Hebrews 12:21

Hebrews 12:21

19 and the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words, so that those who heard it ^abegged that the word should not be spoken to them anymore.

20 (For they could not endure what was commanded: ^a“And if so much as a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned¹ or shot with an arrow.”

21 And so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, ^a“I am exceedingly afraid and trembling.”)

22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,

23 to the¹ general assembly and church of ^athe firstborn ^bwho are registered in heaven, to God ^cthe Judge of all, to the spirits of just men ^dmade perfect,

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Fearful (foberon). As in Hebrews 10:27, Hebrews 10:31, only in Heb. in N.T.

The appearance (to fantazomenon). Present passive articular participle of fantazw, old verb from fainw, to make visible, here only in N.T. "The manifestation."

I exceedingly fear and quake (ekfobov eimi kai entromov). "I am terrified (ekfobov, late compound like ekfobew, to frighten, Mark 9:6) and trembling" (entromov, late compound like entremw, to tremble at, as in Acts 7:32; Acts 16:29). Ekfobov is quoted from Deuteronomy 9:19.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Hebrews 12:21:**

Acts 16:29
Acts 25:23
Hebrews 10:31
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