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301. The Remaining Promise of Rest

Hebrews 4:1-13

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

... quoted (Ps. 95:11 in 3:11, 18; 4:3, 5; and Gen. 2:2 in 4:4), the author indicates that the promised rest and God’s rest are of the same kind. Thus anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from his own work (lit., “works”). In view here is the present experience of rest already available to the readers (the tense of the Greek verb is actually aorist, or past), a point the author intends to stress. The way in which “works” is to be understood is not clear, and commentators have differed in their ...

302. The High Priest of a New Covenant

Hebrews 8:1-13

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Donald A. Hagner

... Hebrews, however, do we encounter the quotation of this passage or the argument based upon it that we have here (cf. also 9:15; 10:16–18; 12:24). Our author capitalizes upon Jeremiah’s reference to the new covenant. A new situation is in view within the Scriptures of the old covenant itself, a situation that envisages a new kind of living, a new spiritual possibility, and a new experience of a definitive forgiveness of sins. The law is internalized, and a new intimacy of relationship between God and his ...

303. The Old Testament Ritual Described

Hebrews 9:1-10

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Donald A. Hagner

... with the necessity of sacrifice, indicates the costliness of atonement (cf. 9:22; Lev. 17:11). The mention of blood in the context of offering for atonement always presupposes the death of the sacrificial victim. The central importance of the blood of Christ first comes into view in vv. 12 and 14 below (although it is implied in 2:9, 14, and 17). For the significance of blood in the Bible, see J. Behm, TDNT, vol. 1, pp. 172–77. The Greek word underlying offered (prospherō) is very frequently used by our ...

304. The Blood of Christ

Hebrews 9:11-28

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Donald A. Hagner

... NIV’s the one who made it, is used both of making wills, as in vv. 16 and 17, and of covenants, as in the quotation from Jer. 31:33 in 8:10 and 10:16. On this see J. Behm, TDNT, vol. 2, pp. 104–6; for the view that “covenant” and “testament” are not to be distinguished in the present passage, see K. M. Campbell, “Covenant or Testament? Heb. 9:16, 17 Reconsidered,” EQ (1972), pp. 107–11; G. D. Kilpatrick, “Diathēkē in Hebrews,” ZNW (1977), pp. 263–65. NIV’s was put into effect (v ...

305. Trials and Temptations

James 1:1-18, James 1:19-27

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Peter H. Davids

... to the means of testing in this passage, although in 1 Pet. 1:7 it refers to the result of the test, i.e., genuineness. The means, however unpleasant they may be, produce a good result. They are not simply negative, destroying ungenuine faith, but positive, if viewed in the right light. The term perseverance, Greek hypomonē, is virtually a technical term in the New Testament. Paul uses the term sixteen times (2 Cor. 6:4; 12:12; 1 Thess. 1:3), and Revelation finds it most important (1:9; 2:2; 13:10; 14 ...

306. The Living Stone and a Chosen People

1 Peter 2:4-12

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Norman Hillyer

... through the power of Christ’s resurrection (1:3). These living stones are not left uselessly scattered about, forgotten. God has a grand design for them. This is none other than their being built into a spiritual house. Two coincidental stages are in view here. Each believer is being built up personally in the faith, as individual spiritual growth takes place. At the same time, each believer is being fashioned to fit into a predetermined and unique place in the overall divine blueprint. Thus each is being ...

307. Living for God

1 Peter 4:1-11

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Norman Hillyer

... of dealing with sin is now over and done with. Peter’s readers are to adopt the same attitude. Believers are to recognize that in view of their new birth spiritually (1:3), by which they now partake in the risen life of Christ, they are to reckon themselves dead ... pass (Rom. 5:12; Heb. 9:27). Love Heartily for God 4:7 The end of all things is near: The second coming is not in view here as much as is the transience of all that pertains to the closing present age. When he goes on to admonish readers to be ...

308. False Teachers and Their Destruction

2 Peter 2:1-22

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Norman Hillyer

... not so much endorsing the tradition as employing popular Homeric imagery with which his readers were familiar. 2:5 Peter continues his a fortiori argument by turning for his second illustration to the story of the Flood (Gen. 7:1–7). That event can be viewed as the fearful consequence of the angels’ sin (Gen. 6:1–7) in leading on to the ruin of the world at that time. Peter’s wording highlights the contrast between one man’s being kept safe on account of his righteousness, as against (lit.) “a ...

