collapse all  

Text -- Hebrews 13:15 (NET)

Strongs On/Off
Context
13:15 Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, acknowledging his name.
Parallel   Cross Reference (TSK)   ITL  
Table of Contents

Word/Phrase Notes
Robertson , Vincent , Wesley , JFB , Clarke , Calvin , Defender , TSK

Word/Phrase Notes
Barnes , Poole , Haydock , Gill

Verse Notes / Footnotes
, Geneva Bible

Verse Range Notes
TSK Synopsis , Combined Bible , Maclaren , MHCC , Matthew Henry , Barclay , Constable , College

collapse all
Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Robertson: Heb 13:15 - -- Through him ( di' autou ). That is Jesus. He is our Priest and Sacrifice, the only efficient and sufficient one.

Through him ( di' autou ).

That is Jesus. He is our Priest and Sacrifice, the only efficient and sufficient one.

Robertson: Heb 13:15 - -- Let us offer up ( anapherōmen ). Present active volitive subjunctive of anapherō , "let us keep on offering up."Jesus is living and let us go to ...

Let us offer up ( anapherōmen ).

Present active volitive subjunctive of anapherō , "let us keep on offering up."Jesus is living and let us go to him.

Robertson: Heb 13:15 - -- A sacrifice of praise ( thusian aineseōs ). This phrase occurs in Lev 7:12; Psalm 54:8. The word ainesis (from aineō , to praise), common in lx...

A sacrifice of praise ( thusian aineseōs ).

This phrase occurs in Lev 7:12; Psalm 54:8. The word ainesis (from aineō , to praise), common in lxx, is only here in N.T.

Robertson: Heb 13:15 - -- The fruit of lips ( karpon cheileōn ). In apposition (tout 'estin ) and explanation of thusian aineseōs . Cf. Hos 14:3; Isa 57:19.

The fruit of lips ( karpon cheileōn ).

In apposition (tout 'estin ) and explanation of thusian aineseōs . Cf. Hos 14:3; Isa 57:19.

Robertson: Heb 13:15 - -- Which made confession to his name ( homologountōn tōi onomati autou ). This use of homologeō with the dative in the sense of praise like exom...

Which made confession to his name ( homologountōn tōi onomati autou ).

This use of homologeō with the dative in the sense of praise like exomologeō is unique, though the papyri furnish examples in the sense of gratitude (Moulton and Milligan, Vocabulary ).

Vincent: Heb 13:15 - -- By him therefore ( δἰ αὐτοῦ ) Rend. " through him." Omit therefore . A.V. follows T.R. οὖν . Through Jesus, and not through...

By him therefore ( δἰ αὐτοῦ )

Rend. " through him." Omit therefore . A.V. follows T.R. οὖν . Through Jesus, and not through the Jewish ritual.

Vincent: Heb 13:15 - -- Let us offer ( ἀναφέρωμεν ) Lit. bring up the offering to the altar. See Jam 2:21, where the full phrase occurs. For the phrase...

Let us offer ( ἀναφέρωμεν )

Lit. bring up the offering to the altar. See Jam 2:21, where the full phrase occurs. For the phrase offer up through Jesus Christ , comp. 1Pe 2:5.

Vincent: Heb 13:15 - -- The sacrifice of praise ( θυσίαν αἰνέσεως ) The Levitical term for a thank-offering. See lxx, Lev 7:2, Lev 7:3, Lev 7:5; 2Ch ...

The sacrifice of praise ( θυσίαν αἰνέσεως )

The Levitical term for a thank-offering. See lxx, Lev 7:2, Lev 7:3, Lev 7:5; 2Ch 29:31; 2Ch 33:16; Psa 50:14, Psa 50:23; Psa 106:22; Psa 115:8. Ἄινεσις praise , N.T.o . Often in lxx, o Class. For " the sacrifice" rend. " a sacrifice." The sacrifice of thanksgiving is to take the place of the animal sacrifice. For the emphasis on thanksgiving in N.T. see Eph 5:20; Col 1:12; 1Th 5:18. The Rabbins had a saying, " in the future time all sacrifices shall cease; but praises shall not cease." Philo says: " They offer the best sacrifice who glorify with hymns the savior and benefactor, God."

