Hebrews 13:3
in Hebrews 13Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.
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ASV
Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; them that are ill-treated, as being yourselves also in the body.
KJV
Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
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This verse in Hebrews 13
Commentary
12 notes on this verse"as bound." For he who is bound to someone, even if he wishes to forget, cannot. "and those who suffer adversity." Of those who are suffering either in prisons, or in famine, or in another affliction. For if someone were to consider that he himself …
This site's exposition
Continue in brotherly love
on Hebrews 13:1-3
The first duty is that brotherly love, philadelphia in Greek, continue. Hospitality is urged with an example, since some people have entertained angels without knowing it, as Abraham did at Mamre and Lot at Sodom's gate. Prisoners are remembered as if you were bound with them.
This site's exposition
as if you were bound with them
John Wesley reads remember as prayer joined with practical help. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown ground the bond in one body under one Head, citing 1 Corinthians 12:26. Adversity may come at any age, they add, as it came to Joseph in youth and to Job in manhood.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them, them which suffer adversity as being yourselves also in the body."
The Medieval Church2 voices
"Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them" — For he who is bound to someone, even if he wished to forget, cannot. "And of those who suffer, as you yourselves also are in the body" — "The suffering" …
He says, Remember them that are in prison, i.e., those who for the love of God were sent to prison. Remember them by visiting and redeeming, as though in prison with them: 'I was in prison and you visited me' (Mt. 25:36). Against this Isaiah …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Remember them that are in bonds,.... Not for criminal actions, or for debt, though such should be remembered, and pity showed them, especially the latter; but such as are in bonds for the sake of Christ, and the Gospel.
The duty--to remember those that are in bonds and in adversity. (1.) God often orders it so that while some Christians and churches are in adversity others enjoy peace and liberty. All are not called at the same time to resist unto blood.
4 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
); he then bespeaks their prayers for him, and offers up his prayers to God for them, gives them some hope of seeing himself and Timothy, and ends with the general salutation and benediction,
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Remember - In your prayers, and by your help. Them that are in bonds, as being bound with them - Seeing ye are members one of another. And them that suffer, as being yourselves in the body - And consequently liable to the same.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Remember them that are in bonds - All who are “bound;” whether prisoners of war; captives in dungeons; those detained in custody for trial; those who are imprisoned for righteousness’ sake, or those held in slavery. The word used here will include all instances where “bonds, shackles, chains were ever used.” Perhaps there is an immediate allusion to their fellow-Christians who were suffering imprisonment on account of their religion, of whom there were doubtless many at that time, but the “principle” will apply to every case of those who are imprisoned or oppressed.
Remember them that are in bonds - He appears to refer to those Christian’s who were suffering imprisonment for the testimony of Jesus. As bound with them - Feel for them as you would wish others to feel for you were you in their circumstances, knowing that, being in the body, you are liable to the same evils, and may be called to suffer in the same way for the same cause.
The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| μιμνῄσκεσθε | mimneskesthe | do remember | G3403 → | 23 times |
| τῶν | ton | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| δεσμίων | desmion | prisoners | G1198 → | |
| ὡς | hos | as | G5613 → | 500 times |
| συνδεδεμένοι, | sundedemenoi | bound with [them], | G4887 → | |
| τῶν | ton | [and] those | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| κακουχουμένων | kakouchoumenon | being mistreated | G2558 → | |
| ὡς | hos | as | G5613 → | 500 times |
| καὶ | kai | also | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| αὐτοὶ | autoi | yourselves | G846 → | 5565 times |
| ὄντες | ontes | being | G1510 → | 2333 times |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → | 2738 times |
| σώματι.¶ | somati | [the] body. | G4983 → | 142 times |
μιμνῄσκεσθεdo remember
mimneskestheG3403 →23 times
τῶν<the>
tonG3588 →19766 times
δεσμίωνprisoners
desmionG1198 →
ὡςas
hosG5613 →500 times
συνδεδεμένοι,bound with [them],
sundedemenoiG4887 →
τῶν[and] those
tonG3588 →19766 times
κακουχουμένωνbeing mistreated
kakouchoumenonG2558 →
ὡςas
hosG5613 →500 times
καὶalso
kaiG2532 →9120 times
αὐτοὶyourselves
autoiG846 →5565 times
ὄντεςbeing
ontesG1510 →2333 times
ἐνin
enG1722 →2738 times
σώματι.¶[the] body.
somatiG4983 →142 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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
Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 12:26
If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
- Psalms 35:13–14
Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
- John 11:33–36
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.
- Job 30:25
Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?
- Luke 1:58
Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
- 1 Corinthians 12:26
Through
1 Corinthians 12:26If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
it leads to
- Romans 12:15
Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
- Galatians 6:2
Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
- Romans 12:15
Through
Matthew 25:36I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’
it leads to
- James 1:27
Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
- James 1:27
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About Hebrews
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory; John Chrysostom, Homily on Hebrews 33; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the New Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament; 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.