Hebrews 10:28

Hebrews 10:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
• New International Version (NIV)Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Anyone who has rejected Moses’ law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Context of Hebrews 10:28

26For if we keep on sinning willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27but only a terrifying expectation of judgment and a fury of fire about to devour the enemies of God. Anyone who rejected the Torah of Moses dies without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses. 29How much more severe do you think the punishment will be for the one who has trampled Ben-Elohim underfoot, and has regarded as unholy the blood of the covenant by which he was made holy, and has insulted the Spirit of grace? 30For we know the One who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “Adonai will judge His people.”

Hebrews 10:28 word by word

ἀθετήσας τις νόμον Μωϋσέως χωρὶς οἰκτιρμῶν ἐπὶ δυσὶν ἢ τρισὶν μάρτυσιν ἀποθνῄσκει·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He thatτιςtis · oneG5100
• despisedἀθετέωatheteō · to rejectG114
• Moses’Μωϋσῆς, ΜωσῆςMōseus Mōsēs Mōusēs · MosesG3475
• lawνόμοςnomos · lawG3551
• diedἀποθνήσκωapothnēskō · to dieG599
• withoutχωρίςchōris · withoutG5565
• mercyοἰκτιρμόςoiktirmos · compassionG3628
• underἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• twoδύοduo · twoG1417
• orἤē · orG2228
• threeτρεῖςtreis tria · ThreeG5140
• witnessesμάρτυςmartus · witnessG3144

Cross-references for Hebrews 10:28

• Hebrews 2:2For if the word spoken through angels proved to be firm, and every violation and disobedience received a just payback,
• Numbers 15:30“But the person who sins defiantly, whether native or outsider, reviles Adonai and that person is to be cut off from his people.
• Deuteronomy 13:6That prophet or dreamer of dreams must be put to death! For he has spoken falsehood against Adonai your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, to entice you from the way Adonai your God commanded you to walk. So you will purge the evil from your midst.
• Deuteronomy 17:2Suppose there is found in your midst—within one of your gates that Adonai your God is giving you—a man or woman who does what is evil in the eyes of Adonai your God by transgressing His covenant.
• 2 Samuel 12:9Why then have you despised the word of Adonai by doing such evil in My eyes? Uriah the Hittite you have struck down with the sword, and his wife you have taken to be your wife, and him you have slain with the sword of the children of Ammon
• Deuteronomy 19:13Your eye should not pity him, but you must purge the innocent blood from Israel, so that it may go well with you.
• Isaiah 27:11When the boughs are withered, they will be broken off. Women come and set them on fire, for it is a people of no understanding. Therefore their Maker will show them no mercy—He who formed them will give them no grace.
• Jeremiah 13:14And I will smash them against each other, even fathers and sons,’ says Adonai. ‘I will show no pity, nor regret, nor compassion, to keep Me from destroying them.’”
• Romans 9:15For to Moses He says, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
• James 2:13For judgment is merciless to the one who does not show mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
• Deuteronomy 19:15A single witness shall not rise up against a person for any offense or sin that he commits. By the word of two or three witnesses is a case to be established.
• Matthew 18:16But if he does not listen, take with you one or two more, so that ‘by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may stand.’
• John 8:17Even in your Torah it is written that the testimony of two men is true.
• 2 Corinthians 13:1This is the third time I am coming to you. “By the testimony of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.”

Commentaries on Hebrews 10:28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28He that despised Moses' law - · He that rejected it, threw it aside, and denied its Divine authority by presumptuous sinning, died without mercy - without any extenuation or mitigation of punishment; Numbers 15:30. Under two or three witnesses - That is, when convicted by the testimony of two or three respectable witnesses. See Deuteronomy 17:6.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28He that despised Moses‘ law - That is, the apostate from the religion of Moses. It does not mean that in all cases the offender against the Law of Moses died without mercy, but only where offences were punishable with death, and probably the apostle had in his eye particularly the case of apostasy from the Jewish religion. The subject of apostasy from the Christian religion is particularly under discussion here, and it was natural to illustrate this by a…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-31Verses 26-31 The exhortations against apostacy and to perseverance, are urged by many strong reasons. The sin here mentioned is a total and final falling away, when men, with a full and fixed will and resolution, despise and reject Christ, the only Saviour; despise and resist the Spirit, the only Sanctifier; and despise and renounce the gospel, the only way of salvation, and the words of eternal life. Of this destruction God gives some notorious sinners…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28-29The author compares two situations, one less severe and one more severe (see study note on Hebrews 9:14). The less severe situation is the old punishment of death for someone who refused to follow the law of Moses (see Deuteronomy 13:6–11). The more severe situation involves those who reject Christ and show him disrespect. How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished: Eternal damnation awaits those who have rejected Christ. The blood of…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2828. Compare He 2:2, 3; 12:25. despised--"set at naught" [Alford]: utterly and heinously violated, not merely some minor detail, but the whole law and covenant; for example, by idolatry (De 17:2-7). So here apostasy answers to such an utter violation of the old covenant. died--Greek, "dies": the normal punishment of such transgression, then still in force. without mercy--literally, "mercies": removal out of the pale of mitigation, or a respite of his doom…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 10:28

• Apostasy
• Backsliders
• Evidence
• Judgment
• Judgments
• Punishment
• Reprobacy
• Wicked (People)
• Witness
• Word of God

In the dictionaries

• Moses
• Approach
• Assembling
• Assurance
• Consider
• Draw
• Fearful
• High priest
• Judge
• Martyr

Commentaries on Hebrews 10

• 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