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For ye are not come unto [a mount] that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

Ye are not come (ου προσεληλυθατε). Perfect active indicative of προσερχομα. There is no word here in the Greek for "a mount" like…

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

For you are not come. To enforce the considerations already urged, the apostle introduces this sublime comparison between the old and new …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

The exhortation to faithfulness is most impressively reinforced through a comparison between the earlier revelation and that which is given in Chri…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, And the sou…

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

Though the word “mountain” is not in the original Greek, there is no doubt that the events on Sinai are in mind. The writer chooses to refer to wha…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

For you are not come, etc. He now advances a new argument, for he proclaims the greatness of the grace made known by the Gospel, …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

For you are not come unto the mount that might be touched ,
&c.] The design of the apostle in the following words is, in gener…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Mount Sinai, on which the Jewish church-state was formed, was a mountain that could be touched (though the people were forbidden to do so)—a place …

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

Having warned them to avoid the evils of guilt, the Apostle now provides the reason, which is based on a comparison between the Old and New Testame…

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