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Our Altar is Christ's Cross
Commentators agree that the Christian 'altar' is not a physical object in a church. Instead, it refers spiritually to the cross where Jesus was sacrificed, or to Christ Himself as the place where atonement is made. This shifts the focus from a physical location of worship, like the Jewish tabernacle, to the person and work of Jesus, which is accessible to all believers through faith.
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Hebrews
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Albert Barnes
On Hebrews 13:10
18th Century
Theologian
We have an altar. We who are Christians. The Jews had an altar on which their sacrifices were offered, which was regarded as sacred, and o…
AT Robertson
On Hebrews 13:10
We have an altar (εχομεν θυσιαστηριον). We Christians have a spiritual altar (θυσιαστηριον), not a literal one (7:13). This metaph…
Charles Ellicott
On Hebrews 13:10–11
19th Century
Bishop
“We do not need such profitless teaching; we already have sustenance which is ‘meat indeed,’ by which the heart is established.” According to the L…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Hebrews 13:9–10
19th Century
Preacher
For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein. …
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Hebrews 13:10
Some see the “altar” as the communion table (from which Christians, but not others, eat). But this is an odd way of interpreting the passage in the…
John Calvin
On Hebrews 13:10
16th Century
Theologian
We have an altar, and so on. This is a beautiful adaptation of an old rite under the Law to the present state of the Church. There was a k…
John Gill
On Hebrews 13:10
17th Century
Pastor
We have an altar
By which is meant, not the cross of Christ, on which he was crucified; nor the Lord's table, where …
Matthew Henry
On Hebrews 13:7–15
17th Century
Minister
The instructions and examples of ministers who honorably and comfortably concluded their testimony should be particularly remembered by survivors. …