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But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable hosts of angels,
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From Sinai's Fear to Zion's Welcome
Commentators unanimously highlight the stark contrast between the old and new covenants. The experience at Mount Sinai was terrifying and distant, a mountain that could not be touched. In Christ, believers 'have come' to Mount Zion—a spiritual reality characterized by grace, joy, and bold access to God, not fear.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But you are come to Mount Sion. You who are Christians; all who are under the new dispensation. The design is to contrast the Christian di…
But (αλλα). Sharp contrast to verse 18 with same form προσεληλυθατε.
Unto Mount Zion (Σιων ορε). Dative ca…
19th Century
Anglican
Unto mount Sion.—Literally (and in these difficult verses it is unusually important to follow the literal rendering of the Greek),…
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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…
“But” is a strong word that introduces a marked contrast. It is not a Sinai-type experience that has befallen Christians. They “have come” to Mount…
16th Century
Protestant
Unto mount Sion, etc. He alludes to those prophecies in which God had formerly promised that his Gospel should go forth from ther…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But you are come to Mount Sion The Alexandrian copy reads, as in (Hebrews 12:18) "for you are not come";…
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…
