the hand (literally or figuratively (power) · noun — genitive plural feminine
and
τεte
G5037
both or also (properly · conjunction
resurrection
ἀναστάσεώςanastaseōs
G386
a standing up again · noun — genitive singular feminine
dead
νεκρῶν,nekrōn
G3498
dead (literally or figuratively · adjective — genitive plural masculine
and
καὶkai
G2532
and · conjunction
of
κρίματοςkrimatos
G2917
a decision (the function or the effect · noun — genitive singular neuter
eternal
αἰωνίου.aiōniou
G166
perpetual (also used of past time · adjective — genitive singular neuter
judgment
κρίμαkríma
G2917
a decision (the function or the effect
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).
Cross-references
1 Corinthians 15:13-57 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:
Acts 17:31-32 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath gi…
Romans 6:3-5 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
Acts 6:6 Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
Ecclesiastes 12:14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Ezekiel 37:1-14 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of…
Daniel 12:2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Matthew 22:23-32 The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,
Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).
Commentary
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 6:1-8
We have here the apostle's advice to the Hebrews - that they would grow up from a state of childhood to the fullness of the stature of the new man in Christ. He declares his readiness to assist them all he could in their spiritual progress; and, for their greater encouragement, he puts himself with them: Let us go on. Here observe, In order to their growth, Christians must leave the principles of the doctrine of Christ. How must they leave them? They must not lose them, they must not despise them, they must not forget them. They must lay them up in their hearts, and lay them as the foundation of all their profession and expectation; but they must not rest and stay in them, they must not be a…
the doctrine of baptisms--paired with "laying on of hands," as the latter followed on Christian baptism, and answers to the rite of confirmation in Episcopal churches. Jewish believers passed, by an easy transition, from Jewish baptismal purifications (Heb 9:10, "washings"), baptism of proselytes, and John's baptism, and legal imposition of hands, to their Christian analogues, baptism, and the subsequent laying on of hands, accompanied by the gift of the Holy Ghost (compare Heb 6:4). Greek, "baptismoi," plural, including Jewish and Christian baptisms, are to be distinguished from baptisma, singular, restricted to Christian baptism. The six particulars here specified had been, as it were, the…
Of the doctrine of baptisms - "There were two things," says Dr. Owen, "peculiar to the Gospel, the doctrine of it and the gifts of the Holy Ghost. Doctrine is called baptism, Deu 32:2; hence the people are said to be baptized to Moses, when they were initiated into his doctrines, Co1 11:2. The baptism of John was his doctrine, Act 19:3; and the baptism of Christ was the doctrine of Christ, wherewith he was to sprinkle many nations, Isa 52:15. This is the first baptism of the Gospel, even its doctrine. The other was the communication of the gifts of the Holy Ghost, Act 1:5; and this alone is what is intended by the laying on of hands; and then the sense will be the foundation of the Gospel ba…
The Church Fathers
That we must not grieve the Holy Spirit, whom we have received. Paul the apostle to the Ephesians: "Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in which ye were sealed in the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and indignation, and clamour, and blasphemy, be taken away from you."
Perhaps these, still clinging to the law, thinking more in Jewish manners, because there are different and many baptisms in the law, wished also that the baptism of the New Covenant, which grants regeneration, should be administered many times, because they wished that the remission of sins should be considered worthy only once.
"the laying on of hands." Those things that take place in baptism; or there, when the apostles laid on their hands, they gave the Spirit, which Simon the sorcerer also sought. (Acts 8:18-19) "the resurrection of the dead." For this also takes place in baptism through the form of rising up, and is confirmed in the confession; for we confess that we believe in the resurrection of the dead. "and eternal judgment." That is, of the coming judgment, which grants either eternal good or punishment. This seems to say: since it was likely that they would be shaken, although they had already believed, either that if we live deeply, or fall away from faith, we shall be baptized again, or again be able to wash away sins, and to share in the same things as before. For they err in thinking these things.
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Dictionary and topics
Eternal death — The miserable fate of the wicked in hell (Matt. 25:46; Mark 3:29; Heb. 6:2; 2 Thess. 1:9; Matt. 18:8; 25:41; Jude 1:7). The Scripture as clearly teaches the unending duration of the penal sufferings…
Judgment, The final — The sentence that will be passed on our actions at the last day (Matt. 25; Rom. 14:10, 11; 2 Cor. 5:10; 2 Thess. 1:7-10). The judge is Jesus Christ, as mediator. All judgment is committed to him…
Purification — The process by which a person unclean, according to the Levitical law, and thereby cut off from the sanctuary and the festivals, was restored to the enjoyment of all these privileges. The great…
Baptism · 2:12; — 2:12;
Foundation · Illustrative of: First principles of the gospel — Illustrative of: First principles of the gospel
Grace Of God · GROWTH IN — GROWTH IN
Hand · Imposition of hands — Imposition of hands
Hands, The · Imposition of, a first principle of the doctrine of Christ — Imposition of, a first principle of the doctrine of Christ
Judgment, The · A first principle of the gospel — A first principle of the gospel
Resurrection · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Resurrection, The · A first principle of the gospel — A first principle of the gospel
Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).
Of the doctrine of baptisms,.... Some read this divisively, "baptism and doctrine", as the Ethiopic version; as if the one respected the ordinance of baptism, and the other the ministry of the word; but it is best to read them conjunctively: and by which most understand the Gospel ordinance of water baptism, so called by a change of number, the plural for the singular, as the Syriac and Ethiopic versions, who render it baptism; or because of the different persons baptized, and times of baptizing, as some; or because of the trine immersion, as others; or because of the threefold baptism of spirit, blood, and water, which have some agreement with each other; or because of the baptism of John,…
Hebrews 6:1-2
1. Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
1. Quare omisso sermone principii Christi, ad perfectionem feramur, non jacentes rursum fundamentum poenitentiae ab operibus mortuis et fidei in Deum.
2. Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
2. (Baptismatum doctrinae et impositionis manuum) et resurrectionis mortuorum et judicii aeterni.
1. Therefore, leaving, etc. To his reproof he joins this exhortation, -- that leaving first principles they were to proceed forward t…
The term baptisms (or washings) is plural, so it must mean more than just Christian baptism. Instruction about various washings was prevalent in first-century Judaism (see Matt 15:2; Mark 7:3). The author might also have in mind the cleansing rituals of the Old Testament (cp. Heb 9:13; 10:22). • The laying on of hands was associated with healing (Mark 5:22-23; Luke 13:13), ritual blessing (Matt 19:13, 15), reception of the Holy Spirit (Acts 8:17; 9:17; 19:6), and acknowledgement of a person’s ministry (Acts 6:6; 13:3). • resurrection of the dead: See “The Resurrection of the Dead” Theme Note. • eternal judgment: See Rev 20:11-15.
