Hebrews 6:19 BSB — MannaFest

Hebrews 6:19

We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,

BSB

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ASV

which we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and stedfast and entering into that which is within the veil;

KJV

Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;

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Commentary

3 voices

Oecumenius

The Pseudo-Oecumenian Catena on Hebrews (550)

"we have as an anchor," which stabilizes the wavering ships, and hope makes those who are shaken by temptations brave, committed, and patient. "safe and committed." Not simply an anchor, but also safe and secure. For there is an anchor that does not keep the …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Jesus Christ is the object and ground of the believer's hope, and so it is a stedfast hope. Jesus Christ is the object and ground of the believer's hope in several respects. As he has entered within the veil, to intercede with God, in virtue of that sacrifice which he offered up without the veil: hope fastens upon his sacrifice and intercession.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul - Hope accomplishes for the soul the same thing which an anchor does for a ship. It makes it fast and secure. An anchor preserves a ship when the waves beat and the wind blows, and as long as the anchor holds, so long the ship is safe, and the mariner apprehends no danger. So with the soul of the Christian. In the tempests and trials of life, his mind is calm as long as his hope of heaven is firm.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

(2) The world is the fore-court: heaven, the Holy of Holies; Christ, the High Priest going before us, so as to enable us, after Him, and through Him, to enter within the veil.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἣν	hēn	which	G3739 →
ὡς	hōs	as	G5613 →
ἄγκυραν	agkuran	an anchor	G45 →
ἔχομεν	echomen	we have	G2192 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
ψυχῆς	psuchēs	soul	G5590 →
ἀσφαλῆ	asphalē	sure	G804 →
τε	te	both	G5037 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
βεβαίαν	bebaian	unshakable	G949 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
εἰσερχομένην	eiserchomenēn	entering	G1525 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
τὸ	to	that	G3588 →
ἐσώτερον	esōteron	within	G2082 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
καταπετάσματος,	katapetasmatos	veil,	G2665 →

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
Psalms 43:5
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
leads to
- Psalms 42:5
  Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.
- Psalms 42:11
  Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
Through
Hebrews 9:7
But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
leads to
- Leviticus 16:34
  This is to be a permanent statute for you, to make atonement once a year for the Israelites because of all their sins.” And all this was done as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Leviticus 5:18
  He is to bring to the priest an unblemished ram of proper value from the flock as a guilt offering. Then the priest will make atonement on his behalf for the wrong he has…
- Hebrews 10:19–20
  Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
Through
Leviticus 16:15
Aaron shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and bring its blood behind the veil, and with its blood he must do as he did with the bull’s blood:…
leads to
- Hebrews 9:7
  But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
- Hebrews 2:17
  For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement…
- Hebrews 9:3
  Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,

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01Commentary

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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