Hebrews 12:3
For consider well him who endured so great contradiction from sinners against himself, that ye be not weary, fainting in your minds.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
4Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, wrestling against sin.
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:24Only, fear Jehovah, and serve him in truth, with all your heart; for see how great things he has done for you.
Isaiah 40:30Even the youths shall faint and shall tire, and the young men shall stumble and fall;
Matthew 10:24The disciple is not above his teacher, nor the bondman above his lord.
Matthew 12:24But the Pharisees, having heard [it], said, This [man] does not cast out demons, but by Beelzebub, prince of demons.
Matthew 21:15And when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonders which he wrought, and the children crying in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, they were indignant,
Matthew 21:46And seeking to lay hold of him, they were afraid of the crowds, because they held him for a prophet.
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 12:2-4
Christ the Great Exemplar. ( a. d. 62.) 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, 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. 3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners… Read the whole commentary →