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Hebrews 11:35-39

King James Version (KJV)

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35. Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: 36. And others had trial of [cruel] mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: 37. They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; 38. (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and [in] mountains, and [in] dens and caves of the earth. 39. And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

Hebrews 11:35-39 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Hebrews 11:35

Theological / Devotional

Received their dead. Like the Shunammite woman and the widow of Sarepta.

Tortured. Like the prophet Jeremiah.

Not accepting deliverance. That is, to escape torture at the price of being disloyal to principle.

That they might obtain. To a man, these worthies of old proved courageous and faithful in the face of difficulty and danger, because of the faith in their hearts that God would fulfill all of His promises. They believed the future inheritance of the just to be worth every sacrifice and every suffering they might meet or pass through in this present life.

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