Hebrews 11:39

And all these, of whose faith there is testimony, received not the promise:

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

38persons of whom the world was not worthy, and yet they were as wanderers in the desert, and in mountains, and in caves, and in caverns of the earth.

40because God had provided the aid for us; so that without us they should not be perfected.

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Cross References

Luke 10:23And he turned to his disciples, privately, and said: Blessed are the eyes that see, what ye see.

Hebrews 11:13All these died in faith, and received not their promise; but they saw it afar off, and rejoiced in it; and they 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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