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Hebrews: An Introduction and Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Tyndale Commentaries are designed to help the reader of the Bible understand what the text says and what it means. The Introduction to each book gives a concise but thorough treatment of its authorship, date, original setting, and purpose. Following a structural Analysis, the Commentary takes the book section by section, drawing out its main themes, and also comments on individual verses and...

apostasy. The issue is not simply an unwillingness to progress to a higher stage of understanding the Christian message, but an unwillingness to work out its deeper implications and respond appropriately.1 12. Evidence that the audience has become reluctant to listen is now given (kai gar, ‘for indeed’ [NIV, In fact]). Sufficient time has passed since they became Christians for them to be teaching others (by this time you ought to be teachers). Elsewhere in the New Testament, teachers are identified
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