Hebrews 12:22 BSB — MannaFest

Hebrews 12:22

Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels

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ASV

but ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable hosts of angels,

KJV

But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

But ye are come unto mount Sion - In order to enter fully into the apostle’s meaning, we must observe, 1. That the Church, which is called here the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and mount Sion, is represented under the notion of a City. 2. That the great assembly of believers in Christ is here opposed to the congregation of the Israelites assembled at Mount Sinai. 3. That the innumerable company of angels is here opposed to, those angels by whom the law was ushered in, Act 7:53; Gal 3:19.

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John Bunyan

Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners (1666)

This great glory did not continue upon me until morning, yet the twelfth of the Author to the Hebrews, Heb. xii. 22, 23, was a blessed scripture to me for many days together after this.

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

But ye - Who believe in Christ. Are come - The apostle does not here speak of their coming to the church militant, but of that glorious privilege of New Testament believers, their communion with the church triumphant. But this is far more apparent to the eyes of celestial spirits than to ours which are yet veiled.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He shows how much the gospel church represents the church triumphant in heaven, what communication there is between the one and the other. The gospel church is called mount Zion, the heavenly Jerusalem, which is free, in opposition to mount Sinai, which tendeth to bondage, Gal. iv. This was the hill on which God set his king the Messiah.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀλλὰ	alla	But	G235 →
προσεληλύθατε	proselēluthate	you have come to	G4334 →
Σιὼν	Siōn	Zion	G4622 →
ὄρει	orei	Mount	G3735 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πόλει	polei	to [the] city	G4172 →
θεοῦ	theou	of God	G2316 →
ζῶντος,	zōntos	[the] living,	G2198 →
Ἰερουσαλὴμ	Ierousalēm	to Jerusalem	G2419 →
ἐπουρανίῳ	epouraniō	[the] heavenly	G2032 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
μυριάσιν	muriasin	to myriads	G3461 →
ἀγγέλων	angelōn	of angels	G32 →

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
Philippians 3:20
But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
leads to
- Ephesians 2:19
  Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
- Colossians 3:1–3
  Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
- 2 Corinthians 4:18
  So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Through
Isaiah 51:11
So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
leads to
- Isaiah 25:8
  He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.
- Revelation 21:4
  ‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”
- Revelation 7:17
  For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
- Isaiah 35:10
  So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
Through
Revelation 14:1
Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.
leads to
- Revelation 3:12
  The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

Related verses

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About Hebrews