For they could not endure (ουκ εφερον γαρ). Imperfect active of φερω, "for they were not enduring (bearing)."

That …

For they could not endure that which was commanded. They could not sustain the awe produced by the fact that God uttered his commands hims…

There is no sufficient reason for enclosing this verse and the next in parentheses.

And if so much as.—Better, If even a…

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…

The fearfulne of the giving of the law on Sinai is brought out with reference to one of the commands laid on the people, namely, that neither human…

For they could not endure that which was commanded In the law; not that they disliked and despised the law, as unregenera…

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 …

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…