Hebrews 10:33

Sometimes, in consequence of the taunts and injuries heaped on you, you became a public spectacle; and sometimes you suffered through having shown yourselves to be the friends of people who were in the same position in which you had been.

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In The King James Version

Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.

In Context

32Call to mind those early days in which, after you had received the light, you patiently underwent a long and painful conflict.

34For you not only sympathised with those who were in prison, but you even took the confiscation of your possessions joyfully, knowing, as you did, that you had in yourselves a greater possession and a lasting one.

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Cross References

Psalms 69:9It was zeal for your house that consumed me, and the insults they hurled at you fell upon me.

Psalms 74:22Arise, God, and defend your cause: remember how fools all the day insult you.

Psalms 89:51The scorn which your enemies hurl, O Lord, which they hurl at the footsteps of your anointed.

Nahum 3:6“I will fling loathsome filth at you, and make you an object of contempt, a spectacle,

1 Corinthians 4:9For, as it seems to me, God has exhibited us, the apostles, last of all, as people doomed to death. We are made a spectacle to the universe, both to angels and to people!

Philippians 1:7And, indeed, I am justified in feeling like this about you all; because you have a warm place in my heart – you who all, both in my imprisonment and in the work of defending and establishing the good news, shared my privilege with me.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 10:20-39

The Consecrated Way; Cautions against Apostasy; Perseverance Inculcated. ( a. d. 62.) 19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 21 And having a high priest over the house of God; 22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the… Read the whole commentary →

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