“For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.”
For you had compassion on those imprisoned and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and lasting possession — the readers showed practical love (splanchnizomai, bowels of compassion) to imprisoned believers; they accepted material loss (diarpazo) with joy (chara) because they recognized possession (hyparchis, estate) in a better realm. This earth-transcending perspective enabled radical generosity.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 10:34
The best Physicians after they have made a deep incision, and have increased the pains by the wound, soothing the afflicted part, and giving rest and refreshment to the disturbed soul, proceed not to make a second incision, but rather soothe that which has been made with gentle remedies, and such as are suited to remove the violence of the pain. This Paul also did after he had shaken their souls, and pierced them with the recollection of Hell, and convinced then, that he must…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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