Hebrews 11:19
for he concluded that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; wherefore he received him even in like manner.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
18of which first-born it was said: In Isaac shall your posterity be called:
20By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
Cross References
Romans 4:17(as it is written: I have made you a father of many nations,) in the sight of him in whom he believed, even God, who makes the dead alive, and calls those things which are not, as though they were.
Ephesians 3:20Now to him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think according to his power which works in us,
Hebrews 11:11By faith also Sarah herself received strength for the conception of seed, and brought forth a child when past the time of life, because she counted him faithful who had 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 →