Hebrews 6:6 - Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

Hebrews 6:6

4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted ^athe heavenly gift, and ^bhave become partakers of the Holy Spirit,

5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,

6 ¹if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, ^asince they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.

7 For the earth which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and bears herbs useful for those by whom it is cultivated, ^areceives blessing from God;

8 ^abut if it bears thorns and briers, it is rejected and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned.

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Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Hebrews 6:6

It is impossible to renew them again (adunaton palin anakainizein). The adunaton (impossible) comes first in verse Hebrews 6:4 without estin (is) and there is no "them" in the Greek. There are three other instances of adunaton in Hebrews (Hebrews 6:18; Hebrews 10:4; Hebrews 11:6). The present active infinitive of anakainizw (late verb, ana, kainov, here only in the N.T., but anakainow, II Corinthians 4:16; Colossians 3:10) with adunaton bluntly denies the possibility of renewal for apostates from Christ (cf. Heb. 3:12-4:2). It is a terrible picture and cannot be toned down. The one ray of light comes in verses Hebrews 6:8-12, not here.

Seeing they crucify to themselves afresh (anastraurountav eautoiv). Present active participle (accusative plural agreeing with touv ... parapesontav) of anastaurow, the usual verb for crucify in the old Greek so that ana- here does not mean "again" or "afresh," but "up," sursum, not rursum (Vulgate). This is the reason why renewal for such apostates is impossible. They crucify Christ.

And put him to an open shame (kai paradeigmatizontav). Present active participle of paradeigmatizw, late verb from paradeigma (example), to make an example of, and in bad sense to expose to disgrace. Simplex verb deigmatisai in this sense in Matthew 1:19.

Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Hebrews 6:6:

Matthew 1:19
1 Corinthians 11:27
Colossians 2:13
Colossians 3:10
Hebrews 6:4
Hebrews 6:9
Hebrews 6:11
Hebrews 6:18
Hebrews 10:29
Hebrews 10:29
Hebrews 12:17

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