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You knew there were better things waiting for you that will last forever. <a href="/esv/hebrews/10.htm">English Standard Version</a> For you had compassion on those in prison, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one. <a href="/bsb/hebrews/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession. <a href="/blb/hebrews/10.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For both you sympathized with the prisoners and you accepted the plundering of your possessions with joy, knowing yourselves to have a better and abiding possession. <a href="/kjv/hebrews/10.htm">King James Bible</a> For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance. <a href="/nkjv/hebrews/10.htm">New King James Version</a> for you had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your goods, knowing that you have a better and an enduring possession for yourselves in heaven. <a href="/nasb_/hebrews/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For you showed sympathy to the prisoners and accepted joyfully the seizure of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves a better and lasting possession. <a href="/nasb/hebrews/10.htm">NASB 1995</a> For you showed sympathy to the prisoners and accepted joyfully the seizure of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and a lasting one. <a href="/nasb77/hebrews/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a> For you showed sympathy to the prisoners, and accepted joyfully the seizure of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an abiding one. <a href="/lsb/hebrews/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For you also showed sympathy to the prisoners and accepted with joy the seizure of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better and lasting possession. <a href="/amp/hebrews/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For you showed sympathy and deep concern for those who were imprisoned, and you joyfully accepted the [unjust] seizure of your belongings and the confiscation of your property, conscious of the fact that you have a better possession and a lasting one [prepared for you in heaven]. <a href="/csb/hebrews/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For you sympathized with the prisoners and accepted with joy the confiscation of your possessions, because you know that you yourselves have a better and enduring possession. <a href="/hcsb/hebrews/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For you sympathized with the prisoners and accepted with joy the confiscation of your possessions, knowing that you yourselves have a better and enduring possession. <a href="/asv/hebrews/10.htm">American Standard Version</a> For ye both had compassion on them that were in bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your possessions, knowing that ye have for yourselves a better possession and an abiding one. <a href="/cev/hebrews/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> You were kind to people in jail. And you gladly let your possessions be taken away, because you knew you had something better, something that would last forever. <a href="/erv/hebrews/10.htm">English Revised Version</a> For ye both had compassion on them that were in bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your possessions, knowing that ye yourselves have a better possession and an abiding one. <a href="/gwt/hebrews/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> You suffered with prisoners. You were cheerful even though your possessions were stolen, since you know that you have a better and more permanent possession. <a href="/gnt/hebrews/10.htm">Good News Translation</a> You shared the sufferings of prisoners, and when all your belongings were seized, you endured your loss gladly, because you knew that you still possessed something much better, which would last forever. <a href="/isv/hebrews/10.htm">International Standard Version</a> For you sympathized with the prisoners and cheerfully submitted to the violent seizure of your property, because you know that you have a better and more permanent possession. <a href="/msb/hebrews/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> You sympathized with me in my chains and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession in heaven. <a href="/net/hebrews/10.htm">NET Bible</a> For in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison, and you accepted the confiscation of your belongings with joy, because you knew that you certainly had a better and lasting possession. <a href="/nheb/hebrews/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For you both had compassion on them that were in chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an enduring one. <a href="/wbt/hebrews/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the seizing of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance. <a href="/wey/hebrews/10.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> For you not only showed sympathy with those who were imprisoned, but you even submitted with joy when your property was taken from you, being well aware that you have in your own selves a more valuable possession and one which will remain. <a href="/web/hebrews/10.htm">World English Bible</a> For you both had compassion on me in my chains and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/hebrews/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> for you also sympathized with my bonds, and the robbery of your goods you received with joy, knowing that you have in yourselves a better substance in the heavens, and an enduring one. <a href="/blb/hebrews/10.