Hebrews 11:39
And all these, having received the witness of the spirit through faith, did not obtain the promise:
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
In Context
40God having reserved something better for us, that they might not be made perfect apart from us.
Cross References
Luke 10:23And turning to His disciples, privately He said, Happy are your eyes, seeing those things which you see.
Hebrews 11:13These all died in the faith, not having received the promises, but seeing them afar off, and embracing them, and confessing that they are strangers and pilgrims 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 →