Hebrews 11:28 BSB — MannaFest

Hebrews 11:28

By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

By faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them.

KJV

Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.

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Commentary

2 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Hebrews (1107)

Paul everywhere introduces the mystery in passing, as here too in the course of his exhortation he mentions the mystery of Passover. For the pouring of that blood, that is, the anointing of the doorposts, signified the pouring of the Lord's Blood, by being anointed …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Through faith he kept the passover,.... Which Moses made, or appointed by divine direction; he kept it, with all its rites and ceremonies, and caused the people of Israel to observe it; and which he did, in faith of the speedy deliverance of the children of Israel, from the house of bondage; and in the faith of the Messiah, of whom the passover was a type; See Gill on 1Co 5:

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

The pouring out of the blood - Of the paschal lamb, which was sprinkled on the door-posts, lest the destroying angel should touch the Israelites. They - Moses, Aaron, and the Israelites. Passed the Red Sea - It washed the borders of Edom, which signifies red.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

He kept the passover - God told him that he would destroy the first-born of the Egyptians, but would spare all those whose doors were sprinkled with the blood of the paschal lamb. Moses believed this, kept the passover, and sprinkled the blood. See the notes on Exodus 12 (note). One of the Itala adds here, Fide praedaverunt Aegyptios exeuntes. “By faith, when they went out, they spoiled the Egyptians.” This is any thing but genuine.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Πίστει	Pistei	By faith	G4102 →
πεποίηκεν	pepoiēken	he has kept	G4160 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
πάσχα	pascha	Passover	G3957 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
πρόσχυσιν	proschusin	sprinkling	G4378 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
αἵματος,	aimatos	blood,	G129 →
ἵνα	ina	so that	G2443 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
ὁ	ho	the [one]	G3588 →
ὀλοθρεύων	olothreuōn	destroying	G3645 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
πρωτότοκα	prōtotoka	firstborn	G4416 →
θίγῃ	thigē	may touch	G2345 →
αὐτῶν.¶	autōn	them.	G846 →

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

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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
Hebrews 12:24
to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
leads to
- Hebrews 9:15
  Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under…
- Hebrews 8:6
  Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.
- Hebrews 11:4
  By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he…
Through
1 Peter 1:2
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
leads to
- 2 Thessalonians 2:13
  But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by…
- Ephesians 1:4–5
  For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
- Hebrews 12:24
  to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
- 1 Peter 1:22
  Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
- Romans 11:2

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