309. The Sin and Doom of Godless Men

Jude 1:1-16

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Norman Hillyer

... reference to being a blood relation of the Lord. Each calls himself simply a servant (lit. bondslave) of Jesus Christ. Even leading apostles like Paul (Rom. 1:1) and Peter (2 Pet. 1:1) were content to own the same title, a remarkable state of affairs in view of the way slaves were so often maltreated in NT times. But the early Christians discovered that to be the slave of Christ is to be the Lord’s freedman (1 Cor. 7:22). Complete and loyal submission to the service of Jesus Christ is, paradoxically, the ...

310. A Call to Persevere

Jude 1:17-25

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Norman Hillyer

... evil. 19 These are the men translates the contemptuous single Greek word houtoi once more, as in v. 16. The Greek verb apodiorizein, divide, occurs in the NT only here and rarely elsewhere. It is used by Aristotle (Politics 4.3.9) to mean “to define exactly with a view to classifying.” A simpler form of the verb appears in Lev. 20:24 LXX, where God says he has set the Israelites apart from other nations. They are special in God’s sight. Men who divide (there is no you in the Greek) means those who are ...

311. Rahab and the Spies

Joshua 2:1-24

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J. Gordon Harris

... occupation has sparked disagreement over whether she was a secular or sacred prostitute, or even an innkeeper as suggested in Josephus and the Targums. The word used for “harlot” is the one for a secular harlot, not a sacred one. M. Noth refutes the view that she was a sacred prostitute or priestess as held by H. Gressman (1914), G. Holscher, S. O. P. Mowinckel, and J. Heller (see discussion in J. A. Soggin, Joshua [trans. R. A. Wilson; OTL; Philadelphia: Westminster, 1972], p. 39). Her house also may ...

312. Nehemiah's Final Reforms

Nehemiah 13:1-31

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Leslie C. Allen

... Jerusalem and formed a council of elders, for not exercising their authority. His speech has Jeremiah 17:19–23, 27 in view, which closes with a threat to destroy the capital. With hindsight, the governor thought of what had happened in the ... lit. “admixture” (NJPS). The use of the related verb in Ezra 9:2 (“mingled”) in connection with intermarriage is significant. 13:4 In view of his job, Eliashib was probably a different person from the high priest of 3:1. 13:5 Incense was an ingredient of grain ...

313. Wisdom's Call

Proverbs 8:1-36

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Roland E. Murphy

... to be with the human race is not sufficiently emphasized. The scene is reminiscent of the celebration of creation among the morning stars and the sons of God (Job 38:7). However, the mood and role of Wisdom is more than just celebratory. In view of all the characteristics of Woman Wisdom, her joyful relationship to earthly people is particularly meaningful, even if the details are not spelled out here. 8:32–36 Instead of the sage speaking, Wisdom continues, employing the exhortatory style used by the sage ...

314. Proverbs of Solomon

Proverbs 14:1-35

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Roland E. Murphy

... . The NIV translates the MT literally. However, folly is not something that is inherited; rather it is acquired (so the RSV) by the simple unless they better themselves by the pursuit of wisdom. See the Additional Notes. 14:19 Synonymous. This reflects the typical wisdom view of the way things should turn out. 14:20–24 These sayings can be grouped under the theme of poverty and riches, and they are antithetic. Verse 20 states a fact of experience: money (or the lack of it) makes a difference in one’s ...

315. Sayings of Agur

Proverbs 30:1-33

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Roland E. Murphy

... numerical saying in the X and X + 1 style describes four insatiable phenomena: Sheol (so NIV margin; cf. 27:20), which was viewed as Death that stalks human beings, the womb that has failed to deliver even one child (cf. Gen. 30:1), the land ... serious example is the first in verse 22, as it suggests a revolution. The second example refers to a significant (and unwarranted, in the view of the sages) change in social status (cf. 28:19; 20:13). The final examples point to disorder in the household: the case of ...

316. The Impending Departure I

John 14:1-4, John 14:5-14, John 14:15-31

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J. Ramsey Michaels

... of a contrary-to-fact condition, If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father (v. 28), especially in view of the fact that he has just defined the world as those who do not love Jesus (v. 24). Until the disciples have overcome their ... . 14:30 He has no hold on me: lit., “in me he has nothing.” It may be that even though the devil is ultimately in view here, Jesus has in mind first of all the devil’s embodiment in Judas, who because of 13:21–30 now “has nothing” in Jesus (cf ...

317. Timothy and Epaphroditus

Philippians 2:19-30

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F. F. Bruce

... to say why. 2:26 Some time after leaving Philippi, Epaphroditus had fallen ill. His illness raises questions to which no certain answers can be given. Did he fall ill on his way to Paul, or after he had reached the place where Paul was? The usual view is that it was after his arrival, but careful consideration should be given to the possibility—indeed, the probability—that it was while he was on the way there. G. B. Caird, for example, concludes: “He fell ill on the road from Philippi to Rome, and it ...