Vincent: Heb 13:15 - -- That is the fruit of our lips ( τουτέστιν καρπὸν χειλέων ) Omit our . From lxx of Hos 14:3, where the Hebrew reads, ...

That is the fruit of our lips ( τουτέστιν καρπὸν χειλέων )

Omit our . From lxx of Hos 14:3, where the Hebrew reads, " we will account our lips as calves" (offered in sacrifice). Comp. Isa 57:19.

Vincent: Heb 13:15 - -- Giving thanks to his name ( ὁμολογούντων τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ ) The phrase N.T.o , o lxx. Rend. " of lips ...

Giving thanks to his name ( ὁμολογούντων τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ )

The phrase N.T.o , o lxx. Rend. " of lips which make confession to his name."

Wesley: Heb 13:15 - -- The altar is mentioned, Heb 13:10; now the sacrifices: Praise; Beneficence; with both of which God is well pleased.

The altar is mentioned, Heb 13:10; now the sacrifices: Praise; Beneficence; with both of which God is well pleased.

JFB: Heb 13:15 - -- As the "altar" was mentioned in Heb 13:10, so the "sacrifices" here (compare 1Pe 2:5, namely, praise and doing good, Heb 13:16). Compare Psa 119:108; ...

As the "altar" was mentioned in Heb 13:10, so the "sacrifices" here (compare 1Pe 2:5, namely, praise and doing good, Heb 13:16). Compare Psa 119:108; Rom 12:1.

JFB: Heb 13:15 - -- As the Mediator of our prayers and praises (Joh 14:13-14); not by Jewish observances (Psa 50:14, Psa 50:23; Psa 69:30-31; Psa 107:22; Psa 116:17). It ...

As the Mediator of our prayers and praises (Joh 14:13-14); not by Jewish observances (Psa 50:14, Psa 50:23; Psa 69:30-31; Psa 107:22; Psa 116:17). It was an old saying of the rabbis, "At a future time all sacrifices shall cease, but praises shall not cease."

JFB: Heb 13:15 - -- For salvation.

For salvation.

JFB: Heb 13:15 - -- Not merely at fixed seasons, as those on which the legal sacrifices were offered, but throughout all our lives.

Not merely at fixed seasons, as those on which the legal sacrifices were offered, but throughout all our lives.

JFB: Heb 13:15 - -- (Isa 57:19; Hos 14:2).

JFB: Heb 13:15 - -- Greek, "confessing." BENGEL remarks that the Hebrew, "todah," is beautifully emphatic. It literally means "acknowledgment" or "confession." In praisin...

Greek, "confessing." BENGEL remarks that the Hebrew, "todah," is beautifully emphatic. It literally means "acknowledgment" or "confession." In praising a creature, we may easily exceed the truth; but in praising God we have only to go on confessing what He really is to us. Hence it is impossible to exceed the truth, and here is genuine praise.

Clarke: Heb 13:15 - -- By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise - He has now fulfilled all vision and prophecy, has offered the last bloody sacrifice which Go...

By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise - He has now fulfilled all vision and prophecy, has offered the last bloody sacrifice which God will ever accept; and as he is the gift of God’ s love to the world, let us through him offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, this being the substitute for all the Levitical sacrifices

The Jews allowed that, in the time of the Messiah, all sacrifices, except the sacrifice of praise, should cease. To this maxim the apostle appears to allude; and, understood in this way, his words are much more forcible. In Vayikra Rabba, sect. 9, fol. 153, and Rabbi Tanchum, fol. 55: "Rabbi Phineas, Rabbi Levi, and Rabbi Jochanan, from the authority of Rabbi Menachem of Galilee, said, In the time of the Messiah all sacrifice shall cease, except the sacrifice of praise."This was, in effect, quoting the authority of one of their own maxims, that now was the time of the Messiah; that Jesus was that Messiah; that the Jewish sacrificial system was now abolished; and that no sacrifice would now be accepted of God, except the sacrifice of praise for the gift of his Son

Clarke: Heb 13:15 - -- That is, the fruit of our lips - This expression is probably borrowed from Hos 14:2, in the version of the Septuagint, καρπον χειλεων ...

