A fearful thing (φοβερον). Old adjective (from φοβεω, to frighten). In N.T. only in Heb. (10:27,31; 12:21). The sense is not to be…

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. There may be an allusion here to the request of David to fall into the…

The living God.—As in Hebrews 3:12; Hebrews 9:14, the exact meaning of the writer’s words is “a Living God”; and a refe…

Suppose you, shall he be thought worthy, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant, with which he wa…

The sinner should not regard the judgment of God calmly. It is “a dreadful thing” (GK 5829; cf. v.27) to fall into God’s hands. David chose to fall…

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living
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The exhortations against apostasy and to perseverance are urged by many strong reasons. The sin here mentioned is a total and final falling away, w…

After commending the superiority of Christ’s priesthood and adding an admonition to hold fast to it by faith and love, the Apostle now supports his…