Hebrews 11:39
All these people were commended for their faith, but they did not receive what was promised.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
In Context
40For God had planned something better for us, so that they would not be made perfect without us.
Cross References
Luke 10:23Then he 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 receiving the things that were promised. But they saw them from a distance and welcomed them. And they acknowledged that they were strangers 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 →