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For both you sympathized with the prisoners and you accepted the plundering of your possessions with joy, knowing yourselves to have a better and abiding possession. <a href="/ylt/hebrews/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> for also with my bonds ye sympathised, and the robbery of your goods with joy ye did receive, knowing that ye have in yourselves a better substance in the heavens, and an enduring one. <a href="/slt/hebrews/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For ye also suffered together with me in bonds, and received the pillage of your possessions with joy, knowing to have in yourselves a better and abiding substance in the heavens.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/hebrews/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For you both had compassion on them that were in bands, and took with joy the being stripped of your own goods, knowing that you have a better and a lasting substance. <a href="/cpdv/hebrews/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For you even had compassion on those who were imprisoned, and you accepted with gladness being deprived of your goods, knowing that you have a better and more lasting substance. <a href="/nabre/hebrews/10.htm">New American Bible</a> You even joined in the sufferings of those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you had a better and lasting possession. <a href="/nrsvce/hebrews/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For you had compassion for those who were in prison, and you cheerfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you yourselves possessed something better and more lasting.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/hebrews/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And you had pity on those who were prisoners, and you took the seizure of your property cheerfully, for you know in yourselves that you have a better and a more enduring possession in heaven. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/hebrews/10.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And you were grieved concerning those who were imprisoned and you endured with joy the robbery of your possessions, because you know you have a possession in Heaven which is greater and does not pass away.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/hebrews/10.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> For you sympathized with me in my bonds, and endured joyfully the seizure of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better and abiding substance in the heavens. <a href="/godbey/hebrews/10.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> For you suffered along with the prisoners, and received with joy the spoliation of your goods, knowing that you have a better and abiding possession. <a href="/haweis/hebrews/10.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> For ye have been fellow-sufferers with my bonds, and received with joy the plundering of your properties, knowing in yourselves that you have in the heavens a better substance, and permanent.<CM> <a href="/mace/hebrews/10.htm">Mace New Testament</a> for you were passionately affected for those who were in bonds, and were pleas'd at the seizing of your goods, knowing that you have what is more excellent and lasting. <a href="/wey/hebrews/10.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> For you not only showed sympathy with those who were imprisoned, but you even submitted with joy when your property was taken from you, being well aware that you have in your own selves a more valuable possession and one which will remain. <a href="/worrell/hebrews/10.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> for ye both sympathized with those in bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your possessions; knowing that ye yourselves have a better possession and an abiding one. <a href="/worsley/hebrews/10.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> for ye sympathized with me in my bonds, and ye took joyfully the plundering of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance. <a href="/parallel/hebrews/10-34.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x-IAXXp5zcA?start=2013" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/hebrews/10.htm">A Call to Persevere</a> …33Sometimes you were publicly exposed to ridicule and persecution; at other times you were partners with those who were so treated. 34<a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason."