Hebrews 11:39
And all these, having been well reported through faith, did not receive the promise,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
In Context
Cross References
Luke 10:23And having turning toward the disciples in private, he said, Blessed are the eyes that see what ye see.
Hebrews 11:13All these died in faith, not having taken the promises, but who saw and greeted them from afar, and who confessed that they were foreigners and sojourners on the earth.
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 11:33-40
Exemplars of Faith. ( a. d. 62.) 32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets: 33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. 35 Women received their dead raised to… Read the whole commentary →