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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Gill's Exposition
Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus,.... Christ was a runner; he had a race to run, which lay in going about to heal diseases, in preaching the Gospel, in obeying the law, and in…
Barnes' Notes
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…
Adam Clarke
Which hope we have as an anchor - The apostle here changes the allusion; he represents the state of the followers of God in this lower world as resembling that of a vessel striving to perform her…
The apostle, having applied himself to the fears of the Hebrews, in order to excite their diligence and prevent their apostasy, now proceeds to apply himself to their hopes, and candidly declares the…
Cambridge Bible
as an anchor of the soul An anchor seems to have been an emblem of Hope being something which enables us to hope for safety in danger from very early days (Aesch. Agam.488), and is even found as a…
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