Heb 12:12 | JFB | STEP | 12. He addresses them as runners in a race, and pugilists, and warriors [Chrysostom]. The "wherefore" is resumed from . lift up-- In , from which Paul here quotes, it is, "Strengthen ye the weak hands." The hand is the symbol of one's strength. Alford translates, "Put straight again the relaxed hands." English Version expresses the sense well. feeble-- literally, "paralyzed"; a word used only by Luke, Paul's companion, in the New Testament. The exhortation has three parts: the first relates to ourselves, , ; the second, to others, , "peace with all men"; the third, to God, "holiness, without which," &c. The first is referred to in , "test any man fail of the grace of God"; the second in the words, "lest any root of bitterness," &c.; the third in , "Lest there be any fornicator or profane person," &c. This threefold relation often occurs in Paul's Epistles. Compare Note, see on , "soberly, righteously, and godly." The Greek active verb, not the middle or reflexive, requires the sense to be, Lift up not only your own hands and knees, but also those of your brethren (compare ; ).

‏ Hebrews 12:12

12. He addresses them as runners in a race, and pugilists, and warriors [Chrysostom]. The "wherefore" is resumed from He 12:1.

lift up--In Is 35:3, from which Paul here quotes, it is, "Strengthen ye the weak hands." The hand is the symbol of one's strength. Alford translates, "Put straight again the relaxed hands." English Version expresses the sense well.

feeble--literally, "paralyzed"; a word used only by Luke, Paul's companion, in the New Testament. The exhortation has three parts: the first relates to ourselves, He 12:12, 13; the second, to others, He 12:14, "peace with all men"; the third, to God, "holiness, without which," &c. The first is referred to in He 12:15, "test any man fail of the grace of God"; the second in the words, "lest any root of bitterness," &c.; the third in He 12:16, "Lest there be any fornicator or profane person," &c. This threefold relation often occurs in Paul's Epistles. Compare Note, see on Tit 2:12, "soberly, righteously, and godly." The Greek active verb, not the middle or reflexive, requires the sense to be, Lift up not only your own hands and knees, but also those of your brethren (compare He 12:15; Is 35:4).