK -> Commentary on 12:19 TSK -> Entry for 12:19 WEN -> Notes on 12:19 NTB -> Covenant; Fear Of God; God; Law; Symbols And Similitudes; Thunder; Trumpet; Vision TTT -> Law of Moses, The 12:19 - [In Context] For they heard an awesome trumpet blast and a voice with a message so terrible that they begged God to stop speaking.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 12:20 DSN -> Synopsis on 12:20 GEB -> Study Notes on 12:20 GSB -> Study Notes on 12:20 JFB -> Commentary on 12:20 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 12:20 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 12:20 PNT -> Commentary on 12:20 RWP -> Study Notes on 12:20 TSK -> Commentary on 12:20 TSK -> Entry for 12:20 WEN -> Notes on 12:20 NTB -> Covenant; Fear Of God; God; Vision TTT -> Law of Moses, The 12:20 - [In Context] They staggered back under God's command: "If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death." F56
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 12:21 DSN -> Synopsis on 12:21 GEB -> Study Notes on 12:21 GSB -> Study Notes on 12:21 JFB -> Commentary on 12:21 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 12:21 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 12:21 PNT -> Commentary on 12:21 RWP -> Study Notes on 12:21 TSK -> Commentary on 12:21 TSK -> Entry for 12:21 WEN -> Notes on 12:21 NTB -> Covenant; Fear Of God; God; Vision TTT -> Law of Moses, The 12:21 - [In Context] Moses himself was so frightened at the sight that he said, "I am terrified and trembling." F57
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 12:22 DSN -> Synopsis on 12:22 GEB -> Study Notes on 12:22 GSB -> Study Notes on 12:22 JFB -> Commentary on 12:22 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 12:22 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 12:22 PNT -> Commentary on 12:22 RWP -> Study Notes on 12:22 SRN -> Study Notes on 12:22 TSK -> Commentary on 12:22 TSK -> Entry for 12:22 WEN -> Notes on 12:22 NTB -> Angel (a spirit); Church; Cities; Covenant; Fear Of God; God (continued); Gospel; Heaven; Righteous; Zion TTT -> Angels; Communion of Saints; Jerusalem; Law of Moses, The; Titles and Names of the Church EBD -> Angel; Eternal life; Heaven; Saint; Zion SBD -> Angels; Sion PWP -> Devotional using 12:22 12:22 - [In Context] No, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to thousands of angels in joyful assembly.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 12:23 DSN -> Synopsis on 12:23 GEB -> Study Notes on 12:23 GSB -> Study Notes on 12:23 JFB -> Commentary on 12:23 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 12:23 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 12:23 PNT -> Commentary on 12:23 RWP -> Study Notes on 12:23 SRN -> Study Notes on 12:23 TSK -> Commentary on 12:23 TSK -> Entry for 12:23 WEN -> Notes on 12:23 NTB -> Birthright; Church; Covenant; Fear Of God; Firstborn; God (continued); Gospel; Heaven; Jesus, The Christ; Righteous TTT -> Books; Church of Israel; Communion of Saints; Feasts, The Anniversary; First Born, The; Genealogies; Heaven; Judgment, The; Law of Moses, The; Privileges of Saints; Titles and Names of the Church EBD -> Angel; Church; Spirit SBD -> Angels PWP -> Devotional using 12:23 SPG -> Devotional using 12:23 12:23 - [In Context] You have come to the assembly of God's firstborn children, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God himself, who is the judge of all people. And you have come to the spirits of the redeemed in heaven who have now been made perfect.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 12:24 DSN -> Synopsis on 12:24 GEB -> Study Notes on 12:24 GSB -> Study Notes on 12:24 JFB -> Commentary on 12:24 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 12:24 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 12:24 PNT -> Commentary on 12:24 RWP -> Study Notes on 12:24 TSK -> Commentary on 12:24 TSK -> Entry for 12:24 WEN -> Notes on 12:24 NTB -> Abel; Atonement; Blood; Church; Covenant; Fear Of God; Gospel; Heaven; Jesus, The Christ; Sprinkling; Types TTT -> Christ, the Mediator; Communion of Saints; Covenant, The; Law of Moses, The; Murder; Preciousness of Christ; Types of Christ EBD -> Abel; Covenant; Mediator SBD -> Moses PWP -> Devotional using 12:24 SPG -> Devotional using 12:24 12:24 - [In Context] You have come to Jesus, the one who mediates the new covenant between God and people, and to the sprinkled blood, which graciously forgives instead of crying out for vengeance as the blood of Abel did.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 12:25 DSN -> Synopsis on 12:25 GEB -> Study Notes on 12:25 GSB -> Study Notes on 12:25 JFB -> Commentary on 12:25 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 12:25 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 12:25 PNT -> Commentary on 12:25 RWP -> Study Notes on 12:25 TSK -> Commentary on 12:25 TSK -> Entry for 12:25 WEN -> Notes on 12:25 NTB -> Escape; Judgment; Judgments; Punishment; Unbelief TTT -> Call of God, The SBD -> Moses PWP -> Devotional using 12:25 TV -> Devotional using 12:25 TV -> Devotional using 12:25 TV -> Devotional using 12:25 12:25 - [In Context] See to it that you obey God, the one who is speaking to you. For if the people of Israel did not escape when they refused to listen to Moses, the earthly messenger, how terrible our danger if we reject the One who speaks to us from heaven!
