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Of whom we have many words to say, and hard to interpret, seeing you have become dull of hearing.
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Commentators stress that the difficulty in understanding deep biblical truths often lies not with the subject itself, but with the spiritual state of the hearer. The author states the readers 'have become' dull, indicating a spiritual laziness or regression. As John Calvin notes, God's word is clear, but its brightness can be dimmed by our own spiritual darkness and sloth.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Of whom we have many things to say. There are many things which seem strange in regard to him, many things which are hard to understand. P…
Of whom (περ ου). Or "concerning which," for ου can be either masculine or neuter (genitive). It is the likeness of Jesus as high …
19th Century
Anglican
Of whom.—Or, of which (referring to the subject), “Christ made High Priest after the order of Melchizedek.”
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Baptist
Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye ha…
Although NIV takes this to be the opening of a new paragraph, it seems better to take it as completing the preceding paragraph. The writer points o…
16th Century
Protestant
He therefore prefaces his remarks by saying that he had many things to say, but that they were to prepare themselves so that these things …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Of whom we have many things to say Either of Melchizedek, or of Christ, or of his priesthood or of all of these; sin…
Dull hearers make the preaching of the gospel difficult, and even those who have some faith may be dull hearers and slow to believe. Much is expect…
13th Century
Catholic
Having listed three things that belong to a high priest and shown that two of them were fulfilled in Christ—namely, the office and the proper way o…
