Hebrews 11:39

And not one of these got the good things of the agreement, though they all had a good record through faith,

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

In Context

38Wandering in waste places and in mountains and in holes in the rocks; for whom the world was not good enough.

40Because God had kept some better thing for us, so that it was not possible for them to become complete without us.

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Cross References

Luke 10:23And, turning to the disciples, he said privately, Happy are the eyes which see the things you see:

Hebrews 11:13All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of 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 →

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