></a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/4834.htm" title="4834: synepathēsate (V-AIA-2P) -- To sympathize with, have compassion on. From sumpathes; to feel sympathy with, i.e. to commiserate.">You sympathized</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tois (Art-DMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">with those</a> <a href="/greek/1198.htm" title="1198: desmiois (N-DMP) -- One bound, a prisoner. From desmon; a captive.">in prison</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3326.htm" title="3326: meta (Prep) -- (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. "></a> <a href="/greek/5479.htm" title="5479: charas (N-GFS) -- Joy, gladness, a source of joy. From chairo; cheerfulness, i.e. Calm delight.">joyfully</a> <a href="/greek/4327.htm" title="4327: prosedexasthe (V-AIM-2P) -- From pros and dechomai; to admit (figuratively) endurance); by implication, to await.">accepted</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/724.htm" title="724: harpagēn (N-AFS) -- The act of plundering; plunder, spoil, robbery. From harpazo; pillage.">confiscation</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GNP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymōn (PPro-G2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">your</a> <a href="/greek/5225.htm" title="5225: hyparchontōn (V-PPA-GNP) -- To begin, am, exist, be in possession. From hupo and archomai; to begin under, i.e. Come into existence; expletively, to exist (verb).">property,</a> <a href="/greek/1097.htm" title="1097: ginōskontes (V-PPA-NMP) -- A prolonged form of a primary verb; to know in a great variety of applications and with many implications.">knowing that</a> <a href="/greek/1438.htm" title="1438: heautous (RefPro-AM3P) -- Himself, herself, itself. ">you yourselves</a> <a href="/greek/2192.htm" title="2192: echein (V-PNA) -- To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.">had</a> <a href="/greek/2909.htm" title="2909: kreittona (Adj-AFS-C) -- Stronger, more excellent. Comparative of a derivative of kratos; stronger, i.e. better, i.e. Nobler.">a better</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3306.htm" title="3306: menousan (V-PPA-AFS) -- To remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await. A primary verb; to stay.">permanent</a> <a href="/greek/5223.htm" title="5223: hyparxin (N-AFS) -- Goods, substance, property, possessions. From huparcho; existency or proprietorship, i.e. property, wealth.">possession.</a> 35So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/5-12.htm">Matthew 5:12</a> Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you. <a href="/acts/5-41.htm">Acts 5:41</a> The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name. <a href="/romans/8-17.htm">Romans 8:17</a> And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him. <a href="/2_corinthians/4-17.htm">2 Corinthians 4:17-18</a> For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison. / So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. <a href="/philippians/1-29.htm">Philippians 1:29</a> For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him, <a href="/1_peter/4-13.htm">1 Peter 4:13-14</a> But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory. / If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. <a href="/james/1-2.htm">James 1:2-3</a> Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, / because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. <a href="/2_timothy/2-12.htm">2 Timothy 2:12</a> if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us; <a href="/matthew/19-29.htm">Matthew 19:29</a> And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life. <a href="/luke/6-22.htm">Luke 6:22-23</a> Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man. / Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For their fathers treated the prophets in the same way. <a href="/1_peter/1-6.htm">1 Peter 1:6-7</a> In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials / so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. <a href="/2_corinthians/8-2.htm">2 Corinthians 8:2</a> In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity. <a href="/colossians/1-24.htm">Colossians 1:24</a> Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church. <a href="/1_thessalonians/3-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 3:3-4</a> so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this. / Indeed, when we were with you, we kept warning you that we would suffer persecution; and as you know, it has come to pass. <a href="/revelation/2-10.htm">Revelation 2:10</a> Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For you had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that you have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.in my.<a href="/acts/21-33.htm">Acts 21:33</a> Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.<a href="/acts/28-20.htm">Acts 28:20</a> For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.<a href="/ephesians/3-1.htm">Ephesians 3:1</a> For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,and took.<a href="/matthew/5-11.htm">Matthew 5:11,12</a> Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake… <a href="/acts/5-41.htm">Acts 5:41</a> And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.<a href="/james/1-2.htm">James 1:2</a> My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;in yourselves that ye have.<a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19,20</a> Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: … <a href="/matthew/19-21.htm">Matthew 19:21</a> Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.