Hebrews 11:39
And these all, having obtained witness through faith, did not receive the promise,
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
In Context
40God having foreseen some better thing for us, that they should not be made perfect without us.
Cross References
Luke 10:23And having turned to the disciples privately he said, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see.
Hebrews 11:13All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar off and embraced [them], and confessed that they were strangers 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 →