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It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
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The Judgment of the 'Living' God
Commentators emphasize that the terror of this verse comes from falling into the hands of the 'living God.' Unlike lifeless idols or mortal judges, God is eternal. Scholars explain that because God lives forever, His power to enact just punishment is also everlasting. This isn't a temporary consequence but a final, eternal reality for those who reject His salvation.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. There may be an allusion here to the request of David to fall into the…
A fearful thing (φοβερον). Old adjective (from φοβεω, to frighten). In N.T. only in Heb. (10:27,31; 12:21). The sense is not to be…
19th Century
Anglican
The living God.—As in Hebrews 3:12; Hebrews 9:14, the exact meaning of the writer’s words is “a Living God”; and a refe…
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Baptist
Suppose you, shall he be thought worthy, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant, with which he wa…
The sinner should not regard the judgment of God calmly. It is “a dreadful thing” (GK 5829; cf. v.27) to fall into God’s hands. David chose to fall…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God . ] For this is to be …
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The exhortations against apostasy and to perseverance are urged by many strong reasons. The sin here mentioned is a total and final falling away, w…
13th Century
Catholic
After commending the superiority of Christ’s priesthood and adding an admonition to hold fast to it by faith and love, the Apostle now supports his…
