Hebrews 11:19
Judging that God was able to give life even to the dead; and because of this he did get him back as if from death.
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18Of whom it had been said, From Isaac will your seed take their name:
20By faith Isaac, blessing Jacob and Esau, gave news of things to come.
Cross References
Genesis 22:13And lifting up his eyes, Abraham saw a sheep fixed by its horns in the brushwood: and Abraham took the sheep and made a burned offering of it in place of his son.
Romans 4:17(As it is said in the holy Writings, I have made you a father of a number of nations) before him in whom he had faith, that is, God, who gives life to the dead, and to whom the things which are not are as if they were.
Ephesians 3:20Now to him who is able to do in full measure more than all our desires or thoughts, through the power which is working in us,
Hebrews 11:11And by faith Sarah herself had power to give birth, when she was very old, because she had faith in him who gave his word;
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 →