Hebrews 11:19
accounting that God is able even to raise from the dead; whence also he did figuratively receive him back.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
18he to whom it was said, “From Isaac shall thine offspring be reckoned;”
20By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau even concerning things to come.
Cross References
Romans 4:17(as it is written, “I have made thee a father of many nations”) in the sight of that God whom he believed, who giveth life to the dead, and calleth the things that are not, as though they were.
Ephesians 3:20Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Hebrews 11:11Through faith Sarah herself also received power to conceive, 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 →