Hebrews 11:39

And these all though having obtained a testimony by faith, received not the promise:

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

In Context

38of whom the world was not worthy: they wandered up and down in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens, and caverns of the earth.

40God having provided for us something better, that without us they should not attain to perfection.

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Cross References

Luke 10:23Then turning to the disciples, he said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things which ye see:

Hebrews 11:13All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but beholding them at a great distance, though believing and embracing them, and confessing that they were strangers and sojourners in the land.

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 →

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