<a href="/luke/10-42.htm">Luke 10:42</a> But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_corinthians/9-21.htm">Abiding</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-6.htm">Accepted</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-15.htm">Aware</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-23.htm">Better</a> <a href="/philemon/1-13.htm">Bonds</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-15.htm">Chains</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-28.htm">Compassion</a> <a href="/ezra/7-26.htm">Confiscation</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-4.htm">Enduring</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-5.htm">Goods</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-25.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-23.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-9.htm">Imprisoned</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-6.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/13-6.htm">Joyfully</a> <a href="/acts/19-34.htm">Lasting</a> <a href="/colossians/3-12.htm">Pity</a> <a href="/romans/2-22.htm">Plunder</a> <a href="/1_samuel/23-1.htm">Plundering</a> <a href="/titus/2-14.htm">Possession</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-14.htm">Possessions</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-9.htm">Prison</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-6.htm">Prisoners</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-5.htm">Property</a> <a href="/romans/7-11.htm">Seizing</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-2.htm">Selves</a> <a href="/hebrews/8-5.htm">Showed</a> <a href="/zechariah/2-8.htm">Spoiling</a> <a href="/romans/10-3.htm">Submitted</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-14.htm">Substance</a> <a href="/philippians/2-1.htm">Sympathy</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-33.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hebrews/13-14.htm">Abiding</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-35.htm">Accepted</a> <a href="/genesis/19-33.htm">Aware</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-4.htm">Better</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-36.htm">Bonds</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-36.htm">Chains</a> <a href="/james/3-17.htm">Compassion</a> <a href="/ezra/7-26.htm">Confiscation</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-37.htm">Enduring</a> <a href="/1_john/3-17.htm">Goods</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-5.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-26.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/genesis/40-3.htm">Imprisoned</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-2.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-17.htm">Joyfully</a> <a href="/exodus/12-14.htm">Lasting</a> <a href="/james/5-11.htm">Pity</a> <a href="/genesis/34-29.htm">Plunder</a> <a href="/1_samuel/23-1.htm">Plundering</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-39.htm">Possession</a> <a href="/1_john/3-17.htm">Possessions</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-36.htm">Prison</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-3.htm">Prisoners</a> <a href="/revelation/9-21.htm">Property</a> <a href="/matthew/11-12.htm">Seizing</a> <a href="/james/1-22.htm">Selves</a> <a href="/james/2-13.htm">Showed</a> <a href="/1_samuel/23-1.htm">Spoiling</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-24.htm">Submitted</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-1.htm">Substance</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-8.htm">Sympathy</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-3.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Hebrews 10</div>1. <a href="/hebrews/10-1.htm">The weakness of the law sacrifices.</a> 10. <a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm">The sacrifice of Christ's body once offered,</a> 14. <a href="/hebrews/10-14.htm">for ever has taken away sins.</a> 19. <a href="/hebrews/10-19.htm">An exhortation to hold fast the faith with patience and thanksgiving.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div 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</td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hebrews/10.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hebrews/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/hebrews/10.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>You sympathized with those in prison In the early Christian context, imprisonment was a common consequence for those who professed faith in Christ. The recipients of the letter to the Hebrews are commended for their empathy and solidarity with fellow believers who were incarcerated. This reflects the teachings of Jesus, who emphasized caring for the imprisoned (<a href="/matthew/25-36.htm">Matthew 25:36</a>). The act of sympathizing with prisoners was a tangible expression of Christian love and community, aligning with the broader biblical mandate to remember those in chains as if bound with them (<a href="/hebrews/13-3.htm">Hebrews 13:3</a>).and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property The early Christians often faced persecution, which included the loss of personal property. The joy with which they accepted this loss is reminiscent of the apostles' response to suffering for Christ's name (<a href="/acts/5-41.htm">Acts 5:41</a>). This attitude reflects a deep trust in God's provision and a focus on spiritual rather than material wealth. The confiscation of property was a common tactic used by authorities to suppress the spread of Christianity, yet the believers' joyful acceptance highlights their unwavering faith and hope in eternal rewards.knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession This phrase underscores the believers' assurance in the eternal inheritance promised through Christ. The "better and permanent possession" refers to the heavenly treasures and eternal life that await the faithful (<a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19-20</a>, <a href="/1_peter/1-4.htm">1 Peter 1:4</a>). This assurance is rooted in the new covenant established by Jesus, which offers a lasting relationship with God. The contrast between temporary earthly possessions and eternal heavenly rewards is a recurring theme in Scripture, encouraging believers to prioritize their spiritual inheritance over worldly gains.