Hebrews 12:26 BSB — MannaFest

Hebrews 12:26

At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.”

BSB

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ASV

whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more will I make to tremble not the earth only, but also the heaven.

KJV

Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.

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Commentary

1 voice

Gregory of Nazianzus

ON THE HOLY SPIRIT, THEOLOGICAL ORATION 5(31).25 (390)

There have been two remarkable transformations of the human way of life in the course of the world's history. These two are called two "covenants" and, so famous was the business involved, two "shakings of the earth." The first was the transition from idols to the law; the second, from law to gospel. The gospel also tells of the third "shaking," the change from this present state of things to what lies unmoved, unshaken, beyond. An identical feature occurs in both covenants. The feature? There was nothing sudden involved in the first movement to take their transformations in hand.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Whose voice then shook the earth - When he spoke from Mount Sinai. But now - With regard to his next speaking. He hath promised - It is a joyful promise to the saints, though dreadful to the wicked.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Whose voice then shook the earth - Namely, at the giving of the law on Mount Sinai; and from this it seems that it was the voice of Jesus that then shook the earth, and that it was he who came down on the mount. But others refer this simply to God the Father giving the law.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The shaking began at the first coming of Messiah; it will be completed at His second coming, prodigies in the world of nature accompanying the overthrow of all kingdoms that oppose Messiah. The Hebrew is literally, "it is yet one little," that is, a single brief space till the series of movements begins ending in the advent of Messiah.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οὗ	hou	whose	G3739 →
ἡ	hē	<the>	G3588 →
φωνὴ	phōnē	voice	G5456 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
γῆν	gēn	earth	G1093 →
ἐσάλευσεν	esaleusen	shook	G4531 →
τότε,	tote	at that time,	G5119 →
νῦν	nun	now	G3568 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
ἐπήγγελται	epēngeltai	He has promised	G1861 →
λέγων·	legōn	saying;	G3004 →
ἔτι	eti	Yet	G2089 →
ἅπαξ	hapax	once [more]	G530 →
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
σείσω	seisō	will shake	G4579 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
μόνον	monon	only	G3441 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
γῆν	gēn	earth	G1093 →
ἀλλὰ	alla	but	G235 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
οὐρανόν.	ouranon	heaven.	G3772 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Joel 3:16
The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.
leads to
- Joel 2:10–11
  Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.
- Amos 1:2
  He said: “The LORD roars from Zion and raises His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.”
- Jeremiah 25:30–31
  So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly…
- Proverbs 18:10
  The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
- Jeremiah 16:19
  O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing…
Through
Isaiah 13:13
Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts on the day of His burning anger.
leads to
- Hebrews 12:26–27
  At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.”
- Joel 3:16
  The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.
Through
Exodus 19:18
Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.
leads to
- Judges 5:5
  The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Hebrews

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Hebrews