Hebrews 13:20
And God of peace, that led out from death the great shepherd of (the) sheep, in the blood of [the] everlasting testament (or by the blood of the eternal covenant), our Lord Jesus Christ,
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
In Context
19Moreover I beseech you to do [this thing], (so) that I be restored the sooner to you.
Cross References
Exodus 24:8Forsooth Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, This is the blood of the bond of peace (or This is the blood of the covenant), which the Lord covenanted with you on all these words.
1 Chronicles 16:17And he ordained that word to Jacob into a commandment; and to Israel into (an) everlasting covenant. (And he ordained that word to Jacob for a commandment; and to Israel for an everlasting covenant.)
Psalms 80:1To victory; this psalm is the witnessing of Asaph for lilies. Thou that governest Israel, give attention; that leadest forth Joseph as a sheep. Thou that sittest on cherubim, be showed ( For the choirmaster, to the tune of ‘The lilies of the testimony’, a song by Asaph. Thou who governest Israel, take heed; thou who leadest forth Joseph like a flock of sheep. Thou who sittest upon cherubim, show thyself)
Isaiah 55:3Bow ye [in] your ear, and come ye to me; hear ye, and your soul shall live; and I shall smite with you a covenant everlasting (or and I shall strike with you an everlasting covenant), the faithful mercies of David.
Isaiah 63:11And he had mind on the days of the world, of Moses, and of his people. Where is he, that led them out of the sea, with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he, that setted the spirit of his holy in the middle thereof; (And then they remembered the old days, the days of Moses, and his people, and they said, Where is he, who led them out of the Red Sea, or out of the Sea of Reeds, or who led them up from the Nile River, with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he, who put his Holy Spirit within him?)
Ezekiel 34:23and I shall raise on those one shepherd, my servant David, that shall feed those; he shall feed them, and he shall be a shepherd to them. (and I shall raise upon them one shepherd, my servant David, who shall feed them; yea, he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.)
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 13:19-25
Conclusion. ( a. d. 62.) 18 Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly. 19 But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner. 20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for… Read the whole commentary →