Hebrews 10:28 BSB — MannaFest

Hebrews 10:28

Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

A man that hath set at nought Moses’ law dieth without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses:

KJV

He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

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Commentary

2 voices

Origen of Alexandria

HOMILIES ON LEVITICUS 11.2 (253)

According to the law, "the adulterer and the adulteress were put to death." They could not say, "We seek repentance and we pray for mercy." There was no place for tears, and no opportunity was granted for any correction, but in every way it was necessary for those who had contravened the law to be punished. This was observed in certain individual offenses for which the death penalty was ascribed. But among Christians, if adultery has been committed, the precept is not that "the adulterer and adulteress" be punished by the destruction of the body.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

He that despised Moses' law,.... By breaking it wilfully, and presumptuously, for which there was no sacrifice; meaning the law which Moses was the minister of not the author; and it respects the whole body of laws given by him, from God; and is instanced in for the sake of the comparison between him and Christ, and between the law and the Gospel, and for the illustration of the case in hand.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

He that despised Moses’ law - Αθετησας· He that rejected it, threw it aside, and denied its Divine authority by presumptuous sinning, died without mercy - without any extenuation or mitigation of punishment; Num 15:30. Under two or three witnesses - That is, when convicted by the testimony of two or three respectable witnesses. See Deu 17:6.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀθετήσας	athetēsas	Having set aside	G114 →
τις	tis	anyone	G5100 →
νόμον	nomon	[the] law	G3551 →
Μωϋσέως	Mōuseōs	of Moses	G3475 →
χωρὶς	chōris	without	G5565 →
οἰκτιρμῶν	oiktirmōn	mercies	G3628 →
ἐπὶ	epi	on the basis of	G1909 →
δυσὶν	dusin	two	G1417 →
ἢ	ē	or	G2228 →
τρισὶν	trisin	three	G5140 →
μάρτυσιν	martusin	witnesses	G3144 →
ἀποθνῄσκει·	apothnēskei	he dies;	G599 →

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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
2 Corinthians 13:1
This is the third time I am coming to you. “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.”
leads to
- Matthew 18:16
  But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 17:6
  On the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but he shall not be executed on the testimony of a lone witness.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 19:15
  A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or…
- John 8:17–18
  Even in your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid.
Through
Deuteronomy 19:15
A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or…
leads to
- Numbers 35:30
  If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Corinthians 13:1
  This is the third time I am coming to you. “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.”
Through
Hebrews 2:2
For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,
leads to
- Acts 7:53
  you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”
- Galatians 3:19
  Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.

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