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Hebrews 12:22
22But as believers in Christ, you have not come to God in that way. You have come to Mount Zion. You have come to the city of the true God who lives. You have come to the city of Jerusalem that is in heaven. There are many thousands of happy angels all together in that place.
Hebrews 12:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
- New International Version (NIV)But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly,
- English Standard Version (ESV)But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering,
- New King James Version (NKJV)But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,
Context of Hebrews 12:22
20They were very afraid of what God had told them. God had said, ‘If even an animal touches the mountain, you must kill it with stones.’ 21Even Moses was very afraid when he saw God's great power. He said, ‘I am full of fear!’ But as believers in Christ, you have not come to God in that way. You have come to Mount Zion. You have come to the city of the true God who lives. You have come to the city of Jerusalem that is in heaven. There are many thousands of happy angels all together in that place. 23All God's people meet together there. They are like his most important sons. They belong in heaven because God has written down their names. You have come to God himself, who will judge all people. You have come to the place where the spirits of God's people are. Those people have become right with God. God has now finished his work in them. 24You have come to Jesus, who brought the new agreement from God to his people. In that agreement, the blood of Jesus' death makes us clean from our sins. It tells us that God has forgiven us. When Cain killed his brother Abel, Abel's blood brought God's punishment. So we see that Jesus' blood brought us something much better than that.
Read all of Hebrews 12Hebrews 12:22 word by word
ἀλλὰ προσεληλύθατε Σιὼν ὄρει καὶ πόλει θεοῦ ζῶντος, Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἐπουρανίῳ καὶ μυριάσιν ἀγγέλων πανηγύρειRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Butἀλλάalla · butG235
- ye are comeπροσέρχομαιproserchomai · to come near/agreeG4334
- unto mountὄροςoros · mountainG3735
- SionΣιώνSiōn · ZionG4622
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- unto the cityπόλιςpolis · cityG4172
- of theθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- livingζάωzaō · to liveG2198
- theἹερουσαλήμHierousalēm · JerusalemG2419
- heavenlyἐπουράνιοςepouranios · heavenlyG2032
- to an innumerable companyμυριάςmurias · myriadG3461
- of angelsἄγγελοςaggelos · angelG32
Cross-references for Hebrews 12:22
- Psalms 2:6‘I have put my king on his throne in Zion. I have put him on my holy mountain.’
- Psalms 48:2That place is high up and it is beautiful. It brings joy to the whole world. Mount Zion is the city of the great King. It is where the true God lives.
- Psalms 132:13The Lord has chosen Zion to be his home.
- Isaiah 12:6Everyone who lives in Zion, shout aloud and sing with joy! The Holy God of Israel is great, and he lives among you.’
- Isaiah 14:32When a foreign nation sends a message, what should we say? Say that the Lord has made Zion very strong. When his people have trouble, they will be safe there.
- Isaiah 28:16So the Almighty Lord says this: ‘Look! I am putting a special stone in Zion. It is a valuable stone, because it makes a strong foundation at the corner of my building. Anyone who trusts in that foundation will never be disappointed.
- Isaiah 51:11The people that the Lord has rescued will return from exile. They will sing with joy while they go into Zion city. Their joy will be like a crown that they wear on their heads for ever. They will continue to be very happy. They will never be sad or weep again.
- Isaiah 59:20The Lord says, ‘A Redeemer will come to Zion. He will come to save Jacob's people who turn away from their sins.’
- Isaiah 60:14The descendants of your cruel enemies will come to you. They will bend down low in front of you. Everybody who insulted you before will now give you honour. They will call you, ‘The City of the Lord, Zion that is home for Israel's Holy God.’
- Joel 2:32Everyone who asks the Lord for help will be safe. They will be safe if they believe in his name. The Lord will save the people on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem. He has promised this to those people whom he has asked to come to him.
- Romans 11:26When that has happened, God will save all Israel's people. This is written in the Bible: ‘The one who rescues will come from Zion. He will turn Jacob's people away from their sins.
- Galatians 4:26But Abraham's wife, Sarah, is a picture of the new Jerusalem that is above. Sarah was a free person, not a slave, and she is like our mother.
- Revelation 14:1Then I looked again and I saw the Lamb. He was standing on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. There were 144,000 people there with him. The Lamb's name and his Father's name were written on the front of those people's heads.
- Hebrews 13:14Here on earth, we who are believers do not have a city that will always be our home. But we are waiting for God's city that will come.
- Psalms 87:3People say great things about you! You are God's own city! Selah.
- Matthew 5:35Do not use the words “by Jerusalem” to make a promise stronger. Jerusalem is God's city. He is the great King who rules from there.
Commentaries on Hebrews 12:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22But ye are come unto mount Sion - In order to enter fully into the apostle's meaning, we must observe, That the Church, which is called here the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and mount Sion, is represented under the notion of a City. That the great assembly of believers in Christ is here opposed to the congregation of the Israelites assembled at Mount Sinai. That the innumerable company of angels is here opposed to, those angels by whom…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22But ye are come unto Mount Sion - You who are Christians; all who are under the new dispensation. The design is to “contrast” the Christian dispensation with the Jewish. and to show that its excellencies and advantages were far superior to the religion of their fathers. It had more to win the affections; more to elevate the soul; more to inspire with hope. It had less that was terrific and alarming; it appealed less to the fears and more to the tropes of…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-29Verses 18-29 Mount Sinai, on which the Jewish church state was formed, was a mount such as might be touched, though forbidden to be so, a place that could be felt; so the Mosaic dispensation was much in outward and earthly things. The gospel state is kind and condescending, suited to our weak frame. Under the gospel all may come with boldness to God's presence. But the most holy must despair, if judged by the holy law given from Sinai, without a Saviour…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22Instead: There is a clear difference between the old and new covenant. Believers now come to the amazing Mount Zion, closely linked with Jerusalem, representing God's home. heavenly Jerusalem: See study note on Hebrews 8:5. The new covenant creates a relationship with God, allowing us to experience his presence with joy, peace, and fellowship.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. are come--Greek, "have come near unto" (compare De 4:11). Not merely, ye shall come, but, ye have already come. Mount Sion--antitypical Sion, the heavenly Jerusalem, of which the spiritual invisible Church (of which the first foundation was laid in literal Zion, Joh 12:15; 1Pe 2:6) is now the earnest; and of which the restored literal Jerusalem hereafter shall be the earthly representative, to be succeeded by the everlasting and "new Jerusalem, coming…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Hebrews 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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