Hebrews 11:31

By faith Rahab, the harlot, perished not with them who believed not, when she received the spies in peace.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.

In Context

30By faith, the walls of Jericho fell down, when they had been encompassed seven days.

32What more shall I say? For I have little time to tell of Gideon, and of Barak, and of Sampson, and of Jephtha, and of David, and of Samuel, and of the other prophets:

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Cross References

Matthew 1:5Salmon begat Boaz of Rahab: Boaz begat Obed of Ruth: Obed begat Jesse:

James 2:25So also Rahab, the harlot, was not she justified by works, when she entertained the spies, and sent them forth by another way?

1 Peter 3:20which were formerly disobedient, in the days of Noah, when the long suffering of God commanded an ark to be made, in hope of their repentance; and eight souls only entered into it, and were kept alive in the waters.

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 →

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