Hebrews 11:19
For he reasoned that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from which, figuratively, he did receive him back.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
18Of whom it was said, In Isaac shall your descendants be named:
20By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
Cross References
Romans 4:17(As it is written, I have made you a father of many nations,) before him in whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead, and calls into being those things which are not.
Ephesians 3:20Now to him who is able to do immeasurably beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us,
Hebrews 11:11Through faith Sarah herself received the ability to conceive, and delivered a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
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 →