Hebrews 12:17

For ye know that, afterwards when he wished to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found not a place for repentance, although he sought it with tears.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

In Context

16or lest any one be found among you a fornicator; or a heedless one like Esau, who for one mess of food, sold his primogeniture.

18For ye have not come to the fire that burned, and the tangible mount; nor to the darkness and obscurity and tempest;

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Cross References

Matthew 7:23And then will I declare to them; I never knew you. Depart from me, ye doers of evil.

Luke 13:24And Jesus said to them: Strive to enter the narrow gate: for I say to you, many will seek to enter, and will not be able.

Hebrews 6:8But if it should put forth thorns and briers, it would have reprobation, and be not far from a curse, and its end would be a burning.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 12:5-18

The Benefit of Afflictions; The Use of Afflictions; Cautions against Apostasy. ( a. d. 62.) 4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. 5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father… Read the whole commentary →

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