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Hebrews 12:21

Hebrews 12:21
And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

But ye are come unto Mount Sion,.... The Alexandrian copy reads, as in Heb 12:18 "for ye are not come"; which may seem to favour that interpretation of this passage, which refers it to the heavenly…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said ... - This is not recorded in the account of the giving of the Law in Exodus, and it has been made a question on what authority the apostle made this…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Hebrews 12:18-29

Here the apostle goes on to engage the professing Hebrews to perseverance in their Christian course and conflict, and not to relapse again into Judaism. This he does by showing them how much the state…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

the sight "the splendour of the spectacle" (τὸ φανταζόμενον, here only in N.T.). The true punctuation of the verse is And so fearful was the spectacle Moses said …

I exceedingly fear and quake No such…