Hebrews 12:19

You have not come to a trumpet blast and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that no further word be spoken to them.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

18For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched, to a blazing fire, darkness, gloom, and a whirlwind.

20For they could not bear the order that was given: “If even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned.”

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Cross References

1 Thessalonians 4:16For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 12:19-29

Nature of the Christian Economy. ( a. d. 62.) 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, 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: 20 (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: 21 And so terrible was the sight, that… Read the whole commentary →

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