A.T. Robertson Commentary Hebrews 10:32

"But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were enlightened, ye endured a great conflict of sufferings;" — Hebrews 10:32 (ASV)

Call to remembrance (αναμιμνησκεσθε). Present middle imperative of αναμιμνησκω, as in 2 Corinthians 7:15 "remind yourselves." The former days were some distance in the past (5:12), some years at any rate. It is a definite experience of people in a certain place. Jerusalem Christians had had experiences of this nature, but so had others.

After ye were enlightened (φωτισθεντες). First aorist passive participle of φωτιζω in the same sense as in 6:4 (regeneration) and like "the full knowledge of the truth" in 10:26.

Conflict (αθλησιν). Late word from αθλεω, to engage in a public contest in the games (2 Timothy 2:5), only here in the N.T. It occurs in the inscriptions. Cf. 2:10 for the benefit of "sufferings" in training.