That is, the fruit of our lips - This expression is probably borrowed from Hos 14:2, in the version of the Septuagint, καρπον χειλεων which in the Hebrew text is פרים שפתינו parim sephatheinu , "the heifers of our lips."This may refer primarily to the sacrifices, heifers, calves, etc., which they had vowed to God; so that the calves of their lips were the sacrifices which they had promised. But how could the Septuagint translate פרים parim , calves, by καρπον, fruit? Very easily, if they had in their copy פרי peri , the mem being omitted; and thus the word would be literally fruit, and not calves. This reading, however, is not found in any of the MSS. hitherto collated.

Calvin: Heb 13:15 - -- 15.=== By him, therefore, let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God, === etc. He returns to that particular doctrine to which he had referred, res...

15.=== By him, therefore, let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God, === etc. He returns to that particular doctrine to which he had referred, respecting the abrogation of the ancient ceremonies; and he anticipates an objection that might have been made; for as the sacrifices were attached as appendages to the tabernacle, when this was abolished, it follows that the sacrifices also must have ceased. But the Apostle had taught us that as Christ had suffered without the gate, we are also called thither, and that hence the tabernacle must be forsaken by those who would follow him.

Here a question arises, whether any sacrifices remained for Christians; for this would have been inconsistent, as they had been instituted for the purpose of celebrating God’ worship. The Apostle, therefore, in due time meets this objection, and says that another kind of sacrifice remains for us, which no less pleases God, even the offering of the calves of our lips, as the Prophet Hoses says. 285 (Hos 14:2.) Now that the sacrifice of praise is not only equally pleasing to God, but of more account than all those external sacrifices under the Law, appears evident from Psa 50:1; for God there repudiates all these as things of nought, and bids the sacrifice of praise to be offered to him. We hence see that it is the highest worship of God, justly preferred to all other exercises, when we acknowledge God’s goodness by thanksgiving; yea, this is the ceremony of sacrificing which God commends to us now. There is yet no doubt but that under this one part is included the whole of prayer; for we cannot give him thanks except when we are heard by him; and no one obtains anything except he who prays. He in a word means that without brute animals we have what is required to be offered to God, and that he is thus rightly and really worshipped by us.

But as it was the Apostle’s design to teach us what is the legitimate way of worshipping God under the New Testament, so by the way he reminds us that God cannot be really invoked by us and his name glorified, except through Christ the mediator; for it is he alone who sanctifies our lips, which otherwise are unclean, to sing the praises of God; and it is he who opens a way for our prayers, who in short performs the office of a priest, presenting himself before God in our name.

Defender: Heb 13:15 - -- We no longer sacrifice the blood of animals to cover our sins, for Christ has "offered one sacrifice for sins forever" (Heb 10:12). Instead, we offer ...

We no longer sacrifice the blood of animals to cover our sins, for Christ has "offered one sacrifice for sins forever" (Heb 10:12). Instead, we offer praises, the "calves of our lips" (Psa 50:23; Hos 14:2). These are not to be offered only once each week, in a so-called worship service, or praise service, but continually. "In every thing give thanks" (1Th 5:18)."

TSK: Heb 13:15 - -- him : Heb 7:25; Joh 10:9, Joh 14:6; Eph 2:18; Col 3:17; 1Pe 2:5 the sacrifice : Lev 7:12; 2Ch 7:6, 2Ch 29:31, 2Ch 33:16; Ezr 3:11; Neh 12:40,Neh 12:43...

collapse all
Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Heb 13:15 - -- By him, therefore - The Jews approached God by the blood of the sacrifice and by the ministry of their high priest. The exhortation of the apos...

By him, therefore - The Jews approached God by the blood of the sacrifice and by the ministry of their high priest. The exhortation of the apostle here is founded on the general course of argument in the Epistle "In view of all the considerations presented respecting the Christian High Priest - his dignity, purity, and love; his sacrifice and his intercession, let us persevere in offering through him praise to God."That is, let us persevere in adherence to our religion.

