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The Terror of the Law
The author highlights the terror of Mount Sinai to an extreme degree. Commentators note that if Moses, the great leader who spoke with God face-to-face, was overwhelmed with fear, it underscores how unapproachable God was under the Old Covenant. This terrifying scene was meant to instill a profound sense of God's awesome holiness and the severity of His law.
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Albert Barnes
On Hebrews 12:21
18th Century
Theologian
And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, etc. This event is not recorded in the account of the giving of the law in Exodus, and it …
AT Robertson
On Hebrews 12:21
Fearful (φοβερον). As in 10:27,31, only in Heb. in N.T.
The appearance (το φανταζομενον). Present passive …
Charles Ellicott
On Hebrews 12:21
19th Century
Bishop
And so terrible was the sight that. . . .—Better, And (so fearful was the appearance) Moses said, I exceedin…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Hebrews 12:18–24
19th Century
Preacher
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…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Hebrews 12:21
This verse cites a further indication of the awesomeness of the experience at Mount Sinai. At the time of the giving of the law, Moses was the lead…
John Gill
On Hebrews 12:21
17th Century
Pastor
And so terrible was the sight
Of the smoke, fire, and lightnings; or of God himself, who descended on the mount; wit…
Matthew Henry
On Hebrews 12:18–29
17th Century
Minister
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 plac…