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Jesus: The Climax of Faith
Commentators emphasize that Jesus is the pinnacle of the new reality Christians have entered. Unlike the terrifying encounter with God at Mount Sinai, believers now come directly to Jesus, the mediator who establishes a new, personal relationship with God. He is the one who brings God and humanity together, making Him the central focus of our faith.
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Hebrews
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Albert Barnes
On Hebrews 12:24
18th Century
Theologian
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant. This was the crowning excellence of the new dispensation, in contrast to the old. They had …
AT Robertson
On Hebrews 12:24
To Jesus (Ιησου). This great fact is not to be overlooked (Php 2:10f.). He is there as Lord and Saviour and still "Jesus."
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Charles Ellicott
On Hebrews 12:24
19th Century
Bishop
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant.—Rather, a new covenant. There is another change in the Greek which it is n…
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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 12:24
The climax is reached with the reference to Jesus, seen here as “the mediator of a new covenant” (). The covenant involves “sprinkled blood” (cf. 9…
John Calvin
On Hebrews 12:24
16th Century
Theologian
And to Jesus the Mediator, He adds this lastly, because it is He alone through whom the Father is reconciled to us, and who renders His fa…
John Gill
On Hebrews 12:24
17th Century
Pastor
And to Jesus, the Mediator of the new covenant
Of the new covenant, and, of Christ's being the Mediator of it, (…
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…