Hebrews 11:19
Having reckoned that God is able to raise up even from the dead, from where also, in a figure, he did receive him back.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
18about whom it was said, The seed by thee will be called in Isaac.
20By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau about things coming.
Cross References
Genesis 22:13And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, behind [him] a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering instead of his son.
Romans 4:17(as it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations), before him whom he believed, of God who makes the dead alive, and who calls things not existing, as existing.
Ephesians 3:20Now to him who is able to do above extraordinary--above all things that we ask or think--according to the power that works in us,
Hebrews 11:11By faith even Sarah herself received power for conception of seed, and she gave birth beyond the time of age, because she considered him faithful who promised.
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 11:5-32
Exemplars of Faith. ( a. d. 62.) 4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. 5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that… Read the whole commentary →