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 12:26 DSN -> Synopsis on 12:26 GEB -> Study Notes on 12:26 GSB -> Study Notes on 12:26 JFB -> Commentary on 12:26 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 12:26 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 12:26 PNT -> Commentary on 12:26 RWP -> Study Notes on 12:26 TSK -> Commentary on 12:26 TSK -> Entry for 12:26 WEN -> Notes on 12:26 NTB -> Earthquakes; Escape; God (continued); Prophecy; Quotations And Allusions TTT -> Earthquakes EBD -> Haggai, Book of SBD -> Moses PWP -> Devotional using 12:26 12:26 - [In Context] When God spoke from Mount Sinai his voice shook the earth, but now he makes another promise: "Once again I will shake not only the earth but the heavens also." F58
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 12:27 DSN -> Synopsis on 12:27 GEB -> Study Notes on 12:27 GSB -> Study Notes on 12:27 JFB -> Commentary on 12:27 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 12:27 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 12:27 PNT -> Commentary on 12:27 RWP -> Study Notes on 12:27 TSK -> Commentary on 12:27 TSK -> Entry for 12:27 WEN -> Notes on 12:27 NTB -> Church; Jesus, The Christ; Law SBD -> Moses PWP -> Devotional using 12:27 SPG -> Devotional using 12:27 12:27 - [In Context] This means that the things on earth will be shaken, so that only eternal things will be left.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 12:28 DSN -> Synopsis on 12:28 GEB -> Study Notes on 12:28 GSB -> Study Notes on 12:28 JFB -> Commentary on 12:28 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 12:28 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 12:28 PNT -> Commentary on 12:28 RWP -> Study Notes on 12:28 SRN -> Study Notes on 12:28 TSK -> Commentary on 12:28 TSK -> Entry for 12:28 WEN -> Notes on 12:28 NTB -> Assurance; Church; Fear Of God; Heaven; Jesus, The Christ; Reward; Righteous; Worship TTT -> Assurance; Christ, the King; Fear, Godly; Grace; Reward of Saints, The EBD -> Fear of the Lord the SBD -> Moses PWP -> Devotional using 12:28 TV -> Devotional using 12:28 TV -> Devotional using 12:28 TV -> Devotional using 12:28 TV -> Devotional using 12:28 TV -> Devotional using 12:28 TV -> Devotional using 12:28 12:28 - [In Context] Since we are receiving a Kingdom that cannot be destroyed, let us be thankful and please God by worshiping him with holy fear and awe.
Study Resource List DSN -> Synopsis on 12:29 GEB -> Study Notes on 12:29 JFB -> Commentary on 12:29 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 12:29 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 12:29 PNT -> Commentary on 12:29 RWP -> Study Notes on 12:29 TSK -> Commentary on 12:29 TSK -> Entry for 12:29 WEN -> Notes on 12:29 NTB -> Fear Of God; God (continued) TTT -> Fire; God EBD -> Fear of the Lord the SBD -> Moses PWP -> Devotional using 12:29 PWP -> Devotional using 12:29 PWP -> Devotional using 12:29 TV -> Devotional using 12:29 TV -> Devotional using 12:29 TV -> Devotional using 12:29 TV -> Devotional using 12:29 TV -> Devotional using 12:29 12:29 - [In Context] For our God is a consuming fire.
FOOTNOTES: F56: Exod 19:13. F57: Deut 9:19. F58: Hag 2:6.

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; PWP - Praying With Paul; SPG - Spurgeon's Morning & Evening; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible, The New Living Translation copyright © 1996 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved. For more information about the NLT, please click here.