Teks -- Hebrews 12:13 (NET)

12:13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but be healed.

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

Robertson: Heb 12:13 - Straight paths

Straight paths ( trochias orthas ).

Track of a wheel (trochos , Jam 3:6 from trechō , to run), here only in N.T. "Straight (orthas ) wheel tracks."

Robertson: Heb 12:13 - Be not turned out of the way

Be not turned out of the way ( hina mē ektrapēi ).

Negative final clause with hina mē and second aorist passive of ektrepō , old verb to turn out, to twist, to put out of joint. So 1Ti 1:6. Vivid picture of concern for the lame (chōlon , as in Mat 11:5). Graphic picture of concern for the weak, a good argument for prohibition also.

Vincent: Heb 12:13 - Make straight paths for your feet

Make straight paths for your feet ( τροχιὰς ὀρθὰς ποιεῖτε τοῖς ποσὶν ὑμῶν )

After the lxx of Pro 4:26. The corresponding Hebrew means to tear , to cut into: hence to cut through as a path; to make firm or plain . Ὁρθός N.T. Only here and Act 14:10; commonly straight or upright , but also right , safe , happy . Comp. Pro 8:6; Pro 15:14; Pro 21:8. here, not in the sense of straight as distinguished from crooked , but more generally, right , plain , by implication even or smooth . Τροχιά N.T.o is literally a wheel-track (τροχός a wheel ). Very rare in profane Greek. Τοῖς ποσὶν ὑμῶν " for your feet," not with . That is, exert yourselves to make the course clear for yourselves and your fellow Christians, so that there be no stumbling and laming.

Vincent: Heb 12:13 - That which is lame

That which is lame ( τὸ χωλὸν )

Χωλός lame , halting , only in Synoptic Gospels and Acts. Mostly in the literal sense. Proverbial in Isa 33:23. Metaphorically here, and partly Mat 18:8; Mar 9:45. The verb χωλαίνειν to be lame or to make lame (not in N.T.) is used metaphorically in lxx, Psa 18:45; 1Ki 18:21, where the A.V. " how long halt ye between two opinions" is ἕως πότε ὐμεῖς χωλανεῖτε ἐπ ' ἀμφοτέραις ταῖς ἰγνύαις how long do ye go lame on both your hams? Τὸ χωλὸν here signifies the lame part or limb .

Vincent: Heb 12:13 - Be turned out of the way

Be turned out of the way ( ἐκτραπῇ )

Rend. " be put out of joint." The A.V. is according to the more usual meaning of the verb, which, in N.T., is confined, with this exception, to the Pastoral Epistles. See 1Ti 1:6; 1Ti 5:15; 2Ti 4:4. lxx only Amo 5:8. But it is also used by medical writers in the passive, with the meaning to be wrenched or dislocated . There is nothing strange in the use of this word in a medical sense by our writer, whose work bears the stamp of Alexandria. The Greeks received their knowledge of surgery from the Egyptians, and mural paintings and documents, and even hieroglyphic symbols, prove that that people had attained remarkable proficiency in the science. Herodotus (ch. iii. 131) mentions a medical school at Cyrene in Africa, and says that the pupils of that school were regarded as the second best physicians in all Greece. At the time of Galen (163 a.d.) the medical school of Alexandria was the most famous in the world, and Galen himself studied there. Celsus (first half of the first century a.d.), in the 7th book of his treatise De Artibius , treats of surgical operations according to the views of the Alexandrian schools. The commonly accepted rendering of the A.V., besides giving a conception which is very tame, presents two incongruities: the association of going astray with lameness , and of healing with straying . The other rendering gives a lively and consistent image. Make the paths smooth and even, so that the lame limb be not dislocated by stones or pitfalls. Do everything to avoid aggravating the weakness of a fellow-Christian. Rather try to heal it. Τὸ χωλὸν may refer either to an individual or to a section of the church which is weak and vacillating.

Wesley: Heb 12:13 - And make straight paths both for your own and for their feet

Remove every hinderance, every offence.

Wesley: Heb 12:13 - That the lame

They who are weak, scarce able to walk.

Wesley: Heb 12:13 - Be not turned out of the way

Of faith and holiness.

JFB: Heb 12:13

Quoted from Pro 4:26, Septuagint, "Make straight paths for thy feet."

JFB: Heb 12:13 - straight

That is, leading by a straight road to joy and grace (Heb 12:1-2, Heb 12:15). Cease to "halt" between Judaism and Christianity [BENGEL].

JFB: Heb 12:13 - paths

Literally, "wheel tracks." Let your walk be so firm and so unanimous in the right direction that a plain track and "highway" may be thereby established for those who accompany and follow you, to perceive and walk in (Isa 35:8) [ALFORD].

JFB: Heb 12:13 - that which is lame

Those "weak in the faith" (Rom 14:1), having still Judaizing prejudices.

JFB: Heb 12:13 - be turned out of the way

(Pro 4:27); and, so missing the way, lose the prize of "the race" (Heb 12:1).

JFB: Heb 12:13 - rather he healed

Proper exercise of itself contributes to health; the habit of walking straight onward in the right way tends to healing.

