Hebrews 11:19
And he reasoned with himself, that God was able even to raise him from the dead: and therefore, in the similitude of a resurrection, he was restored to him.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
18For it had been said to him, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
20By faith in what was to be, Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau.
Cross References
Romans 4:17as it is written: " I have constituted thee a father to a multitude of nations;" namely before God, in whom thou hast believed; who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which are not, as if they were.
Ephesians 3:20Now to him who is able, by his almighty power, to do for us even more than we ask or think, according to his power that worketh in us;
Hebrews 11:11By faith, Sarah also, who was barren, acquired energy to receive seed; and, out of the time of her years, she brought forth; because she firmly believed, that he was faithful who had promised 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 →