Hebrews 13:3 BSB — MannaFest

Hebrews 13:3

Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.

BSB

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ASV

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; them that are ill-treated, as being yourselves also in the body.

KJV

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

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Commentary

4 voices

Oecumenius

The Pseudo-Oecumenian Catena on Hebrews (550)

"as bound." For he who is bound to someone, even if he wishes to forget, cannot. "and those who suffer adversity." Of those who are suffering either in prisons, or in famine, or in another affliction. For if someone were to consider that he himself …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Remember them that are in bonds,.... Not for criminal actions, or for debt, though such should be remembered, and pity showed them, especially the latter; but such as are in bonds for the sake of Christ, and the Gospel.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The duty--to remember those that are in bonds and in adversity. (1.) God often orders it so that while some Christians and churches are in adversity others enjoy peace and liberty. All are not called at the same time to resist unto blood.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

Remember them that are in bonds - All who are “bound;” whether prisoners of war; captives in dungeons; those detained in custody for trial; those who are imprisoned for righteousness’ sake, or those held in slavery. The word used here will include all instances where “bonds, shackles, chains were ever used.” Perhaps there is an immediate allusion to their fellow-Christians who were suffering imprisonment on account of their religion, of whom there were doubtless many at that time, but the “principle” will apply to every case of those who are imprisoned or oppressed.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
μιμνῄσκεσθε	mimnēskesthe	do remember	G3403 →
τῶν	tōn	<the>	G3588 →
δεσμίων	desmiōn	prisoners	G1198 →
ὡς	hōs	as	G5613 →
συνδεδεμένοι,	sundedemenoi	bound with [them],	G4887 →
τῶν	tōn	[and] those	G3588 →
κακουχουμένων	kakouchoumenōn	being mistreated	G2558 →
ὡς	hōs	as	G5613 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
αὐτοὶ	autoi	yourselves	G846 →
ὄντες	ontes	being	G1510 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
σώματι.¶	sōmati	[the] body.	G4983 →

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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The walk8

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
Romans 12:15
Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 12:26
  If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
- Psalms 35:13–14
  Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
- John 11:33–36
  When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.
- Job 30:25
  Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?
- Luke 1:58
  Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
Through
1 Corinthians 12:26
If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
leads to
- Romans 12:15
  Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
- Galatians 6:2
  Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
Through
Matthew 25:36
I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’
leads to
- James 1:27
  Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

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