Hebrews 12:3
For think diligently upon him that endured such opposition from sinners against himself; that you be not wearied, fainting in your minds.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
4For you have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin:
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:24Therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in truth and with your whole heart, for you have seen the great works which he hath done among you.
Isaiah 40:30Youths shall faint, and labour, and young men shall fall by infirmity.
Matthew 10:24The disciple is not above the master, nor the servant above his lord.
Matthew 12:24But the Pharisees hearing it, said: This man casteth not out the devils but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
Matthew 21:15And the chief priests and scribes, seeing the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying: Hosanna to the son of David; were moved with indignation.
Matthew 21:46And seeking to lay hands on him, they feared the multitudes: because they held him as 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 →