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Unbelief: The Sole Obstacle
Commentators unanimously identify unbelief as the single reason the Israelites failed to enter the promised land. Scholars like Spurgeon emphasize that it wasn't external obstacles like giants or the wilderness that kept them out, but their own internal distrust of God's power and promises. This verse serves as the definitive conclusion to the argument.
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Hebrews
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Albert Barnes
On Hebrews 3:19
18th Century
Theologian
So we see, etc. We see, from the direct testimony of the Old Testament, that unbelief was the reason why they were excluded from the promi…
AT Robertson
On Hebrews 3:19
And we see (κα βλεπομεν). Triumphant conclusion of the exegesis of Ps 95. "So we see."
Charles Ellicott
On Hebrews 3:19
19th Century
Bishop
So we see.—Rather, And we see. It is not the general conclusion that is expressed here; but, as in Hebrews 3:18 we read o…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Hebrews 3:18–19
19th Century
Preacher
And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? So we see that they could not enter in because of…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Hebrews 3:19
The depressing conclusion sums up what has gone before. The author does not say that they did not enter but that they “were not able to enter” the …
John Gill
On Hebrews 3:19
17th Century
Pastor
So we see that they could not enter in
To God's rest, the land of Canaan, for they died by the plague before the Lor…
Matthew Henry
On Hebrews 3:14–19
17th Century
Minister
The saints' privilege is that they are made partakers of Christ���that is, of the Spirit, the nature, graces, righteousness, and life of Christ; th…