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Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

New Defender's Study Bible Notes

10:26 sin wilfully. There is probably an allusion here to such Old Testament passages as Numbers 15:30-31; Deuteronomy 17:2-7; etc. The presumptuous sins (Psalm 19:13), especially of deliberate apostasy into idolatry and paganism, were punishable by death. In similar fashion, the deliberate rejection of Christ and His sacrifice for one’s sins, after one fully understands its significance and may even have made profession of faith therein, is without remedy. This is the only means God has provided, and there is nothing more than can be said or done to save such a person. That person already knows and understands it all, and has rejected it. See also the note on Hebrews 6:4-6. Such a person, regardless of outward appearances, had never truly committed his faith and life to Christ in the first place (I John 2:19). This verse does not, in context, apply to other sins of a true Christian (note Hebrews 10:39). The remedy for these is repentance and confession, for the blood of Christ has already paid for them (I John 1:7-9).


10:28 two or three witnesses. This refers in particular to Deuteronomy 17:6.


10:29 despite unto the Spirit. These descriptions of the willful sin (Hebrews 10:26) make it clear that it is the unforgivable sin of willful, knowledgeable apostasy from the faith.


10:30 hath said. The first reference quoted in this verse is from Deuteronomy 32:35, the second from Deuteronomy 32:36. See also Romans 12:19.


10:31 living God. There are sixteen references to “the living God” in the New Testament, an appropriate corollary to the fact that eight seems commonly associated with life, especially life after death, or eternal life.


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