Hebrews 12:19 BSB — MannaFest

Hebrews 12:19

to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken.

BSB

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ASV

and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard entreated that no word more should be spoken unto them;

KJV

And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:

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Commentary

3 voices

Oecumenius

The Pseudo-Oecumenian Catena on Hebrews (550)

And the trumpet, however, as if in the presence of the king; for this will be in the second coming. "and the voice of words." For Moses spoke, and God answered. Indeed, it was necessary for the voice of God to be formed (Ex. 19:19), …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

The sound of a trumpet - Formed, without doubt, by the ministry of angels, and preparatory to the words, that is, the Ten Commandments, which were uttered with a loud voice, Deut. v, 22.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The gospel state is mild, and kind, and condescending, suited to our weak frame. It was a limited dispensation; all might not approach to that mount, but only Moses and Aaron. Under the gospel we have all access with boldness to God.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And the voice of a trumpet - Exo 19:19. The sound of the trumpet amidst the tempest was suited to increase the terror of the scene. And the voice of words - Spoken by God; Exo 19:19. It is easy to conceive what must have been the awe produced by a voice uttered from the midst of the tempest so distinct as to be heard by the hundreds of thousands of Israel, when the speaker was invisible. Which voice they that heard ... - Exo 20:18-

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
σάλπιγγος	salpingos	of a trumpet	G4536 →
ἤχῳ	ēchō	to [the] sound	G2279 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
φωνῇ	phōnēa	to a voice	G5456 →
ῥημάτων,	rhēmatōn	of declaration	G4487 →
ἧς	hēs	which	G3739 →
οἱ	hoi	those	G3588 →
ἀκούσαντες	akousantes	having heard	G191 →
παρῃτήσαντο	parētēsanto	they excused themselves	G3868 →
μὴ	mē	[asking] not	G3361 →
προστεθῆναι	prostethēnai	to be addressed	G4369 →
αὐτοῖς	autois	to them	G846 →
λόγον·	logon	[the] word;	G3056 →

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

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Through
1 Corinthians 15:52
in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16–17
  For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to…
- Matthew 24:31
  And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
- John 5:28
  Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice
- John 5:25
  Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
- Isaiah 27:13
  And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on…
Through
Deuteronomy 18:16
This is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, “Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God or see…
leads to
- Exodus 20:19
  “Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.”
- Deuteronomy 5:23–28
  And when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me,
Through
Deuteronomy 4:12
And the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 4:15
  So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be careful

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Where the connections lead

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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