Hebrews 12:3
Weigh well the example of him who had to endure such opposition from ‘people who were sinning against themselves,’ so that you should not grow weary or faint-hearted.
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In Context
4You have not yet, in your struggle with sin, resisted to the death;
Cross References
Matthew 10:24A student is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.
Matthew 12:24But the Pharisees heard of it and said, “He drives out demons only by the help of Beelzebul the chief of the demons.”
Matthew 21:15But, when the chief priests and the teachers of the Law saw the wonderful things that Jesus did, and the boys who were calling out in the Temple Courts “God save the Son of David!”, they were indignant,
Matthew 21:46yet, although eager to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, who regarded 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 →