{"commentaries":[],"citedBy":{"1":[],"2":[{"id":"bengel.JHN.14.2.1","author":"Johann Albrecht Bengel","author_dates":"1687-1752","tradition":"Lutheran Pietist","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1752,"ref":"John 14:2","href":"/jhn/14/#v2-bengel","text":"Heb. xii. 2","snippet":"Comp. Heb. xii. 2, “‘ Who, for the joy that was set before Him, endured the cross ;” 2 Tim. iv. 7, [so Paul in a dungeon before his martyrdom] “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.” ... of My …"},{"id":"ryle.JHN.15.11.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 15:11","href":"/jhn/15/#v11-ryle","text":"Hebrews xii. 2","snippet":"One is that special joy mentioned in Hebrews xii. 2, which our Lord feels in the redemption of His people."}],"3":[],"4":[],"5":[],"6":[],"7":[],"8":[],"9":[],"10":[],"11":[],"12":[],"13":[],"14":[],"15":[],"16":[],"17":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.7.34.2","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 7:34","href":"/jhn/7/#v34-calvin","text":"Hebrews 12:17","snippet":"We have a very striking example in Esau, who, on account of having lost his birthright, not only is oppressed with grief, but groans and gnashes his teeth, and breaks out into furious indignation, (Genesis 27:38; Hebrews 12:17."}],"18":[{"id":"henry.JHN.1.17.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 1:17","href":"/jhn/1/#v17-henry","text":"Heb. xii. 18","snippet":"That which was given by Moses was purely terrifying and threatening, and bound with penalties, a law which could not give life, which was given with abundance of terror (Heb. xii. 18); but that which is given by Jesus Christ is of another nature; it has all the beneficial uses of the law, but not the terror, for it is grace: grace teaching (Tit. ii. 11), grace reigning, Rom. v. 21."}],"19":[],"20":[],"21":[],"22":[],"23":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.5.27.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 5:27","href":"/jhn/5/#v27-ryle","text":"Heb. xii. 23","snippet":"(Heb. xii. 23."}],"24":[],"25":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.3.31.2","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 3:31","href":"/jhn/3/#v31-calvin","text":"Hebrews 12:25","snippet":"Since they escaped not who despised him that spoke on earth, beware lest you despise him who is from heaven, (Hebrews 12:25."},{"id":"calvin.JHN.14.10.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 14:10","href":"/jhn/14/#v10-calvin","text":"Hebrews 12:25","snippet":"Besides, we ought to remember what the apostle declares, that now God speaketh from heaven (Hebrews 12:25) by the mouth of his Son, and that, when he spoke by Moses, he spoke, as it were, from the earth."}],"26":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.5.47.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 5:47","href":"/jhn/5/#v47-calvin","text":"Hebrews 12:26","snippet":"Christ appears here to claim less authority for himself than for Moses; and yet we know that heaven and earth have been shaken by the voice of the Gospel, (Hebrews 12:26."}],"27":[],"28":[{"id":"henry.JHN.4.23-24.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 4:23–24","href":"/jhn/4/#v23-henry","text":"Heb. xii. 28","snippet":"Spirit is sometimes put for the new nature, in opposition to the flesh, which is the corrupt nature; and so to worship God with our spirits is to worship him with our graces, Heb. xii. 28."}],"29":[]}}