Clarke: Heb 12:13 - Make straight paths for your feet

Make straight paths for your feet - That is, Take the straight path that is before you, do not go in crooked or rough ways, where are stones, briers, and thorns, by which you will be inevitably lamed, and so totally prevented from proceeding in the way; whereas, if you go in the even, proper path, though you have been wounded by getting into a wrong way, that which was wounded will be healed by moderate, equal exercise, all impediments being removed. The application of all this to a correct, holy deportment in religious life, is both natural and easy.

Calvin: Heb 12:13 - NO PHRASE

13.=== And make straight paths, === etc. He has been hitherto teaching us to lean on God’s consolations, so that we may be bold and strenuous in doing what is right, as his help is our only support; he now adds to this another thing, even that we ought to walk prudently and to keep to a straight course; for indiscreet ardor is no less an evil than inactivity and softness. At the same time this straightness of the way which he recommends, is preserved when a man’s mind is superior to every fear, and regards only what God approves; for fear is ever very ingenious in finding out byways. As then we seek circuitous courses, when entangled by sinful fear; so on the other hand every one who has prepared himself to endure evils, goes on in a straight way wheresoever the Lord calls him, and turns not either to the right hand or to the left. In short, he prescribes to us this rule for our conduct, — that we are to guide our steps according to God’s will, so that neither fear nor the allurements of the world, nor any other things, may draw us away from it. ²⁵³

Hence be adds, Lest that which is lame be turned out of the way, or, lest halting should go astray; that is, lest by halting ye should at length depart far from the way. He calls it halting, when men’s minds fluctuate, and they devote not themselves sincerely to God. So spoke Elijah to the double­minded who blended their own superstitions with God’s worship, “How long halt ye between two opinions?” (1Kg 18:21.) And it is a befitting way of speaking, for it is a worse thing to go astray than to halt. Nor they who begin to halt do not immediately turn from the right way, but by degrees depart from it more and more, until having been led into a diverse path so they remain entangled in the midst of Satan’s labyrinth. Hence the apostle warns us to strive for the removal of this halting in due time; for if we give way to it, it will at length turn us far away from God.

The words may indeed be rendered, “Lest halting should grow worse,” or turn aside; but the meaning would remain the same; for what the Apostle intimates is, that those who keep not a straight course, but gradually though carelessly turn here and there, become eventually wholly alienated from God. ²⁵⁴

TSK: Heb 12:13 - make // straight // lame // but let

make : Pro 4:26, Pro 4:27; Isa 35:3, Isa 35:8-10, Isa 40:3, Isa 40:4, Isa 42:16, Isa 58:12; Jer 18:15; Luk 3:5

straight : or, even

lame : Isa 35:6; Jer 31:8, Jer 31:9

but let : Gal 6:1; Jud 1:22, Jud 1:23

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: Heb 12:13

Make straight, smooth ways, such as have all stones of stumbling and rocks of offence removed, so as themselves may be set right in comfort, and duty, and walking; lest being lame or halting in their minds between Judaism and Christianity, because of the violent persecution of them by their infidel brethren, they should be turned aside out of God’ s way, erring, and deviating from the truth of the gospel; but that they be restored to it, so as no sufferings upon that account, under God’ s hand, might make them suppress the truth, or expose them to apostacy, or to walk as stumbling-blocks to others, and wounding their own souls, Act 15:1 Gal 2:11-15 6:12 .

Haydock: Heb 12:12-14 - Wherefore life up the // Follow

Wherefore life up the [4] hands, &c. Be fervent in piety, walk firmly in the way of virtue, make straight [5] steps, without declining to one side or the other, without halting or going astray, and strive to be healed from your sins by his grace. ---

Follow and seek peace, as much as lies in you, with all men, and [6] purity of life, without which no man shall see and enjoy God. (Witham)

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Remissas manus, Greek: pareimenas, which signifies hands hanging down in a lazy posture.

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Gressus rectos facite, Greek: trochios orthas poiesate, which is to advance in a straight line, not turning aside, or tottering.

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Sanctimoniam, Greek: agiasmon.

Gill: Heb 12:13 - And make straight paths for your feet // Lest that which is lame be turned out of the way // But let it rather be healed

And make straight paths for your feet,.... By "feet" are meant the walk and conversation of the saints, both in the church, and in the world, Son 7:1 and there are paths made ready for these feet to walk in; as the good old paths of truth, of the word and worship of God, of faith and holiness: and to make these paths "straight", is to make the word of God the rule of walking; to avoid carefully joining anything with it as a rule; to attend constantly on the ordinances of Christ; to go on evenly in a way of believing on him; to walk in some measure worthy of the calling wherewith we are called, and by way of example to others.

Lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; a lame member, as the Syriac version, a lame member of the body of Christ, the church; or a lame person, as the Arabic version, a weak believer; one that is ready to halt, either through the corruption of nature, or through the weakness of grace, or through want of light and judgment, and through instability and inconstancy; lest such an one should, through the irregular walk and conversation of others, be stumbled and offended, and go out of the way, and leave the paths of righteousness and truth. God takes care of, and has a regard to such, and he would have others also, Mic 4:6. The Ethiopic version reads, "that your halting may be healed, and not offended": that you yourselves may not halt and stumble.

But let it rather be healed; the fallen believer be restored, the weak brother be confirmed, the halting professor be strengthened, and everyone be built up and established upon the most holy faith, and in the pure ways of the Gospel.