Hebrews 13 · Verse 19

Hebrews 13:19

But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.

Hebrews 13:19, King James Version

Hebrews 13:19 in other translations

BSB	And I especially urge you to pray that I may be restored to you soon.
WEB	I strongly urge you to do this, that I may be restored to you sooner.
ASV	And I exhort you the more exceedingly to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.
YLT	and more abundantly do I call upon you to do this, that more quickly I may be restored to you.
DARBY	But I much more beseech you to do this, that I may the more quickly be restored to you.
BBE	I make this request more strongly, in the hope of coming back to you more quickly.
Webster	But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.

What does Hebrews 13:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

19. the rather--Greek, "I the more abundantly beseech you." to do this--to pray for me. that I may be restored to you--(Phm 22). It is here first in the letter he mentions himself, in a way so unobtrusive, as not to prejudice his Hebrew readers against him, which would have been the result had he commenced this as his other Epistles, with authoritatively announcing his name and apostolic commission.

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Barnes' Notes

Verse 19. That I may be restored to you the sooner. It is here clearly implied that the writer was deterred from visiting them by some adverse circumstances over which he had no control. This might be either by imprisonment, or sickness, or the want of a convenient opportunity of reaching them. The probability is, judging particularly from the statement in Heb 13:23, that he was then a prisoner, and that his detention was on that account. See Intro. & 4, (6.) The language here is such as Paul would use on the supposition that he was then a prisoner at Rome--and this is a slight circumstance going to show the probability that the epistle was composed by him.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 19 The rather to do this - That is, pray for us, that, being enabled to complete the work which God has given us here to do, we may be the sooner enabled to visit you. It is evident, from this, that the people to whom this epistle was written knew well who was the author of it; nor does there appear, in any place, any design in the writer to conceal his name, and how the epistle came to lack a name it is impossible to say. I have sometimes thought that a part of the beginning might have been lost, as it not only begins without a name, but begins very abruptly.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hebrews 13:16-21

We must, according to our power, give to the necessities of the souls and bodies of men: God will accept these offerings with pleasure, and will accept and bless the offerers through Christ. The apostle then states what is their duty to living ministers; to obey and submit to them, so far as is agreeable to the mind and will of God, made known in his word. Christians must not think themselves too wise, too good, or…

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Hebrews 13:19 in the original Greek

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περισσοτέρωςperissoterōsMore abundantlyG4056

δὲdenowG1161

παρακαλῶparakalōI exhort [you]G3870

τοῦτοtoutothisG3778

ποιῆσαι,poiēsaito do,G4160

ἵναinaso thatG2443

τάχιονtachionquickerG5032

ἀποκατασταθῶapokatastathōI may be restoredG600

ὑμῖν.¶huminto you.G4771

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Hebrews 13:19

Philemon 1:22
But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto you.
Romans 1:10-12
Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you. For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established; That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.
Romans 15:31-32
That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints; That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

that I.
Ro 1:10-12; 15:31,32; Phm 1:22

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Context

Hebrews 13:18
Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.
Hebrews 13:19
But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.
Hebrews 13:20
Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

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Hebrews 13:19 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y más os ruego que lo hagáis así, para que yo os sea más presto restituído.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Mais je vous prie d’autant plus instamment de faire cela, afin que je vous sois rendu plus tôt.
German Elberfelder 1871	Ich bitte euch aber um so mehr, dies zu tun, auf daß ich euch desto schneller wiedergegeben werde.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Amplius autem deprecor vos hoc facere, quo celerius restituar vobis.