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but ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable hosts of angels,

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

But (αλλα). Sharp contrast to verse 18 with same form προσεληλυθατε.

Unto Mount Zion (Σιων ορε). Dative ca…

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

But you are come to Mount Sion. You who are Christians; all who are under the new dispensation. The design is to contrast the Christian di…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Unto mount Sion.—Literally (and in these difficult verses it is unusually important to follow the literal rendering of the Greek),…

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

“But” is a strong word that introduces a marked contrast. It is not a Sinai-type experience that has befallen Christians. They “have come” to Mount…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Unto mount Sion, etc. He alludes to those prophecies in which God had formerly promised that his Gospel should go forth from ther…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

But you are come to Mount Sion
The Alexandrian copy reads, as in (Hebrews 12:18) "for you are not come";…

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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