318. Test the Spirits

1 John 4:1-6

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Thomas F. Johnson

... prophets continued after NT times, as is seen in Didache 11:7–12 and Shepherd of Hermas, Mandates 6.2.1. In the world view of early Christian and other first-century writers, there were many supernatural spirits to contend with, good and evil angels, demonic powers, and a ... to deny any significance to the human Jesus; for them, as for some modern Christians, the divine Christ is enough. Such a view, the Elder contends, is not from God, but is the antithetical opposite of from God in 4:2b. In fact, such a ...

319. The Sons of Noah

Genesis 9:18-29

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John E. Hartley

... of Canaan” (R. Saadia Gaon) or that Ham’s name accidentally was displaced by Canaan’s. Others argue that since Ham was Noah’s youngest son—the order in v. 18 not being according to age—Noah in retaliation cursed Ham’s youngest son. Another view postulates that Canaan was cursed for participating in the sin with his father (Ber. Rab. 36:7). The fact is that only one grandson of Noah was cursed, in contrast to the recent judgment of the deluge. Though this is troubling to contemporary readers ...

320. Abram in Egypt

Genesis 12:10-20

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John E. Hartley

... for Sarai. P. Reis (“Take My Wife, Please: On the Utility of the Wife/Sister Motif,” Judaism 41 [1992], pp. 307–8) argues that Abram acted shrewdly in designing a plan whereby he might become rich by receiving a dowry for his own wife. This view is suggestive, but Abram never appears that cunning or that greedy. Further, it is significant that Pharaoh sent these gifts after he had taken Sarai. This fact, along with the great value of these gifts, suggests that he indirectly conceded that he had not ...

321. David’s Charge to Solomon

1 Kings 2:1-12

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Iain W. Provan

... be in accordance with the Law of Moses (2:3, cf. Josh. 1:7, “all the law my servant Moses gave you”). Particularly in view here (as in Joshua) is the law code of Deuteronomy. That is the text to which the language of verses 3–4 taken cumulatively ... the NIV’s grave is šeʾōl, strictly the proper name (Sheol) of the underworld. 2:7 Those who eat at your table: In view of my interpretation of Barzillai, it is of some significance that it is Solomon’s table that stands at the center of the account ...

322. The Ark Brought to the Temple

1 Kings 8:1-21

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Iain W. Provan

... 21 recounts the circumstances of its relocation and Solomon’s speech about the significance of the event. 8:1–2 It is interesting, in view of the discussion in §10 about the temple’s delayed completion, just how vague the dating in verses 1–2 is when compared with ... We are further assured (v. 9) that there was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets of Deuteronomy 10:1–5. In view of the emphases of verses 14–21 and 22–66 (see below), we are surely to take this as applying not only to ...

323. Riddles and Metaphors

Ezekiel 15:1-8, Ezekiel 16:1-63, Ezekiel 17:1-24

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Steven Tuell

... swearing falsely in God’s name. The condemnation of Jerusalem’s alliance with Egypt, then, is on religious, rather than political, grounds. For Ezekiel, foreign alliances are acts of faithlessness to the Lord, nearly as bad as idolatry (see Ezek. 16; for this same view in the postexilic priestly circles of the Chronicler, see, e.g., 2 Chr. 18:3–34; 20:37; Tuell, First and Second Chronicles, pp. 177, 184). Zedekiah’s revolt is doomed; he will fall “because he was unfaithful to me” (v. 20). Once ...

324. Sermon on the Mount: Allegiance and Trust

Matthew 6:19-24, Matthew 6:25-34

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Jeannine K. Brown

... his disciples to live as “children of [their] Father in heaven” (5:45). Like God, they ought to love even enemies. Unlike God and God’s children, pagans or Gentiles who do not know or follow God only love and welcome their own people. A right view of God should inform a different way of understanding God and living life. Similarly, pagan people babble in prayer, since they pray to gods who need to be persuaded with many words (6:7). Jesus affirms that the one true God already knows what people need ...

325. Community Discourse: Care for Others in the Kingdom

Matthew 18:1-9, Matthew 18:10-14, Matthew 18:15-20

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Jeannine K. Brown

... 1. Becoming like children involves turning away from preoccupation with status concerns and self-promotion to care for others. Views of children were substantially different in the first-century world than in our contemporary Western context, so we are ... perceive them. We might, for example, highlight the innocence of children, when in a first-century Greco-Roman context children were viewed as less reliable than adults, who had the full measure of logos or rational capacity. We might also emphasize that ...

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