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For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, tempest,
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A Tale of Two Covenants
Commentators explain this verse begins a powerful contrast. The Old Covenant, given at Mount Sinai, was marked by terrifying physical signs like fire and darkness, designed to inspire awe and keep people at a distance. This sets the stage for the superior New Covenant, which is not based on fear but on a gracious invitation to draw near to God through Christ.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For you are not come. To enforce the considerations already urged, the apostle introduces this sublime comparison between the old and new …
Ye are not come (ου προσεληλυθατε). Perfect active indicative of προσερχομα. There is no word here in the Greek for "a mount" like…
19th Century
Anglican
The exhortation to faithfulness is most impressively reinforced through a comparison between the earlier revelation and that which is given in Chri…
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Baptist
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…
Though the word “mountain” is not in the original Greek, there is no doubt that the events on Sinai are in mind. The writer chooses to refer to wha…
16th Century
Protestant
For you are not come, etc. He now advances a new argument, for he proclaims the greatness of the grace made known by the Gospel, …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For you are not come unto the mount that might be touched , &c.] The design of the apostle in the following words is, in gener…
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 …
13th Century
Catholic
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…
