Hebrews 3:13

one another — Greek, “yourselves”; let each exhort himself and his neighbor.

daily — Greek, “on each day,” or “day by day.”

while it is called To-day — while the “to-day” lasts (the day of grace, Luk_4:21, before the coming of the day of glory and judgment at Christ’s coming, Heb_10:25, Heb_10:37). To-morrow is the day when idle men work, and fools repent. To-morrow is Satan’s to-day; he cares not what good resolutions you form, if only you fix them for to-morrow.

lest ... of you — The “you” is emphatic, as distinguished from “your fathers” (Heb_3:9). “That from among you no one (so the Greek order is in some of the oldest manuscripts) be hardened” (Heb_3:8).

deceitfulness — causing you to “err in your heart.”

sin — unbelief.

 

Acts 17:11

These were more noble than those in Thessalonica — The comparison is between the Jews of the two places; for the triumphs of the Gospel at Thessalonica were mostly among the Gentiles. See on Act_17:2-4.

in that they received the word with all readiness of mind — heard it not only without prejudice, but with eager interest, “in an honest and good heart” (Luk_8:17), with sincere desire to be taught aright (see Joh_7:17). Mark the “nobility” ascribed to this state of mind.

searched the scriptures daily whether those things were so — whether the Christian interpretation which the apostle put upon the Old Testament Scriptures was the true one.