Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Hebrews 12

Heb 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,

lay aside every weight

1Pe 5:7.

the sin

Omit the.

Heb 12:2 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.

author

leader, or, originator. See Scofield Hebrews 2:10, ref.

finisher

perfecter.

faith

Faith. Jas 2:17-18, 20. (Gen 3:20; Heb 11:39.)

Heb 12:3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

consider

consider well, i.e. weigh so as to judge its value.

sinners [See also Heb 12:4, sin.]

Sin. Scofield Romans 3:23, note.

Heb 12:5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

children

sons.

Lord [See also Heb 12:6.]

Jehovah. Proverbs 3:11-12.

Heb 12:7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

what son is he whom the father chasteneth not

Pro 13:24.

Heb 12:10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

after their own pleasure

Or, as seemed good or meet to them.

Heb 12:11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

no chastening for the present

Judgments (the seven). 1Pe 2:24. (2Sa 7:14; Rev 22:12).

righteousness

Scofield 1 John 3:7, note.

Heb 12:12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

lift up the hands

Isa 35:3.

feeble

failing.

Heb 12:13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.

straight

Or, even.

let it rather be healed

Gal 6:1.

Heb 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

peace with all men

Psa 34:14.

Heb 12:15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God

Watching lest there be any one who lacks the grace of God.

Heb 12:16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

fornicator

1Co 6:13, 18.

sold his birthright

Gen 25:33.

Heb 12:17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

repentance

Repentance. 2Pe 3:9. (Mat 3:2; Act 17:30.)

it

i.e. the blessing.

Heb 12:18 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

the mount that might be touched

Exo 19:12.

Heb 12:19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:

which voice they that heard

Exo 20:18-19.

Heb 12:22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,

the city of the living God

Phl 3:20.

an innumerable company

myriads of angels, the universal gathering.

angels

Scofield Hebrews 1:4, note.

Heb 12:23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

church

Church (true). (Mat 16:18.)

Church (true), Summary: The true church, composed of the whole number of regenerate persons from Pentecost to the first resurrection (1Co 15:52), united together and to Christ by the baptism with the Holy Spirit (1Co 12:12-13), is the body of Christ of which He is the Head (Eph 1:22-23). As such, it is a holy temple for the habitation of God through the Spirit (Eph 2:21-22); is "one flesh" with Christ (Eph 5:30-31); and espoused to Him as a chaste virgin to one husband (2Co 11:2-4).

perfect

Scofield Matthew 5:48, note.

Heb 12:24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

mediator

Heb 8:6.

the blood of sprinkling

Exo 24:8.

Heb 12:25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:

See that ye refuse not him that speaketh

Act 13:46.

Heb 12:26 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.

I shake not the earth only, but also heaven

Hag 2:6.

Heb 12:28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

moved

shaken.

have

hold fast.

grace

Grace (imparted). Heb 12:15, 28; 13:9. (Rom 6:1; 2Pe 3:18).