Hebrews 11:39

Yet, though these all had witness borne to them by their faith, they received not the promise;

Montgomery 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 - wandering in deserts and mountains and caves and holes in the ground.

40since it was for us that God had in store some better thing, so that apart from us they should not be perfected.

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Cross References

Luke 10:23And turning to his disciples he said privately. "Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!

Hebrews 11:13These all died in faith, not having yet received the promises; nay, but they saw them from afar, and hailed them, and confessed that they were 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 →

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