Hebrews 13:19
in Hebrews 13And I especially urge you to pray that I may be restored to you soon.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And I exhort you the more exceedingly to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.
KJV
But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.
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This verse in Hebrews 13
Commentary
11 notes on this verseTo wish them so warmly and with all care to pray that he might return to them sooner — this came from his strong love for them. At the same time, he shows that he relies on his conscience, and therefore appeals to them. He …
This site's exposition
they watch over your souls
on Hebrews 13:17-19
Leaders are to be obeyed on a stated ground, they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. The verb for watch is agrupneo, to keep awake. The writer then asks the readers to pray that I may be restored to you soon.
This site's exposition
restored to you soon
Jamieson, Fausset and Brown note that the writer speaks of himself here for the first time in the letter. They read the late and quiet mention as care for Hebrew readers who might be set against him. Philemon 22 carries the same hope.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
"I urge you to do this more sincerely." What is this? To pray for us. This was something they greatly loved, to want to pray for them sincerely and with all diligence, so that they might quickly be restored. "in order that I may be …
"But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner." His thus praying was the act of one who loved them greatly, and that not simply, but with all earnestness, that so, he says, I may come to you speedily. The earnest desire to come to them is the mark of one conscious to himself of nothing wrong, also the entreating them to pray for him.
The Medieval Church1 voice
Then (v. 19) he gives another reason why they should pray for him, namely, because this will benefit them. Therefore, I urge you the more earnestly to do this, i.e., to pray, because it will profit you: 'I long to see you that I may …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
But I beseech you the rather to do this,.... To pray earnestly; to strive together in their prayers for them, Rom 15:30 that I may be restored to you the sooner: Christ's ministers are sometimes hindered from being with their people, through Satan, or his emissaries, creating troubles, or casting them into prison; which might be the apostle's case now; but God can make their way through all; and for this he should be prayed unto.
), intimating that he had been formerly among them,--that, now he was absent from them, he had a great desire and real intention to come again to them,--and that the best way to facilitate his return to them, and to make it a mercy to him and them, was to make it a matter of their prayer.
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3 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
That I may be restored to you the sooner - It is here clearly implied that the writer was deterred from visiting them by some adverse circumstances over which he had no control. This might be either by imprisonment, or sickness, or the want of a convenient opportunity of reaching them. The probability is, judging particularly from the statement in Heb 13:23, that he was then a prisoner, and that his detention was on that account; see Introduction, section 4 (6).
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
It is here first in the letter he mentions himself, in a way so unobtrusive, as not to prejudice his Hebrew readers against him, which would have been the result had he commenced this as his other Epistles, with authoritatively announcing his name and apostolic commission.
The rather to do this - That is, pray for us, that, being enabled to complete the work which God has given us here to do, we may be the sooner enabled to visit you. It is evident, from this, that the people to whom this epistle was written knew well who was the author of it; nor does there appear, in any place, any design in the writer to conceal his name, and how the epistle came to lack a name it is impossible to say. I have sometimes thought that a part of the beginning might have been lost, as it not only begins without a name, but begins very abruptly.
The words behind it
9 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| περισσοτέρως | perissoteros | More abundantly | G4056 → | |
| δὲ | de | now | G1161 → | 2765 times |
| παρακαλῶ | parakalo | I exhort [you] | G3870 → | 108 times |
| τοῦτο | touto | this | G3778 → | 1381 times |
| ποιῆσαι, | poiesai | to do, | G4160 → | 569 times |
| ἵνα | ina | so that | G2443 → | 668 times |
| τάχιον | tachion | quicker | G5032 → | |
| ἀποκατασταθῶ | apokatastatho | I may be restored | G600 → | |
| ὑμῖν.¶ | humin | to you. | G4771 → | 2973 times |
περισσοτέρωςMore abundantly
perissoterosG4056 →
δὲnow
deG1161 →2765 times
παρακαλῶI exhort [you]
parakaloG3870 →108 times
τοῦτοthis
toutoG3778 →1381 times
ποιῆσαι,to do,
poiesaiG4160 →569 times
ἵναso that
inaG2443 →668 times
τάχιονquicker
tachionG5032 →
ἀποκατασταθῶI may be restored
apokatastathoG600 →
ὑμῖν.¶to you.
huminG4771 →2973 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Philemon 1:22In the meantime, prepare a guest room for me, because I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.
it leads to
- Philippians 2:24
And I trust in the Lord that I myself will come soon.
- 2 Corinthians 1:11
as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor shown us in answer to their prayers.
- Philippians 1:19
because I know that through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, my distress will turn out for my deliverance.
- 2 John 1:12
I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come and speak with you face to face, so that…
- James 5:16
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
- Philippians 2:24
Where this verse is studied
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About Hebrews
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the New Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, Homily on Hebrews 34; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Oecumenius, The Pseudo-Oecumenian Catena on Hebrews; Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Hebrews and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Hebrews.