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_recipients_of_hebrews.htm">The Recipients of Hebrews</a> Early Jewish Christians who were facing persecution and were tempted to revert to Judaism to avoid suffering. 2. <a href="/topical/p/prisoners.htm">Prisoners</a> Likely fellow believers who were imprisoned for their faith, highlighting the early church's experience of persecution. 3. <a href="/topical/c/confiscation_of_property.htm">Confiscation of Property</a> Represents the tangible losses suffered by believers due to their faith, a common occurrence in the early church. 4. <a href="/topical/h/heavenly_possession.htm">Heavenly Possession</a> The eternal inheritance promised to believers, contrasting with temporary earthly possessions. 5. <a href="/topical/p/persecution.htm">Persecution</a> The broader context of suffering for faith in Christ, a theme throughout the New Testament.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/j/joy_in_suffering.htm">Joy in Suffering</a> Believers are called to find joy in suffering for Christ, knowing it aligns them with His sufferings and promises eternal reward. <a href="/topical/e/eternal_perspective.htm">Eternal Perspective</a> Earthly losses are temporary; our focus should be on the eternal inheritance that cannot be taken away. <a href="/topical/c/community_support.htm">Community Support</a> The early church's example of supporting imprisoned believers challenges us to care for those suffering for their faith today. <a href="/topical/f/faith_over_fear.htm">Faith Over Fear</a> Trusting in God's promises enables believers to face persecution without fear, knowing their true security is in Christ. <a href="/topical/s/sacrificial_living.htm">Sacrificial Living</a> The willingness to lose earthly possessions for the sake of Christ calls us to evaluate our attachment to material things.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hebrews_10.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hebrews 10</a> <a href="/q/who_was_saint_brendan_the_navigator.htm">What is the meaning of the Crown of Life?</a> <a href="/q/who_wrote_the_books_of_the_bible.htm">Who wrote the books of the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_doctrine_of_the_mean.htm">What is the plot of Chosen Generation?</a> <a href="/q/how_reconcile_2_cor_9_6_with_generous_hardships.htm">How can Paul’s assurance in 2 Corinthians 9:6 that giving generously guarantees abundant reaping be reconciled with real-world examples of generous people who experience hardship? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hebrews/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(34) For ye had compassion of me in my bonds.--Rather (according to the true reading of the Greek), for ye had sympathy with them that were in bonds (comp. <a href="/hebrews/13-3.htm" title="Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.">Hebrews 13:3</a>, "Remember them that are in bonds as bound with them"). The change of reading is very important in connection] with the question of authorship. (See the Introduction.)And took joyfully.--Better, and accepted with joy the spoiling of your possessions. In the spirit of <a href="/matthew/5-12.htm" title="Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.">Matthew 5:12</a> (<a href="/acts/5-41.htm" title="And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.">Acts 5:41</a>; <a href="/2_corinthians/12-10.htm" title="Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.">2Corinthians 12:10</a>), they accepted persecution not with "patience and long suffering" only, but "with joy" (<a href="/colossians/1-11.htm" title=" Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, to all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness;">Colossians 1:11</a>). The rendering "possessions" is necessary because a similar word ("substance" in the Authorised version) will immediately occur. In the last clause two remarkable changes in the Greek text are made necessary by the testimony of our best authorities. The words "in heaven" must certainly be removed; they are omitted in the oldest MSS., and are evidently an explanatory comment which has found its way into the text. For the reading, "in yourselves," there is hardly any evidence whatever. The MSS. are divided between two readings, "yourselves" and "for yourselves;" the former having also the support of the Latin and Coptic versions. There is little doubt that we must read "yourselves;" and the most probable translation will now be, perceiving that ye have your own selves for a better possession and one that abideth. They had been taught the meaning of the words spoken by Jesus of the man who gains