John Bengel Commentary - Hebrews 12:5 - 12:5

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John Bengel Commentary - Hebrews 12:5 - 12:5


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Heb 12:5. Καὶ) And nevertheless already.-ἐκλέλησθε, you have forgotten) You have dismissed from your memory and from your mind. So to remember is used both of the memory and of the mind generally.-τῆς παρακλήσεως, the exhortation) An illustrious testimony to the authority of the books of Solomon. Comp. 1Pe 3:6; 1Pe 4:8; 1Pe 4:18, notes; and ch. Heb 5:5; 2Pe 2:22. This exhortation should have more influence with you, than all the words of exhorters with those who are striving in the world.-ὡς νἱοῖς, as to sons) For it is said, υἱέ μου, my son, most affectionately.-υἱέ μου, my son) Pro 3:11-12, LXX. υἱὲ; the rest, as far as ταραδέχεται, in the same words: and they usually translate בני, υἱέ. For thus Solomon frequently calls him, whom in the Proverbs he instructs in the name of GOD.-μὴ ὀλιγώρει[73]) אל תמאם (comp. מאס, Isa 8:6), i.e. do not despise with contumacious mind. Υποταγὴ, subjection, is enjoined, Heb 12:9, in respect of chastening or discipline (ΠΑΙΔΕΊΑς), which is of a gentler character.-ΜΗΔῈ ἘΚΛΎΟΥ) ואל תקץ (comp. קץ, Isa 7:16), do not flee back with a faint or weak mind. ὙΠΟΜΟΝῊ, patience, Heb 12:7, is commanded in respect ἐλέγχου, of rebuke, wherewith one is more severely rebuked.

[73] Ὀλιγώρει-ἐκλύου) two extremes: ὀλιγωρεῖν refers to a contumacious mind: ἐκλύεσθαι, to one that is broken down and weak. The former is called ὄγκος, Heb 12:1; the latter ἡ ἁμαρτία, not in general, but ἡ εὐπερίστατος ἁμαρτία in particular, i.e. ἀπιστία, ch. Heb 3:12.-Not. Crit.