Hebrews 12:22–24 — "Ye Are Come To"

Text: KJV · Passage: Hebrews 12:22–24

In verse 22 the author writes, "But ye are come unto…" (ἀλλὰ προσεληλύθατε…). The verb is a 2nd-person perfect active indicative, emphasizing a completed approach with present effect. What follows is a series of eight dative objects — the realities believers have already come to under the new covenant. Each is listed below with its Greek form, head lemma(ta), KJV rendering, and a brief explanatory note. The downloadable chart below also includes Strongs numbers.

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Verse	Greek (dative)	Lemma	KJV	Note
22	ὄρει Σιών	ὄρος / Σιών	mount Sion	Heavenly counterpart to earthly Sinai (vv. 18–20).
22	πόλει θεοῦ ζῶντος, Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἐπουρανίῳ	πόλις / Ἰερουσαλήμ	the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem	Ἰερουσαλήμ ἐπουρανίῳ in apposition to πόλει (Heb 11:10).
22	μυριάσιν ἀγγέλων	μυριάς	an innumerable company of angels	μυριάς = ten thousand; the uncountable angelic host.
23	ἐκκλησίᾳ πρωτοτόκων ἀπογεγραμμένων ἐν οὐρανοῖς	ἐκκλησία / πρωτότοκος	the general assembly and church of the firstborn, written in heaven	Firstborn heirs enrolled in heaven (cf. Luke 10:20).
23	κριτῇ θεῷ πάντων	κριτής / θεός	God the Judge of all	θεῷ in apposition to κριτῇ — God himself is the Judge.
23	πνεύμασιν δικαίων τετελειωμένων	πνεῦμα / δίκαιος	the spirits of just men made perfect	OT saints perfected through Christ (Heb 11:40).
24	μεσίτῃ Ἰησοῦ (διαθήκης νέας)	μεσίτης / Ἰησοῦς	Jesus the mediator of the new covenant	Sole mediator between God and man (1 Tim 2:5).
24	αἵματι ῥαντισμοῦ	αἷμα / ῥαντισμός	the blood of sprinkling	Speaks better things than Abel's blood (forgiveness, not vengeance).

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Text: King James Version (KJV). Greek data: TAGNT (Byzantine/Textus Receptus tradition). Generated by scripts/nt/study-helps/build_hebrews12_come_to.py.