Hebrews 11:19
accounting that God is able even to raise from the dead; whence he also received him back in a figure.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
18of whom it was said: In Isaac shall thy seed be called;
20By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, concerning things to come.
Cross References
Romans 4:17(as it is written: A father of many nations have I made thee,) before God whom he believed, who quickens the dead, and calls the things that are not as though they were;
Ephesians 3:20Now to him who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
Hebrews 11:11By faith Sarah herself also received power to conceive seed, even when she was past age, because she accounted 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 →