The sacrifice of praise - For all the mercies of redemption. The Jews, says Rosenmuller (Alte u. neue Morgenland , in loc.), had a species of offerings which they called "peace-offerings, or friendship-offerings."They were designed not to produce peace or friendship with God, but to preserve it. Burnt-offerings, sin-offerings, and trespass-offerings, were all on account of transgression, and were designed to remove transgression. But in their peace-offerings, the offerer was regarded as one who stood in the relation of a friend with God, and the oblation was a sign of thankful acknowledgment for favors received. or they were connected with vows in order that further blessings might be obtained, or they were brought voluntarily as a means to continue themselves in the friendship and favor of God; Lev 7:11-12; compare Jenning’ s Jew. Ant. i. 335.

That is, the fruit of our lips - The phrase "fruit of the lips."is a Hebraism, meaning what the lips produce; that is, words; compare Pro 18:20; Hos 14:2.

Giving thanks to his name - To God; the name of one being often put for the person himself. "Praise"now is one of the great duties of the redeemed. It will be their employment forever.

Poole: Heb 13:15 - -- Therefore introducing this duty, shows it not only to issue from the former privilege of having Christ our altar and sacrifice, therefore we should...

Therefore introducing this duty, shows it not only to issue from the former privilege of having Christ our altar and sacrifice, therefore we should use him, and sacrifice by him; and it is inferred as anticipating an objection of these Hebrews: That if the tabernacle service ceased, then they should have no sacrifice to offer unto God. Yea, saith the apostle,

let us offer which is not hand work, but heart work, by a spirit of faith on this altar, the sacrifice of praise, 1Pe 2:5 , such as God requireth and accepts above all the sacrifices of beasts, &c., Psa 50:23 ; praise for the grace privilege and honour of being denizens of his city, and of being brought home to it by suffering, Col 1:11,12 ; and this always throughout our life, to the God that is the author and distributer of all these blessings to us. This sacrifice of praise the Spirit interprets to be

the fruit of our lips which the prophet styleth, calves of our lips, in Hos 14:2 . By both these must synecdochically be understood the Spirit and heart guiding the whole man in this matter, Rom 12:1 , confessing that all it is capable of rendering is due from it to God, even all of love, praise, thanksgiving honour, for its redemption through Jesus Christ, whether continually expressed either by lip or life, as Psa 50:23 1Co 6:20 Eph 5:20 Phi 4:6,7 Col 3:17 1Th 5:17,18 .

Haydock: Heb 13:14-15 - -- We have not a permanent city in this world, but are like pilgrims or banished men, seeking for our happy country of heaven; but in the mean time mu...

We have not a permanent city in this world, but are like pilgrims or banished men, seeking for our happy country of heaven; but in the mean time must offer to God a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, which is done chiefly in the holy sacrifice of the Eucharist, also by confessing his name, and praying to him with our lips and hearts; and by a kind of sacrifice of charity, by doing good to every one, and of communication to others; literally, of communion, or union with our neighbours. (Witham) ---

When we read in the psalms, and in the old Scripture, of a sacrifice of praise, we may look upon it as a prophecy of the Christian Eucharist or sacrifice of praise, of which St. Augustine says: "What is a more holy sacrifice of praise, than that which consisteth in thanksgiving, which the faithful offer now in the sacrifice of the Church." (lib. 1. cont. Advers. leg. and proph. chap. xviii.) And again chap. xx. "The Church from the time of the apostles, by an uninterrupted succession of prelates, offers to God in the body of Christ the sacrifice of praise."

Gill: Heb 13:15 - -- By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise,.... For temporal and spiritual mercies; particularly for sanctification, or expiation of sin, b...

