Hebrews 12:18-24

18 For ye have not come to [the mount] that might be touched and was all on fire, and to obscurity, and darkness, and tempest,
19 and trumpet's sound, and voice of words; which they that heard, excusing themselves, declined [the] word being addressed to them any more:
20 (for they were not able to bear what was enjoined: And if a beast should touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;
21 and, so fearful was the sight, Moses said, I am exceedingly afraid and full of trembling;)
22 but ye have come to mount Zion; and to [the] city of [the] living God, heavenly Jerusalem; and to myriads of angels,
23 the universal gathering; and to [the] assembly of the firstborn [who are] registered in heaven; and to God, judge of all; and to [the] spirits of just [men] made perfect;
24 and to Jesus, mediator of a new covenant; and to [the] blood of sprinkling, speaking better than Abel.

Footnotes 5

  • [a]. As Luke 14.18: as 'refused,' ver. 25.
  • [b]. See Ex 19.13.
  • [c]. The words 'and' give the division of the subjects very distinctly here.
  • [d]. The words 'made perfect' relate to 'just men,' not to 'spirits.' Compare ch. 11.40
  • [e]. Neos; not the usual word for new covenant, which is kainos. Neos is 'new' in the sense of fresh, youthful. Kainos is new as wholly different. 'The new (kainos) man,' Eph. 4.24, i.e. it is not the old; neos, Col. 3.10, it is not grown old.
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