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Hebrews 11:19
accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence he also received him in a figure.
accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence he also received him in a figure.
Verse 19. _TO RAISE_ HIM _UP, EVEN FROM THE DEAD_] Abraham staggered not at the promise through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God. The resurrection of the dead must have been a do...
ACCOUNTING THAT GOD WAS ABLE TO RAISE HIM UP EVEN FROM THE DEAD - And that he would do it; for so Abraham evidently believed, and this idea is plainly implied in the whole narrative. There was no othe...
IV. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS AND EXHORTATIONS CHAPTER 11 _ 1. Faith in regard to creation and salvation (Hebrews 11:1)_ 2. The patience of faith (Hebrews 11:8) 3. The energy of faith (Hebrews 11:23
Passing now from the men of the primeval world, the writer comes to the patriarchs, and especially to Abraham, who stands out in the OT as the chief example of faith. Abraham showed his faith by his o...
THE CHRISTIAN HOPE (Hebrews 11:1-3)...
It was by faith that Abraham offered up Isaac when he was put to the test. He was willing to offer up even his only son, although it had been said to him: "It is in Isaac that your descendants will be...
ACCOUNTINGS. Reckoning. Greek. _logizomai._ See Romans 4:4. RAISE UP. Greek. _egeiro._ App-178. FROM THE DEAD. Greek. _ek nekron._ App-139. ALSO, &C. = he did even in. figure receive (Greek. _komiz...
_from whence_ The only place in this Epistle where ὅθεν has its local sense. _in a figure_ Lit. "in a parable." For the use of the word see Hebrews 9:9. The exact meaning is much disputed. It has been...
CH. 11. THE HEROES OF FAITH The main task of the writer has now been performed, but the remainder of the Epistle had also a very important purpose. It would have been fatal to the peace of mind of a J...
ὍΘΕΝ. The only place in this Epistle where ὅθεν has its local sense. ἘΝ ΠΑΡΑΒΟΛΗ͂Ι. Lit., “_in a parable_.” For the use of the word see Hebrews 9:9. The exact meaning is much disputed. It has been ren...
_SOME WHO LIVED BY FAITH -- HEBREWS 11:4-31:_ The writer of Hebrews has now set forth what faith is and how faith works. He proceeds to list a "Hall of fame" of Old Testament characters who lived 'by...
ΛΟΓΙΣΆΜΕΝΟΣ _aor. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΛΟΓΊΖΟΜΑΙ (G3049) считать, подсчитывать. Павел использует этот гл. в значении подводить итоги и сводить счета на основании неоспоримых доказательств. Это слово...
DISCOURSE: 2325 ABRAHAM OFFERING UP ISAAC Hebrews 11:17. _By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, of whom it was...
ACCOUNTING THAT GOD, &C.— _Reasoning, that God,_ &c. Doddridge. Archbishop Tillotson observes, that Abraham's faith was in this respect the more admirable, as, so far as we can learn, there never had...
B. _The patriarchal: faith in God plus faith in His promises. Hebrews 11:8-27_. _TEXT_ Hebrews 11:8-27 Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place
THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM (Hebrews 11:17-19) This chapter is the chronology of faith, or a record of some of the outstanding acts which that grace has produced in all ages. The apostle having mentioned th...
Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. Faith answered the objections which reason brought against God's command to offer Isa...
17 That all this is in resurrection is further enforced by the offering of Isaac. Abraham had such confidence in God, that he was ready to slay his son, believing that God would rouse him from the dea...
11:19 received (h-17) The force of the Greek, thus applied, is to get back what one had, or what belonged to one, when it might have seemed lost for ever, as Matthew 25:27 . The sense I think quite ce...
HEROES OF FAITH The Achievements of Faith, illustrated from the annals of Israel, beginning with the patriarchs and coming down to the martyrs. The writer has already mentioned faith as a necessary co...
HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN? HEBREWS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 11 5 THE BETTER WAY 11:1-13:25 THE WAY OF TRUST AND HOPE 11:1-40 THE MEANING OF *FAITH (TRUST IN GOD) 11:1-3 V1 *Faith, that is, trust...
THAT GOD WAS ABLE. — These words are better taken as the expression of a general truth — “Accounting that God is able to raise up even from the dead.’ The faith which tests and brings conviction of th...
CHAPTER XI. THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM. "By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By fai...
SEEKING THE BETTER COUNTRY Hebrews 11:11 Faith has the twofold power, first, of making the unseen real; and second, of receiving the grace and strength of God into the heart. Sarah, through faith, r...
Then follows a series of illustrations of the power of faith taken from the history of the Hebrew people. The first is that by faith men know that the ages have been fashioned by the Word of God. Afte...
THE FAITH OF THE FATHERS God asked Abraham to take that son of promise, Isaac, and offer him up as a sacrifice (Hebrews 11:17; Genesis 22:1-14), thus causing his faith to be tested to its fullest. Yet...
