{"id":110812,"date":"2026-09-29T15:17:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T15:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=110812"},"modified":"2026-09-29T15:17:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T15:17:01","slug":"great-cloud-of-witnesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/great-cloud-of-witnesses\/","title":{"rendered":"De grote wolk van getuigen (Hebree\u00ebn 12:1): Wie zij zijn en wat het betekent"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>The \u201cgreat cloud of witnesses\u201d is the crowd of believers named in the chapter before it. Hebrews 11 names Abel, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Moses, Rahab, David and the prophets, people who trusted God but \u201cdid not receive what was promised.\u201d Their lives testify that God keeps faith, and Christians are told to run their own race \u201clooking to Jesus.\u201d Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The great cloud of witnesses in Hebrews 12:1 is the faithful of Hebrews 11. Who they are, how &quot;witness&quot; became &quot;martyr,&quot; and whether the saints pray for us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-110812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-study"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/new-jerusalem-giotto-5ad612ff.webp?fit=900%2C672&ssl=1","mfb_acf":[],"mfb_rest_fields":["title","jetpack-related-posts","jetpack_sharing_enabled","jetpack_featured_media_url"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110812"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=110812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}