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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Hebrews 13:7 - 13:7
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Remember - so as to imitate: not to invoke in prayer, as Rome teaches.
have the rule - rather, “who have had the rule over you”: your spiritual leaders.
who - Greek, “the which”: such persons as.
have spoken unto you - “spake” (so the Greek aorist means) during their lifetime. This Epistle was among those written later, when many of the heads of the Jerusalem Church had passed away.
whose faith - even unto death: probably death by martyrdom, as in the case of the instances of faith in Heb 11:35. Stephen, James the brother of our Lord and bishop of Jerusalem, as well as James the brother of John (Act 12:2), in the Palestinian Church, which Paul addresses, suffered martyrdom.
considering - Greek, “looking up to,” “diligently contemplating all over,” as an artist would a model.
the end - the termination, at death. The Greek, is used of decease (Luk 9:31; 2Pe 1:15).
of their conversation - “manner of life”: “religious walk” (Gal 1:13; Eph 4:22; 1Ti 4:12; Jam 3:13). Considering how they manifested the soundness of their faith by their holy walk, which they maintained even to the end of that walk (their death by martyrdom).