For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

Ye know (ιστε). Regular form for the second person of οιδα rather than the Koine οιδατε.

He was rejected

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

For you know how afterward, etc. When he came to his father and earnestly begged him to reverse the sentence which he had pronounced. See …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

For you know how that afterward . . .—The meaning of the verse will be seen more clearly if one clause is placed in a par…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

And holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness sp…

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

(3) The final warning begins with a reference to the “sexually immoral” (GK 4521), a warning that occurs frequently in Scripture. With this is coup…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

When he would have inherited the blessing, etc. He at first regarded the act by which he had sold his birthright as a game, as if it were …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

For you know how that afterwards
After he had had his pottage; after he had sold his birthright for it, and the bles…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

A burden of affliction tends to make the Christian's hands hang down and his knees grow feeble, to dishearten and discourage him; but he must striv…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

Having indicated how we should behave toward the enduring evils of chastisement, the Apostle now shows how we should act to avoid the evils of guil…

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