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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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Hebrews
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Albert Barnes
On Hebrews 10:31
18th Century
Theologian
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…
AT Robertson
On Hebrews 10:31
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…
Charles Ellicott
On Hebrews 10:31
19th Century
Bishop
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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Charles Spurgeon
On Hebrews 10:29–31
19th Century
Preacher
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…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Hebrews 10:31
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…
John Gill
On Hebrews 10:31
17th Century
Pastor
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living
God .
] For this is to be …
Matthew Henry
On Hebrews 10:26–31
17th Century
Minister
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…