THE EXPOSITOR’S BIBLE
EDITED BY THE REV.
W. ROBERTSON NICOLL, M.A., LL.D.
Editor of “The Expositor,” etc.
THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS
BY
THOMAS CHARLES EDWARDS, D.D.
London
HODDER AND STOUGHTON
27, PATERNOSTER ROW
MCMIV
[ii]
[iii]
THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS
BY
THOMAS CHARLES EDWARDS, D.D.
PRINCIPAL OF THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF WALES, ABERYSTWYTH
NINTH EDITION
London
HODDER AND STOUGHTON
27, PATERNOSTER ROW
MCMIV
[iv]
Printed by Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury.
[v]
PREFACE.
In this volume the sole aim of the writer has been to trace the unity of thought in one of the greatest and most difficult books of the New Testament. He has endeavoured to picture his reader as a member of what is known in the Sunday-schools of Wales as “the teachers’ class,” a thoughtful Christian layman, who has no Greek, and desires only to be assisted in his efforts to come at the real bearing and force of words and to understand the connection of the sacred author’s ideas. It may not be unnecessary to add that this design by no means implies less labour or thought on the part of the writer. But it does imply that the labour is veiled. Criticism is rigidly excluded.
The writer has purposely refrained from discussing the question of the [vi]authorship of the Epistle, simply because he has no new light to throw on this standing enigma of the Church. He is convinced that St. Paul is neither the actual author nor the originator of the treatise.
In case theological students may wish to consult the volume when they study the Epistle to the Hebrews, they will find the Greek given at the foot of the page, to serve as a catch-word, whenever any point of criticism or of interpretation seems to the writer to deserve their attention.
T. C. E.
Aberystwyth, April 12th, 1888.
[vii]
CONTENTS.
|
PAGE |
| CHAPTER I. |
| THE REVELATION IN A SON |
1 |
| CHAPTER II. |
| THE SON AND THE ANGELS |
19 |
| CHAPTER III. |
| FUNDAMENTAL ONENESS OF THE DISPENSATIONS |
47 |
| CHAPTER IV. |
| THE GREAT HIGH-PRIEST |
67 |
| CHAPTER V. |
| THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF RENEWAL |
81 |
| CHAPTER VI. |
| THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF FAILURE |
97 |
| CHAPTER VII.[viii] |
| THE ALLEGORY OF MELCHIZEDEK |
109 |
| CHAPTER VIII. |
| THE NEW COVENANT |
131 |
| CHAPTER IX. |
| AN ADVANCE IN THE EXHORTATION |
181 |
| CHAPTER X. |
| FAITH AN ASSURANCE AND A PROOF |
197 |
| CHAPTER XI. |
| THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM |
211 |
| CHAPTER XII. |
| THE FAITH OF MOSES |
231 |
| CHAPTER XIII. |
| A CLOUD OF WITNESSES |
257 |
| CHAPTER XIV. |
| CONFLICT |
271 |
| CHAPTER XV. |
| MOUNT ZION |
291 |
| CHAPTER XVI. |
| SUNDRY EXHORTATIONS |
311 |
| INDEX |
331 |
Edwards Expositor Hebrews Commentary
THE EXPOSITOR’S BIBLE
EDITED BY THE REV.
W. ROBERTSON NICOLL, M.A., LL.D.
Editor of “The Expositor,” etc.
THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS
BY
THOMAS CHARLES EDWARDS, D.D.
London
HODDER AND STOUGHTON
27, PATERNOSTER ROW
MCMIV
[ii]
[iii]
THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS
BY
THOMAS CHARLES EDWARDS, D.D.
PRINCIPAL OF THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF WALES, ABERYSTWYTH
NINTH EDITION
London
HODDER AND STOUGHTON
27, PATERNOSTER ROW
MCMIV
[iv]
Printed by Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury.
[v]
PREFACE.
In this volume the sole aim of the writer has been to trace the unity of thought in one of the greatest and most difficult books of the New Testament. He has endeavoured to picture his reader as a member of what is known in the Sunday-schools of Wales as “the teachers’ class,” a thoughtful Christian layman, who has no Greek, and desires only to be assisted in his efforts to come at the real bearing and force of words and to understand the connection of the sacred author’s ideas. It may not be unnecessary to add that this design by no means implies less labour or thought on the part of the writer. But it does imply that the labour is veiled. Criticism is rigidly excluded.
The writer has purposely refrained from discussing the question of the [vi]authorship of the Epistle, simply because he has no new light to throw on this standing enigma of the Church. He is convinced that St. Paul is neither the actual author nor the originator of the treatise.
In case theological students may wish to consult the volume when they study the Epistle to the Hebrews, they will find the Greek given at the foot of the page, to serve as a catch-word, whenever any point of criticism or of interpretation seems to the writer to deserve their attention.
T. C. E.
Aberystwyth, April 12th, 1888.
[vii]
CONTENTS.