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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Hebrews 12:4

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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12:4 not yet given your lives: This community had not yet faced martyrdom for the faith. (This is one reason to date Hebrews prior to Nero’s persecution in the mid-60s AD.) If Jesus could endure a shameful death, the hearers should be able to endure lesser persecution.
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