Hebreus 10:34

34 Vocês se compadeceram dos que estavam na prisão e aceitaram alegremente o confisco dos seus próprios bens, pois sabiam que possuíam bens superiores e permanentes.

Hebreus 10:34 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 10:34

For ye had compassion of me in my bonds
When he was bound at Jerusalem, by the chief captain Lysias, with two chains, ( Acts 21:33 ) or when he was in bonds elsewhere; which they did by sympathizing with him in their hearts; by their prayers for him, and in their letters to him; and by sending presents to him for his relief and support. The Alexandrian copy, and two of Stephens's, the Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions, read, "had compassion on the prisoners"; or "them that were bound"; meaning prisoners in general, remembering them that were in bonds, as bound with them; or particularly such as were prisoners for the sake of Christ, and his Gospel; and it may be some of them, which the apostle himself committed to prison, in his state of unregeneracy:

and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods;
the furniture of their houses, their worldly substance, of which they were stripped by their persecutors; and this they took quietly and patiently, yea, joyfully; rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer the confiscation of their goods for the sake of Christ: the reason of which joy was,

knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an
enduring substance:
that which is laid up for the saints in heaven is "substance"; it is signified by an house, a city, a kingdom; and so it is rendered here in the Ethiopic version; and by riches, true, glorious, and durable; and by a treasure and an inheritance: and this is "better" than anything in this world; as to the quality of it, it being celestial; and as to the quantity of it, it being all things; and as to the place where it is, "in heaven"; though this clause is left out in the Alexandrian copy, and in the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions; and as to the company with whom it is enjoyed, saints in light; yea, God himself is the portion of his people: and this is an "enduring" substance; it cannot be wasted by the saints themselves; nor taken away from them by others; nor can it decay in its own nature; and the saints will always endure to enjoy it: and this they may be said to "have": it is promised to them, and prepared for them; they have a right unto it, and the earnest of it; and they have it already in Christ, their head and representative; so that it is, upon all accounts, sure unto them: and this they know in themselves; from what they find and feel in their own hearts; from the sealing testimony and earnest of the Spirit, and from the promise of Christ, ( Matthew 5:10 ) .

Hebreus 10:34 In-Context

32 Lembrem-se dos primeiros dias, depois que vocês foram iluminados, quando suportaram muita luta e muito sofrimento.

33 Algumas vezes vocês foram expostos a insultos e tribulações; em outras ocasiões fizeram-se solidários com os que assim foram tratados.

34 Vocês se compadeceram dos que estavam na prisão e aceitaram alegremente o confisco dos seus próprios bens, pois sabiam que possuíam bens superiores e permanentes.

35 Por isso, não abram mão da confiança que vocês têm; ela será ricamente recompensada.

36 Vocês precisam perseverar, de modo que, quando tiverem feito a vontade de Deus, recebam o que ele prometeu;