Hebrews 11:39
These were all commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
In Context
40God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.
Cross References
Luke 10:23Then Jesus turned to the disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.
Hebrews 11:13All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles 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 →