Robertson Word Pictures - Hebrews 12:17 - 12:17

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Robertson Word Pictures - Hebrews 12:17 - 12:17


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Ye know (iste). Regular form for the second person of oida rather than the Koiné oidate.

He was rejected (apedokimasthē). First aorist passive indicative of apodokimazō, old verb to disapprove (Mat 21:42).

Place of repentance (metanoias topon). Metanoia is change of mind and purpose, not sorrow though he had tears (meta dakruōn) afterwards as told in Gen 27:38. He sought it (autēn, the blessing eulogian) with tears, but in vain. There was no change of mind in Isaac. The choice was irrevocable as Isaac shows (Gen 27:33). Esau is a tragic example of one who does a willful sin which allows no second chance (Heb 6:6; Heb 10:26). The author presses the case of Esau as a warning to the Christians who were tempted to give up Christ.