Heb 12:4 | TNotes | STEP | 12:4 not yet given your lives: This community had not yet faced martyrdom for the faith. (This is one reason to date Hebrews prior to Nero’s persecution in the mid-60s AD .) If Jesus could endure a shameful death, the hearers should be able to endure lesser persecution.

‏ Hebrews 12:4

12:4 ^a not yet given your lives: This community had not yet faced martyrdom for the faith. (This is one reason to date Hebrews prior to Nero’s persecution in the mid-60s AD.) If Jesus could endure a shameful death, the hearers should be able to endure lesser persecution.