| From the Exposition of Hebrews by Arthur W. Pink:
" This, we are fully assured, was the apostle Paul. Though he ws distinctly and essentially the "apostle of the Gentiles; (Rom 11:13), yet his ministry was by no means confined to them, as the book of Acts clearly shows. At the time of his apprehension the Lord said, "He is a chosen vessel unto Me, to bear My Name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel" (Acts 9:15) It is significant that Israel is there mentioned last, in harmony with the fact that his Epistle to the Hebrews was written after most of his others to Gentile saints. That this Epistle was written by Paul is clear from 2 Peter 3:15. Peter was writing to saved Jews as the opening verses of his first Epistle intimates; the first verse of chapter 3 in his second Epistle informs us that this letter was addressed to the same people as his former one had been. Then, in vv15 he declares that his beloved brother Paul "also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you". If the Epistle to the Hebrews be not that writing, where is it?" |