Hebrews

Author

John Brown (1784-1858)

Category Commentaries, Geneva Commentaries Special

Series Geneva Series of Commentaries

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Weight	2.1 lbs
Dimensions	8.8 × 5.75 × 1.75 in
ISBN	9780851510996
Binding	Cloth-bound
Topic	No topic listed
Original Pub Date	1862
Banner Pub Date	Jul 1, 1961
Page Count	740
Scripture	Hebrews
Series	Geneva Series of Commentaries

Endorsement

‘A great expositor, always deep, full and overflowing . . . Dr. David Smith says of this work: “There is not a single instance of carelessness in investigating the true meaning of a text, or of timidity in stating the conclusion at which the author had arrived.” What more could be said in praise of any exposition?’ — C.H. SPURGEON

Book Description

Commentaries generally belong to one of two categories. Either they aim at a devotional thoroughness which lays no great emphasis on the exact meaning of individual words, or they concentrate on such a detailed examination of the text that the spirit and power of the book is largely lost. Among the few commentators who stand between these two positions is Dr. John Brown of Edinburgh (1784–1858).

By seeking to develop a style of exposition that was both edifying to his congregation and valuable to his divinity students, he produced commentaries which, in the words of Dr. William Cunningham, ‘formed a marked era in the history of Scriptural Interpretation.’ Not behind the foremost contemporary scholars in his emphasis on correct exegesis, he nevertheless sought not only that the minds of his readers might be brought ‘into immediate contact with the mind of the Spirit’ but that their whole being might be resigned to ‘the empire of the Word of God.’

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	BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION	iii
	INTRODUCTION	3
	PROLEGOMENA
1.	Of the Author of the Epistle	7
2.	Of those to whom the Epistle was written	8
3.	Of the Original Language and Style of the Epistle	9
4.	Of the Date and Place of the Epistle	9
5.	Of the Canonicity of the Epistle	10
6.	Of the Subject and Division of the Epistle	10
7.	Of the Interpreters of the Epistle	11
	Note: A	12
	PART I-DOCTRINAL
	Chapter I.-X. 18
	Introductory Statement. The Two Revelations contrasted, i. 1-3	15
	CHAPTER I
	THE SUPERIORITY OF JESUS CHRIST TO THE ANGELS, ESSENTIAL AND OFFICIAL	36
1.	The Proof, i. 4-14	36
2.	Practical Inference and Exhortation, ii. 1-4	70
3.	An Objection met and answered, ii. 5-18	84
	Notes	140
	CHAPTER II
	THE SUPERIORITY OF JESUS CHRIST TO MOSES	148
	Introductory Address, iii. 1	150
1.	The Fact stated, iii. 2-6	158
	(1) The Resemblance	158
	(2) The Superiority	161
2.	The Fact practically improved, iii. 7-iv. 13	170
	CHAPTER III
	THE SUPERIORITY OF JESUS CHRIST TO THE AARONICAL PRIESTHOOD	222
1.	General Introductory Statement and Exhortation, iv. 14-16	225
2.	The Nature, Design, and Functions of the Aaronical Priesthood, v. 1-3	236
3.	Our Lord's High-priesthood proved by His Divine Appointment, v. 4-6	242
4.	Our Lord's High-priesthood proved by His successful Discharge of the Functions of that Office, v. 7-10	248
5.	The Superiority of our Lord's High-priesthood proved from His being called of God a High Priest after the Order of Melchisedec, v. 10-vii. 25:
	(1) General Statement, v. 10	260
	(2) Cautionary Digression, v. 11-vi. 20	263
	(3) Particular Illustrations of the Argument for the Superiority of our Lord's Priesthood from Ps, ex. 3, vii. 1-25:
	1. The Order of Melchisedec superior to the Order of Aaron, vii. 1-10	322
	2. The Prediction that a perpetual Priest was to arise after the Order of Melchisedec, a Proof of the Inferiority of the Priesthood to be superseded, and of the Superiority of the Priesthood that was to supersede it, vii. 11-19	335
	3. The Superior Solemnity of the Institution of the Priesthood of our Lord a Proof of its Superiority, vii. 20-22	345
	4. The Superior Permanence of our Lord's Priesthood proves its Superiority to the Levitical Priesthood, vii. 23-25	350
	The Superiority of our Lord's High Priesthood proved from the Superiority of His Qualifications, vii. 26-viii. 5	352
	The Superiority of our Lord's Priesthood to that of the Levitical Priesthood proved from the Superiority of the Covenant with which it was connected, viii. 6-13	367
	The Superiority of our Lord's Priesthood to the Levitical proved by a direct Comparison between them, ix. 1-x. 18	375
	(1) General Comparison, ix. 1-12	376
	1. Facts with regard to the Levitical Priesthood, ix. 1-10	376
	2. Contrasted Facts respecting our Lord's Priesthood, ix. 11, 12	390
	(2) More Particular Comparison, ix. 13-x. 18	397
	1. The Efficacy of our Lord's Priesthood is of a higher kind than that of the Levitical Priesthood, ix. 13-24	398
	2. The Efficacy of our Lord's Priesthood is more perfect in Degree than that of the Levitical Priesthood, ix. 25-x. 18	426
	PART II-PRACTICAL
	Chapter x. 19-xiii. 25
	General Exhortation and Warning, x. 19-xii. 29	453
	Particular Exhortations, xiii. 1-14	671
	Conclusion, xiii. 15-21	703
	Postscript, xiii. 22-25	728