Hebrews 12:2

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Hebrews 12:2

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Summary

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.

Looking

The author

Acts 2:8

Finisher

Endured

Despising

And is

General references

Bible References

Looking

Give thought to him who has undergone so much of the hate of sinners against himself, so that you may not be tired and feeble of purpose.

So Christ, having at his first coming taken on himself the sins of men, will be seen a second time, without sin, by those who are waiting for him, for their salvation.

And I will be waiting for the Lord, whose face is veiled from the house of Jacob, and I will be looking for him.

Cursed are those who go down to Egypt for help, and who put their faith in horses; looking to war-carriages for salvation, because of their numbers; and to horsemen, because they are very strong; but they are not looking to the Holy One of Israel, or turning their hearts to the Lord;

Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have salvation, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other.

But as for me, I am looking to the Lord; I am waiting for the God of my salvation: the ears of my God will be open to me.

And I will send down on the family of David and on the people of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of prayer; and their eyes will be turned to the one who was wounded by their hands: and they will be weeping for him as for an only son, and their grief for him will be bitter, like the grief of one sorrowing for his oldest son.

The day after, John sees Jesus coming to him and says, See, here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

This, I say, is my Father's pleasure, that everyone who sees the Son and has faith in him may have eternal life: and I will take him up on the last day.

Your father Abraham was full of joy at the hope of seeing my day: he saw it and was glad.

For our country is in heaven; from where the Saviour for whom we are waiting will come, even the Lord Jesus Christ:

From now on, the crown of righteousness is made ready for me, which the Lord, the upright judge, Will give to me at that day: and not only to me, but to all those who have had love for his revelation.

Looking for the glad hope, the revelation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;

That which was from the first, which has come to our ears, and which we have seen with our eyes, looking on it and touching it with our hands, about the Word of life

Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for life eternal through the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The author

Because it was right for him, for whom and through whom all things have being, in guiding his sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation complete through pain.

Straight away the father of the child gave a cry, saying, I have faith; make my feeble faith stronger.

And the twelve said to the Lord, Make our faith greater.

Him God has put on high at his right hand, as a Ruler and a Saviour, to give to Israel a change of heart and forgiveness of sins.

And how is it that every one of us is hearing their words in the language which was ours from our birth?

Finisher

(Because the law made nothing complete), and in its place there is a better hope, through which we come near to God.

Because by one offering he has made complete for ever those who are made holy.

So that having every grace you are living in the hope of the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

For I am certain of this very thing, that he by whom the good work was started in you will make it complete till the day of Jesus Christ:

Endured

So that when he comes into the world, he says, You had no desire for offerings, but you made a body ready for me;

From that time Jesus went on to make clear to his disciples how he would have to go up to Jerusalem, and undergo much at the hands of those in authority and the chief priests and scribes, and be put to death, and the third day come again from the dead.

See, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be given into the hands of the chief priests and scribes; and they will give orders for him to be put to death,

And when they had made sport of him, they took the robe off him, and put his clothing on him, and took him away to put him on the cross.

And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible to you; take away this cup from me: but even so let not my pleasure, but yours be done.

Now is my soul troubled; and what am I to say? Father, keep me from this hour. No: for this purpose have I come to this hour.

And that the two might come into agreement with God in one body through the cross, so putting an end to that division.

And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.

Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.

He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been made well.

Because Christ once went through pain for sins, the upright one taking the place of sinners, so that through him we might come back to God; being put to death in the flesh, but given life in the Spirit;

Despising

In part, in being attacked by angry words and cruel acts, before the eyes of everyone, and in part, in being united with those who were attacked in this way.

And others were tested by being laughed at or by blows, and even with chains and prisons:

But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people.

You have seen my shame, how I was laughed at and made low; my haters are all before you.

The Lord who takes up Israel's cause, even his Holy One, says to him whom men make sport of, who is hated by the nations, a servant of rulers: Kings will see and get up from their places, and chiefs will give worship: because of the Lord who keeps faith; even the Holy One of Israel who has taken you for himself.

I was offering my back to those who gave me blows, and my face to those who were pulling out my hair: I did not keep my face covered from marks of shame.

Men made sport of him, turning away from him; he was a man of sorrows, marked by disease; and like one from whom men's faces are turned away, he was looked down on, and we put no value on him.

Then they put shame on him, and were cruel to him: and some gave him blows, saying,

Then the ruler's armed men took Jesus into the open square, and got all their band together.

And he said to them, Truly, Elijah does come first, and puts all things in order; and how is it said in the Writings that the Son of man will go through much sorrow and be made as nothing?

And Herod, with the men of his army, put shame on him and made sport of him, and dressing him in shining robes, he sent him back to Pilate.

So they went away from the Sanhedrin, happy to undergo shame for the Name.

To sharp words he gave no sharp answer; when he was undergoing pain, no angry word came from his lips; but he put himself into the hands of the judge of righteousness:

If men say evil things of you because of the name of Christ, happy are you; for the Spirit of glory and of God is resting on you.

And is

Who, being the outshining of his glory, the true image of his substance, supporting all things by the word of his power, having given himself as an offering making clean from sins, took his seat at the right hand of God in heaven;

Now of the things we are saying this is the chief point: We have such a high priest, who has taken his place at the right hand of God's high seat of glory in heaven,

The Lord said to my lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put all those who are against you under your feet.

Who has gone into heaven, and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been put under his rule.

General references

A seat of glory, placed on high from the first, is our holy place.

A disciple is not greater than his master, or a servant than his lord.

And some put shame on him and, covering his face, gave him blows and said to him, Now say what is to come: and the captains took him and gave him blows with their hands.

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And two others, evil-doers, were taken with him to be put to death.

If you are hated by the world, keep in mind that I was hated by the world before you.

Where they put him on the cross with two others, one on this side and one on that, and Jesus in the middle.

Till now you have not given your blood in your fight against sin: