Hebrews 12:29 — King James Version← Study notes
“For our God is a consuming fire.”
Hebrews 12:29 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Hebrews 12:297 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 12:29
Fearful were those things, but these are far more admirable and glorious. For here there is not “darkness,” nor “blackness,” nor “tempest.” It seems to me that by these words he hints at the obscurity of the Old [Testament], and the overshadowed and veiled character of the Law. And besides the Giver of the Law appears in fire terrible, and apt to punish those who transgress. But what are “the sounds of the trumpet”? Probably it is as though some King were coming. This at all…
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