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Selected Verse: Hebrews 13:15 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Heb 13:15 |
King James |
By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
As the "altar" was mentioned in Heb 13:10, so the "sacrifices" here (compare Pe1 2:5, namely, praise and doing good, Heb 13:16). Compare Psa 119:108; Rom 12:1.
By him--as the Mediator of our prayers and praises (Joh 14:13-14); not by Jewish observances (Psa 50:14, Psa 50:23; Psa 69:30-31; Psa 107:22; Psa 116:17). It was an old saying of the rabbis, "At a future time all sacrifices shall cease, but praises shall not cease."
of praise--for salvation.
continually--not merely at fixed seasons, as those on which the legal sacrifices were offered, but throughout all our lives.
fruit of our lips-- (Isa 57:19; Hos 14:2).
giving thanks--Greek, "confessing." BENGEL remarks that the Hebrew, "todah," is beautifully emphatic. It literally means "acknowledgment" or "confession." In praising a creature, we may easily exceed the truth; but in praising God we have only to go on confessing what He really is to us. Hence it is impossible to exceed the truth, and here is genuine praise. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
By him, therefore - The Jews approached God by the blood of the sacrifice and by the ministry of their high priest. The exhortation of the apostle here is founded on the general course of argument in the Epistle "In view of all the considerations presented respecting the Christian High Priest - his dignity, purity, and love; his sacrifice and his intercession, let us persevere in offering through him praise to God." That is, let us persevere in adherence to our religion.
The sacrifice of praise - For all the mercies of redemption. The Jews, says Rosenmuller (Alte u. neue Morgenland, in loc.), had a species of offerings which they called "peace-offerings, or friendship-offerings." They were designed not to produce peace or friendship with God, but to preserve it. Burnt-offerings, sin-offerings, and trespass-offerings, were all on account of transgression, and were designed to remove transgression. But in their peace-offerings, the offerer was regarded as one who stood in the relation of a friend with God, and the oblation was a sign of thankful acknowledgment for favors received. or they were connected with vows in order that further blessings might be obtained, or they were brought voluntarily as a means to continue themselves in the friendship and favor of God; Lev 7:11-12; compare Jenning's Jew. Ant. i. 335.
That is, the fruit of our lips - The phrase "fruit of the lips." is a Hebraism, meaning what the lips produce; that is, words; compare Pro 18:20; Hos 14:2.
Giving thanks to his name - To God; the name of one being often put for the person himself. "Praise" now is one of the great duties of the redeemed. It will be their employment forever. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
By him therefore (δἰ αὐτοῦ)
Rend. "through him." Omit therefore. A.V. follows T.R. οὖν. Through Jesus, and not through the Jewish ritual.
Let us offer (ἀναφέρωμεν)
Lit. bring up the offering to the altar. See Jam 2:21, where the full phrase occurs. For the phrase offer up through Jesus Christ, comp. Pe1 2:5.
The sacrifice of praise (θυσίαν αἰνέσεως)
The Levitical term for a thank-offering. See lxx, Lev 7:2, Lev 7:3, Lev 7:5; Ch2 29:31; Ch2 33:16; Psa 50:14, Psa 50:23; Psa 106:22; Psa 115:8. Ἄινεσις praise, N.T.o. Often in lxx, oClass. For "the sacrifice" rend. "a sacrifice." The sacrifice of thanksgiving is to take the place of the animal sacrifice. For the emphasis on thanksgiving in N.T. see Eph 5:20; Col 1:12; Th1 5:18. The Rabbins had a saying, "in the future time all sacrifices shall cease; but praises shall not cease." Philo says: "They offer the best sacrifice who glorify with hymns the savior and benefactor, God."
That is the fruit of our lips (τουτέστιν καρπὸν χειλέων)
Omit our. From lxx of Hos 14:3, where the Hebrew reads, "we will account our lips as calves" (offered in sacrifice). Comp. Isa 57:19.
Giving thanks to his name (ὁμολογούντων τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ)
The phrase N.T.o , olxx. Rend. "of lips which make confession to his name." |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The sacrifice - The altar is mentioned, Heb 13:10; now the sacrifices: Praise; Beneficence; with both of which God is well pleased. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise - He has now fulfilled all vision and prophecy, has offered the last bloody sacrifice which God will ever accept; and as he is the gift of God's love to the world, let us through him offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, this being the substitute for all the Levitical sacrifices.
The Jews allowed that, in the time of the Messiah, all sacrifices, except the sacrifice of praise, should cease. To this maxim the apostle appears to allude; and, understood in this way, his words are much more forcible. In Vayikra Rabba, sect. 9, fol. 153, and Rabbi Tanchum, fol. 55: "Rabbi Phineas, Rabbi Levi, and Rabbi Jochanan, from the authority of Rabbi Menachem of Galilee, said, In the time of the Messiah all sacrifice shall cease, except the sacrifice of praise." This was, in effect, quoting the authority of one of their own maxims, that now was the time of the Messiah; that Jesus was that Messiah; that the Jewish sacrificial system was now abolished; and that no sacrifice would now be accepted of God, except the sacrifice of praise for the gift of his Son.
That is, the fruit of our lips - This expression is probably borrowed from Hos 14:2, in the version of the Septuagint, καρπον χειλεων which in the Hebrew text is פרים שפתינו parim sephatheinu, "the heifers of our lips." This may refer primarily to the sacrifices, heifers, calves, etc., which they had vowed to God; so that the calves of their lips were the sacrifices which they had promised. But how could the Septuagint translate פרים parim, calves, by καρπον, fruit? Very easily, if they had in their copy פרי peri, the mem being omitted; and thus the word would be literally fruit, and not calves. This reading, however, is not found in any of the MSS. hitherto collated. |
2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
19 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.
22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
31 This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.
2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
20 A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
11 And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the LORD.
12 If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried.
19 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
3 Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.
23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
16 And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.
31 Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings.
5 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a trespass offering.
3 And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards,
2 In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar.
5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.
2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.