Hebrews 11:19
For he argued that God was even able to raise a man from the dead – and indeed, figuratively speaking, Abraham did receive Isaac back from the dead.
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In Context
18of whom it had been said – ‘It is through Isaac that there will be descendants to bear your name.’
20It was faith that enabled Isaac to bless Jacob and Esau, even with regard to the future.
Cross References
Genesis 22:13Then Abraham looked up, and he saw behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns.
Romans 4:17as scripture says – ‘I have made you the father of many nations.’) And this they do in the sight of that God in whom Abraham had faith, and who gives life to the dead, and speaks of what does not yet exist as if it did.
Ephesians 3:20To him who, through his power which is at work within us, is able to do far more than anything that we can ask or conceive –
Hebrews 11:11Again, it was faith that enabled Sarah to conceive (though she was past the age for childbearing), because she felt sure that he who had given her the promise would not fail her.
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 →