By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise,.... For temporal and spiritual mercies; particularly for sanctification, or expiation of sin, by the blood of Christ; and for heaven, the continuing city, that is to come: this sacrifice is not a proper, nor a propitiatory one, but spiritual and evangelical; it is enjoined by God, is well pleasing to him, and glorifies him; and is our reasonable service, that believe in Christ; for being made priests by him to God, and having faith in him, such are capable of offering it aright; to do which, they are under the greatest obligations: and it is to be offered up by Christ, who is the same yesterday, today, and for ever; and who has suffered without the gate, that he might sanctify the people by his blood; it is to be done in imitation of him, and by his assistance; and for him, and blessings in him; and on him, as the altar, which sanctifies the gift; and through him, as the high priest and Mediator; for, as there is no coming to God but by Christ, and all our mercies come to us through him, and our thanksgivings are only acceptable to God on his account, it must be right to offer them up by him: and that,

to God continually: as the Creator and Preserver of us, in our beings; as the Father of mercies; as the Father of Christ; and as our covenant God and Father in him; since he is always bestowing mercies on us, of one kind or another; and, therefore, should be continually praised, even in times of adversity, affliction, and temptation; in the midst of reproach and persecution; even when unsettled in mind, body, and estate; since there is a continuing city to come; nor can a believer be in any state of life but he has something to be thankful for:

that is, the fruit of our lips; the sacrifice of praise is so called, in allusion to the offering of the firstfruits under the law; and to distinguish it from legal sacrifices; and to show in what way and manner we are to praise God, namely, with our lips: in Hos 14:2 which is thought to be referred to here, it is, "the calves of our lips"; sacrifices of praise being instead of calves: and the apostle interprets it in great agreement with the Jewish writers; the Chaldee paraphrase explains it by מלי ספותנא, "the words of their lips": and so Jarchi, דברי שפתינו, "the words of our lips"; and Kimchi, וידוי שפתינו, "the confession of our lips": and it may be observed, that there is a great nearness in פרים, "calves", and פרי, "fruit"; though perhaps rather the phrase is borrowed from Isa 57:19 where it is expressly had; the Septuagint indeed have it in Hos 14:2 & the apostle adds, for further explanation,

giving thanks to his name; to the name of God; to the glory of his name; to the honour of his divine perfections; for mercies of every kind: the word signifies "a speaking together"; and may design not only the conjunction of the heart and tongue together in praise, but a social giving thanks to God by the saints, as a body together: the phrase θυσια αινεσεως, "the sacrifice of praise", is used by the Septuagint in 2Ch 29:31. The apostle having shown that legal sacrifices were all superseded and abolished by the sacrifice of Christ, which is the design of this epistle, points out what sacrifice believers should offer up to God, under the Gospel dispensation; and the Jews themselves say, that

"in future time (i.e. in the days of the Messiah) all sacrifices shall cease, but קרבן תודה, "the sacrifice of praise" shall not cease b.''

expand all
Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

Geneva Bible: Heb 13:15 ( 9 ) By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of [our] lips giving thanks to his name. ( 9 ) Now...

expand all
Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Heb 13:1-25 - --1 Divers admonitions as to charity;4 to honest life;5 to avoid covetousness;7 to regard God's preachers;9 to take heed of strange doctrines;10 to conf...

Combined Bible: Heb 13:15 - --Christian’ s Sacrifices    (Hebrews 13:15, 16)    The verses which are now to engage our attention are closely related wit...

Maclaren: Heb 13:15-16 - --The Christian Sacrifice By Him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to His...

MHCC: Heb 13:7-15 - --The instructions and examples of ministers, who honourably and comfortably closed their testimony, should be particularly remembered by survivors. And...

Matthew Henry: Heb 13:1-17 - -- The design of Christ in giving himself for us is that he may purchase to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. Now the apostle calls t...

Barclay: Heb 13:9-16 - --It may be that no one will ever discover the precise meaning behind this passage. Clearly there was some false teaching going on in the Church to whi...

Constable: Heb 12:14--Jam 1:1 - --V. Life in a Hostile World 12:14--13:25 This final major section of the book apparently grew out of the writer's...

Constable: Heb 13:1-25 - --B. Life within the Church ch. 13 The writer concluded his written sermon with specific exhortations, req...

