Ebrei 12:12

12 Perciò, rinfrancate le mani cadenti e le ginocchia vacillanti;

Ebrei 12:12 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down
These words may be considered as spoken to the Hebrews, with respect to themselves; accordingly, the Syriac version reads, "your hands", and "your knees"; who were sluggish, and inactive in prayer, in hearing the word, in attendance on ordinances, in holding fast their profession, and in the performance of those things which adorn it; they were weary and fatigued with weights and burdens of sins and afflictions; and were faint, fearful, and timorous, through distrust of the promised good, because of their persecutions, being in present distress, and in a view of approaching danger, with which they might be surprised, as well as affected with their present afflictions: and then the exhortation to "lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees", is to be active in every duty; to be courageous against every enemy: to bear patiently every burden; to take heart, and be of good cheer under every afflictive providence: or else they may be considered as an exhortation to them with respect to others, which seems to be most agreeable to ( Isaiah 35:3 ) from whence they are taken; and then what is signified in them is done by sympathizing with persons in distress; by speaking comfortably to them, and by bearing their burdens.

Ebrei 12:12 In-Context

10 Quelli, infatti, per pochi giorni, come parea loro, ci correggevano; ma Egli lo fa per l’util nostro, affinché siamo partecipi della sua santità.

11 Or ogni disciplina sembra, è vero, per il presente non esser causa d’allegrezza, ma di tristizia; però rende poi un pacifico frutto di giustizia a quelli che sono stati per essa esercitati.

12 Perciò, rinfrancate le mani cadenti e le ginocchia vacillanti;

13 e fate de’ sentieri diritti per i vostri passi, affinché quel che è zoppo non esca fuor di strada, ma sia piuttosto guarito.

14 Procacciate pace con tutti e la santificazione senza la quale nessuno vedrà il Signore;