Hebrews 11:39

Now all these did not receive the promise, though having been approved through faith,

Family 35 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

38—of whom the world was not worthy—wandering in deserts and mountains and caves and holes in the ground.

40God having planned something better for us, so that they should not be perfected without us.

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Cross References

Luke 10:23Then turning to His disciples privately He said: “Blessed are the eyes that are seeing the things that you see;

Hebrews 11:13These all died believing—not having received the promises, but having seen and welcomed them from a distance, thus confessing that they were aliens 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 →

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