Constable: Heb 13:1-21 - --1. Pastoral reminders 13:1-21 This section consists of parenesis, reminders of what the readers ...

Constable: Heb 13:7-19 - --Instructions Regarding Religious Duties 13:7-19 "Within the structure of 13:7-19, vv 7-9 and vv 17-19 constitute the literary frame for the central un...

College: Heb 13:1-25 - --HEBREWS 13 IX. CONCLUDING EXHORTATIONS (13:1-25) As chapter thirteen begins, the main body of argument has passed and the benediction and closing gr...

expand all
Introduction / Outline

Robertson: Hebrews (Book Introduction) The Epistle to the Hebrews By Way of Introduction Unsettled Problems Probably no book in the New Testament presents more unsettled problems tha...

JFB: Hebrews (Book Introduction) CANONICITY AND AUTHORSHIP.--CLEMENT OF ROME, at the end of the first century (A.D), copiously uses it, adopting its words just as he does those of the...

JFB: Hebrews (Outline) THE HIGHEST OF ALL REVELATIONS IS GIVEN US NOW IN THE SON OF GOD, WHO IS GREATER THAN THE ANGELS, AND WHO, HAVING COMPLETED REDEMPTION, SITS ENTHRONE...

TSK: Hebrews 13 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Heb 13:1, Divers admonitions as to charity; Heb 13:4, to honest life; Heb 13:5, to avoid covetousness; Heb 13:7, to regard God’s preach...

Poole: Hebrews 13 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 13

MHCC: Hebrews (Book Introduction) This epistle shows Christ as the end, foundation, body, and truth of the figures of the law, which of themselves were no virtue for the soul. The grea...

MHCC: Hebrews 13 (Chapter Introduction) (Heb 13:1-6) Exhortations to various duties, and to be content with what Providence allots. (Heb 13:7-15) To respect the instructions of faithful pas...

Matthew Henry: Hebrews (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Epistle to the Hebrews Concerning this epistle we must enquire, I. Into the divine authority of it...

Matthew Henry: Hebrews 13 (Chapter Introduction) The apostle, having treated largely of Christ, and faith, and free grace, and gospel privileges, and warned the Hebrews against apostasy, now, in t...

Barclay: Hebrews (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO THE LETTER TO THE HEBREWS God Fulfils Himself In Many Ways Religion has never been the same thing to all men. "God," as Tennyson sai...

Barclay: Hebrews 13 (Chapter Introduction) The Marks Of The Christian Life (Heb_13:1-6) The Leaders And The Leader (Heb_13:7-8) The Wrong And The Right Sacrifice (Heb_13:9-16) Obedience And...

Constable: Hebrews (Book Introduction) Introduction Historical background The writer said that he and those to whom he wrote ...

Constable: Hebrews (Outline)

Constable: Hebrews Hebrews Bibliography Andersen, Ward. "The Believer's Rest (Hebrews 4)." Biblical Viewpoint 24:1 (April 1990):31...

Haydock: Hebrews (Book Introduction) THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL, THE APOSTLE, TO THE HEBREWS. INTRODUCTION. The Catholic Church hath received and declared this Epistle to be part of ...

Gill: Hebrews (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO HEBREWS That this epistle was written very early appears from hence, that it was imitated by Clement of Rome, in his epistle to the...

Gill: Hebrews 13 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO HEBREWS 13 The apostle having finished the doctrinal part of this epistle, closes it with practical exhortations to these Hebrews, ...

College: Hebrews (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION It is difficult to overestimate the significance of Hebrews for understanding the nature of the new covenant. No other document in the N...

College: Hebrews (Outline) OUTLINE I. JESUS IS SUPERIOR TO THE ANGELS - 1:1-14 A. The Preeminence of the Son - 1:1-4 B. The Son Superior to the Angels - 1:5-14 II. ...

Advanced Commentary (Dictionaries, Hymns, Arts, Sermon Illustration, Question and Answers, etc)


TIP #35: Tell your friends ... become a ministry partner ... use the NET Bible on your site. [ALL]
created in 0.09 seconds
powered by
bible.org - YLSA