12:25 Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven?
12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, 1 we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,
1 tn Grk “having such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us.”
2 tn Grk “having been designated,” continuing the thought of Heb 5:9.
3 sn The phrase in the order of Melchizedek picks up the quotation from Ps 110:4 in Heb 5:6.