but whoever may blaspheme against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation.”
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but whoever may blaspheme against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation.”
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But he that blasphemeth the holy goost shall never have forgevenes: but is in dauger of eternall dampnacion:
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But hee that blasphemeth against the holy Ghost, shall neuer haue forgiuenesse, but is culpable of eternall damnation.
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- Matthew 12:31-32 Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is to come.
- Luke 12:10 Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but those who blaspheme against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
- Matthew 25:46 These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
- 2 Thessalonians 1:9 who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
- Jude 1:13 wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy…
29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:
Ver. 29. Hath never forgiveness] And yet Bellarmine teacheth that the sin against the Holy Ghost may be forgiven (lib. 2, de Poenitentia, cap. 16). But it may be he was of their opinion that taught here in England in the reign of Henry III, that to question the pope’s sanctions was the sin against the Holy Ghost. (Daniel’s Hist. of England, p. 163.)
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the multitude sat about him,.... In a circle,…
And the multitude sat about him,.... In a circle, all around him, to hear him preach; so that there was no such thing as the messenger coming near him; but the message being whispered from one to another, it came to those who sat nearest him:
and they said unto him, behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee: in five of Beza's ancient copies, and in his most ancient one, are added, and thy sisters: agreeably, Christ hereafter makes mention of sister, as well as mother and brother; See Gill on Mat 12:47, and so it is read in the Alexandrian copy.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 29. See Clarke on Mr 3:27.
Verse 29. See Clarke on Mr 3:27.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain See St. Matthew xii. 32. --- Of an everlasting…
See St. Matthew xii. 32. --- Of an everlasting sin; i.e. of eternal punishment. (Witham) --- What is here called everlasting offence, is (as St. Matthew expresseth it) that which shall neither be remitted in this life, nor in the life to come; which words would not be true, says St. Augustine, if some sins were not forgiven in the world to come. Now, as no mortal sin can be forgiven after death, there must necessarily be smaller transgressions, which we call venial; though many of our separated brethren will needs have all sins to be mortal; which is very far from a comfortable tenet.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 29. but he that shall blaspheme] The sin, against…
29. but he that shall blaspheme] The sin, against which these words are a terrible but merciful warning, is not so much an act, as a state of sin, on the part of one, who in defiance of light and knowledge, of set purpose rejects, and not only rejects but perseveres in rejecting, the warnings of conscience, and the Grace of the Holy Spirit, who blinded by religious bigotry rather than ascribe a good work to the Spirit of Good prefer to ascribe it to the Spirit of Evil, and thus wilfully put “bitter for sweet” and “sweet for bitter,” “darkness for light” and “light for darkness.” Such a state if persevered in and not repented of excludes from pardon, for it is the sin unto death spoken of in 1Jn_5:16.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (29) In danger of eternal damnation.—Better, eternal judgment, the…
(29) In danger of eternal damnation.—Better, eternal judgment, the Greek word not necessarily carrying with it the thoughts that now attach to the English. The best MSS., however, give, “in danger of an eternal sin”—i.e., of one which will, with its consequences, extend throughout the ages. It is, of course, more probable that a transcriber should have altered “sin” into “judgment,” substituting an easier for a more difficult rendering, than the converse.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Hath never forgiveness. Not that any sinner need despair…
Hath never forgiveness. Not that any sinner need despair of forgiveness through the fear that he may have committed this sin; for his repentance shows that his state of mind has never been one of entire enmity, and that he has not so grieved the Holy Spirit as to have been entirely forsaken by him. But is in danger of eternal damnation. The Greek words, according to the most approved reading, are all enocov estin aiwniou amarthmatov : but is guilty of an eternal sin; thus showing that there are sins of which the effects and the punishment belong to eternity. He is bound by a chain or" sin from which he can never be loosed. (See St. Joh_9:41, "Therefore your sin remaineth.
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain in danger
in danger
is bound by an eternal sin.
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