Hebrews 12:1 meaning and explanation
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.
Hebrews 12:1, Berean Standard Bible
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The writer, preaching to a congregation tempted to drift from faith, has just listed the heroes of chapter 11. The "great cloud of witnesses" is that crowd of faithful figures, pictured as spectators in an arena.
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