John Bengel Commentary - Hebrews 5:14 - 5:14

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John Bengel Commentary - Hebrews 5:14 - 5:14


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Heb 5:14. Τελείων, of them that are perfect) τελειότητα, perfection, ch. Heb 6:1, is the conjugate term. Τέλειοι καὶ μανθάνοντες are opposed to each other, 1Ch 25:8, מבין עם־תלמיד.-ἔστιν, is [belongeth to]) They who are perfect both desire and take solid meat.-διὰ) by reason of.-τὴν ἕξιν, habitual strength of understanding[37] [‘use’]) The LXX. use this word, Jdg 14:9; 1Sa 16:7; Dan 7:15; and also Wis 13:14. It is said of a whole, in which the parts have themselves and are had in turn, hold and are held in turn; and here it denotes the strength of the faculty of perception (discernment) arising from the maturity of the spiritual age: not habit acquired by practice, διὰ τὴν ἕξιν, because they are possessed of more habitual strength of understanding. Exercise follows habit (habitual faculty); and strength makes a man put his faculty in exercise with alacrity, dexterity, profit, without affectation or the perverse imitation of others.-τὰ αἰσθητήρια) properly the organs of the senses, for example, the tongue, the organ of tasting: comp. αἰσθήσει, in perception, sense, Php 1:9, note.

[37] Latin habitum, Th. habeo: as ἕξις from ἕχω.-ED.

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