Hebrews 12:27 BSB — MannaFest

Hebrews 12:27

The words “Once more” signify the removal of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that the unshakable may remain.

BSB

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ASV

And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain.

KJV

And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.

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Commentary

2 voices

Gregory of Nazianzus

ON THE HOLY SPIRIT, THEOLOGICAL ORATION 5(31).25 (390)

There have been two remarkable transformations of the human way of life in the course of the world's history. These two are called two "covenants" and, so famous was the business involved, two "shakings of the earth." The first was the transition from idols to the law; the second, from law to gospel. The gospel also tells of the third "shaking," the change from this present state of things to what lies unmoved, unshaken, beyond. An identical feature occurs in both covenants. The feature? There was nothing sudden involved in the first movement to take their transformations in hand.

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The Medieval Church1 voice

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Hebrews (1107)

That is, the change of corruptible creation, which by its very nature is capable of wavering; since it was created, that is, received a beginning of existence, it undoubtedly also has an end. For everything created received a beginning, and therefore, by its very nature, …

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

And this word, Yet once more - That is, this reference to a great agitation or commotion in some future time. This is designed as an explanation of the prophecy in Haggai, and the idea is, that there would be such agitations that everything which was not fixed on a permanent and immovable basis would be thrown down as in an earthquake. Everything which was temporary in human institutions; everything which was wrong in customs and morals; and everything in the ancient system of religion, which was merely of a preparatory and typical character, would be removed.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
τὸ	to	This	G3588 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
ἔτι	eti	Yet	G2089 →
ἅπαξ,	hapax	once [more],	G530 →
δηλοῖ	dēloi	signifies	G1213 →
τὴν	tēn	that	G3588 →
τῶν	tōn	of the [things]	G3588 →
σαλευομένων	saleuomenōn	being shaken	G4531 →
μετάθεσιν	metathesin	removing	G3331 →
ὡς	hōs	as	G5613 →
πεποιημένων,	pepoiēmenōn	created,	G4160 →
ἵνα	ina	so that	G2443 →
μείνῃ	meinē	may remain	G3306 →
τὰ	ta	the [things]	G3588 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
σαλευόμενα.	saleuomena	being shaken.	G4531 →

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
Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
leads to
- Isaiah 40:8
  The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
- 1 Peter 1:25
  but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.
- Numbers 23:19
  God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
- Isaiah 55:11
  so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.
- Matthew 5:18
  For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
Through
Revelation 21:1
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
leads to
- Isaiah 65:17–19
  For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
- 2 Peter 3:13
  But in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.
- Isaiah 66:22
  “For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will endure before Me,” declares the LORD, “so your descendants and your name will endure.

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Where the connections lead

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Related verses

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About Hebrews