Hebrews 12:1

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Hebrews 12:1-2

DISCOURSE: 2334CHRIST’S PERSEVERING DILIGENCEHebrews 12:1-2. Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.WHEN we read the history of... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Hebrews 12:1

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Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:1-29

Shall we turn now to Hebrews, chapter 12.Wherefore, seeing we are also compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses ( Hebrews 12:1 ),What this does not mean is that the Old Testament saints, which are spoken of in chapter 11, are sitting there in heaven watching the activities on the earth. It doesn't mean that they are just watching us to see how we are going to react and respond and we've got this big gallery up here of Old Testament saints. It does mean that their life of faith and... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 12:1-29

Hebrews 12:1 . Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses. Confessors and martyrs of the ancient church are here supposed to be the spectators of our course, and we are here called upon to follow these veterans of the faith. Their number is such that they are said to be a cloud, like the assembled multitudes seen on special occasions to witness some extraordinary spectacle. Nor is it the celestial host only that are interested in this contest; we are... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Hebrews 12:1-2

Hebrews 12:1-2Compassed about with so great a cloudGreat men:The witnesses that God has set before the eyes of men are twofold, the witness of greatness and the witness of goodness, the witness of the hero and the witness of the saint.To name these two together is at once to put the one far above the other. Without any argument we feel at once that the hero and the saint belong to different spheres, the hero to nature, the saint to religion; the hero to the earth, the saint to heaven if we... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Hebrews 12:1

1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us , and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Ver. 1. With so great a cloud ] Or, cluster of witnesses, whose depositions we should hearken to, and rest in. Justin Martyr confesseth of himself, that seeing the pious lives and patient sufferings of the saints, he concluded that this was the truth they professed, and sealed... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Hebrews 12:1

seeing: Hebrews 11:2-Zechariah : a cloud: Isaiah 60:8, Ezekiel 38:9, Ezekiel 38:16 witnesses: Luke 16:28, John 3:32, John 4:39, John 4:44, 1 Peter 5:12, Revelation 22:16 let us lay: Matthew 10:37, Matthew 10:38, Luke 8:14, Luke 9:59-1 John :, Luke 12:15, Luke 14:26-Micah :, Luke 18:22-Lamentations :, Luke 21:34, Romans 13:11-2 Chronicles :, 2 Corinthians 7:1, Ephesians 4:22-Jeremiah :, Colossians 3:5-Ruth :, 1 Timothy 6:9, 1 Timothy 6:10, 2 Timothy 2:4, 1 Peter 2:1, 1 Peter 4:2, 1 John... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Hebrews 12:1

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,Wherefore, being encompassed with a cloud — A great multitude, tending upward with a holy swiftness.Of witnesses — Of the power of faith.Let us lay aside every weight — As all who run a race take care to do. Let us throw off whatever weighs us down, or damps the vigour of our... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 12:1

1. Wherefore In view of the facts of the episode of chapter 11 the glories of faith and its champions. Let us resume the exhortation begun at Hebrews 10:19, interrupted by chap. 11, and from this point essentially continued through the remainder of the epistle. We also The also connecting the we with the sublime roll of worthies. We, and not the Judaists, are in their line; our faith is their faith. A cloud of witnesses Lunemann denies that the witnesses are represented to be ... read more

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