the world and loses himself (<a href="/luke/9-25.htm" title="For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?">Luke 9:25</a>), and of those who win their souls by their endurance (<a href="/luke/21-19.htm" title="In your patience possess you your souls.">Luke 21:19</a>); so in <a href="/hebrews/10-39.htm" title="But we are not of them who draw back to perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.">Hebrews 10:39</a> the writer speaks of "the gaining of the soul." Thus trained, they could accept with joy the loss of possessions for the sake of Christ, perceiving that in Him they had received themselves as a possession, a better and a lasting possession. (It would be possible to render the clause, "knowing that ye yourselves have a better possession," &c.; but the parallelism of <a href="/hebrews/10-39.htm" title="But we are not of them who draw back to perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.">Hebrews 10:39</a> renders it almost certain that the former view of the words is correct.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hebrews/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 34. - For ye had compassion on those who were in bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing that ye have for yourselves a better possession, and an abiding one. For τοῖς δεσμίοις, the Receptus has τοῖς δεσμοῖς μου, which the A.V., so as to avoid the impropriety of expressing sympathy with the bonds themselves, renders "me in my bonds." Even apart from manuscript authority, δεσμίοις is evidently to be preferred, both as suiting the verb συνεπαθήσατε and as being more likely to have been altered to the common Pauline expression, δεσμοῖς μου, than vice versa, especially on the supposition of the writer being St. Paul himself. Thus no evidence as to the authorship of the Epistle is hence deducible. The allusion is to persecutions of Christians, under which the Hebrews addressed had been plundered, and had succored others who were prisoners for the faith, as is intimated also in <a href="/hebrews/6-10.htm">Hebrews 6:10</a>. More than one such persecution might be in the writer's view, including, perhaps, that after the stoning of Stephen (<a href="/acts/8-1.htm">Acts 8:1</a>; <a href="/acts/11-19.htm">Acts 11:19</a>); that instituted by Herod Agrippa, under which James the elder suffered (<a href="/acts/12.htm">Acts 12</a>.); that which led to the martyrdom of James the Just (Josephus, 'Ant.,' 20:09. 1) and others. <a href="/commentaries/hebrews/10-34.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>You sympathized συνεπαθήσατε (synepathēsate) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4834.htm">Strong's 4834: </a> To sympathize with, have compassion on. From sumpathes; to feel 'sympathy' with, i.e. to commiserate. with those τοῖς (tois) Article - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. in prison δεσμίοις (desmiois) Noun - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1198.htm">Strong's 1198: </a> One bound, a prisoner. From desmon; a captive. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. joyfully χαρᾶς (charas) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5479.htm">Strong's 5479: </a> Joy, gladness, a source of joy. From chairo; cheerfulness, i.e. Calm delight. accepted προσεδέξασθε (prosedexasthe) Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4327.htm">Strong's 4327: </a> From pros and dechomai; to admit (figuratively) endurance); by implication, to await. the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. confiscation ἁρπαγὴν (harpagēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_724.htm">Strong's 724: </a> The act of plundering; plunder, spoil, robbery. From harpazo; pillage. of τῶν (tōn) Article - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. your ὑμῶν (hymōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. property, ὑπαρχόντων (hyparchontōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5225.htm">Strong's 5225: </a> To begin, am, exist, be in possession. From hupo and archomai; to begin under, i.e. Come into existence; expletively, to exist (verb). knowing that γινώσκοντες (ginōskontes) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1097.htm">Strong's 1097: </a> A prolonged form of a primary verb; to 'know' in a great variety of applications and with many implications. you yourselves ἑαυτοὺς (heautous) Reflexive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1438.htm">Strong's 1438: </a> Himself, herself, itself. had ἔχειν (echein) Verb - Present Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_2192.htm">Strong's 2192: </a> To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. a better κρείττονα (kreittona) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular - Comparative <a href="/greek/strongs_2909.htm">Strong's 2909: </a> Stronger, more excellent. Comparative of a derivative of kratos; stronger, i.e. better, i.e. Nobler. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. permanent μένουσαν (menousan) Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3306.htm">Strong's 3306: </a> To remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await. A primary verb; to stay. possession. ὕπαρξιν (hyparxin) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5223.htm">Strong's 5223: </a> Goods, substance, property, possessions. 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