Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Grace be with you all - May the Divine favor ever rest upon you and among you; and may you receive, from that source of all good, whatsoever is calculated to make you wise, holy, useful, and happy! And may you be enabled to persevere in the truth to the end of your lives! Amen. May it be so! May God seal the prayer by giving the blessings! The subscriptions to this epistle are, as in other cases, various and contradictory. The Versions are as follow: - The Epistle to the Hebrews was written from Roman Italy, and sent by the hand of Timothy. - Syriac. Vulgate nothing, in the present printed copies. It was written from Italy by Timothy: with the assistance of God, disposing every thing right, the fourteen epistles of the blessed Paul are completed, according to the copy from which they have been transcribed. May the Lord extend his benedictions to us. Amen. - Arabic. The Epistle to the Hebrews is completed. The end. - Aethiopic. Written in Italy, and sent by Timothy. - Coptic. The Manuscripts, and ancient editions taken from MSS., are not more to be relied on. To the Hebrews, written from Rome. - Codex Alexandrinus. The epistles of Saint Paul the apostle arc finished. - Colophon, at the end of this epistle; in one of the first printed Bibles; and in an ancient MS. of the Vulgate in my own collection. The end of the Epistle to the Hebrews. - Greek Text of the Complutensian Edition. The Epistle of the blessed Paul to the Hebrews is finished. - Latin Text of ditto. To the Hebrews. - The Epistle of Paul the apostle to the Hebrews. - The Epistle to the Hebrews, written from Italy. - From Athens. - From Italy by Timothy. - Written in the Hebrew tongue, etc. - Various MSS. Written to the Hebrews from Italy by Timothy. - Common Greek Text. That it was neither written from Athens, nor in the Hebrew tongue, is more than probable; and that it was not sent by Timothy, is evident from Heb 13:23. For the author, time, place, and people to whom sent, see the Introduction.