Accounting that God [was] able to raise [him] up, even from the dead; from (m) whence also he received him in (n) a figure. (m) From which death. (n) For there was not the true and very death of Isa...
Whence also he received him for a parable. [7] Some understand by this, that both Abraham and his son became hereby an example of a perfect obedience to God, which all nations should admire. St. John...
(17) By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, (18) Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: (1...
The apostle now resumes his great theme, Christ called a Priest of God for ever after the order of Melchisedec. He alludes, in the beginning of our chapter, to the historical facts of Genesis. We must...
19._From whence also, etc. _As though he said, “Nor did hope disappoint Abraham, for it was a sort of resurrection, when his son was so suddenly delivered from the midst of death. The word_figure, _wh...
It is not a definition of this principle, that the epistle gives us at the commencement of Chapter 11, but a declaration of its powers and action. Faith realises (gives substance to) that which we hop...
ACCOUNTING THAT GOD WAS ABLE TO RAISE HIM UP, EVEN FROM THE DEAD,.... Abraham did not go about this affair without thought; and yet he did not consult with flesh and blood; his reasoning was the reaso...
Having spoken of the faith of the first patriarchs in the _third period of time,_ the second from the flood, in general, with respect unto their peculiar state as pilgrims in the land of Canaan, he no...
Accounting that God _was_ able to raise _him_ up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. Ver. 19. _That God was able_] He founded his faith upon God's fidelity and omnipote...
Heb. 11:18-22. Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: Accounting that God (was) able to raise (him) up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. By faith...
_Accounting_ Λογισαμενος, _reasoning_, or concluding, after weighing all circumstances; _that_, notwithstanding the apparent contradiction in the divine revelations; _God was able to raise him up _ Al...
IN A FIGURE; when raised alive from the altar where he expected him to die. There are no difficulties in believing God's declarations and obeying his commands, over which faith cannot triumph....
This chapter in itself forms a complete division of the book of Hebrews. If previously the doctrine has been thoroughly laid down that faith is the principle of all actual relationship with God, now C...
8-19 We are often called to leave worldly connexions, interests, and comforts. If heirs of Abraham's faith, we shall obey and go forth, though not knowing what may befall us; and we shall be found in...
ACCOUNTING THAT GOD WAS ABLE TO RAISE HIM UP, EVEN FROM THE DEAD: faith put this into Abraham's thoughts in his reasonings about this trial between the temptation and God's power, and influenced him t...
Hebrews 11:19 concluding G3049 (G5666) that G3754 God G2316 able G1415 up G1453 (G5721) even G2532 from...
FAITH REVEALED BY THOSE WHOSE EYES WERE ON THE CERTAINTY OF THE FUTURE FULFILMENT OF THE PROMISES OF GOD WITH THEIR EYES ON THINGS TO COME (HEBREWS 11:17)....
‘By faith Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly taken on himself the promises was offering up his only begotten son, even he to whom it was said, In Isaac shall your seed be...
Hebrews 11:19. And the reason was that he reckoned the faithfulness of God to be safe in the keeping of His almightiness; he believed that God would keep His word, even if it was necessary for Him to...
Hebrews 11:8-22. From the elders of the antediluvian world the writer now appeals to the elders of Israel, the great men who, under God, founded the Jewish state. Theirs also was a condition of patien...
ACCOUNTING (λογισαμενος). First aorist middle participle of λογιζομα. Abraham had God's clear command that contravened God's previous promise. This was his solution of his difficult situation.GOD I...
Hebrews 11:8 The Patriarchs. I. The period of the patriarchs has a very peaceful and lovely character. God appeared and spoke to them. There was as yet no law. What is the real peculiarity of the pat...
This is the triumphal arch of faith. Here we find the names of many of the heroes of faith, and a brief record of some of the battles in which they fought and conquered. May you and I possess «like pr...
Hebrews 11:1. _Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report._ The names of those who lived in old time are handed down...
This is a very familiar chapter, but it is none the less precious. It is the roll of the heroes of faith. Here you have a list of the men who believed in God, and who therefore did great things. Hebr...
These men, of whom we are now briefly to read, are a company of God's witnesses; and the apostle calls them, in the next chapter, «a cloud of witnesses,» who, from their lofty seats above, are watchin...
In this chapter we read of the wonders of faith; but I have never read a chapter setting forth the wonders of unbelief. Unbelief is barren impotent, a mere negation, a dead and accursed thing; but fai...
First, a definition of faith. Hebrews 11:1. _Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. Through faith we understand...
This is the Arc de Triomphe erected to the memory of the heroes of faith, whose names are here recorded by the apostle's inspired pen, with a brief mention of some of their most memorable actions. If...
CONTENTS: Superiority of the way of faith. Instances of faith. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Abel, Cain, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Sara, Joseph, Moses, Pharaoh's daughter, Rahab, Gideon, Barak,...
Hebrews 11:1. _Now faith is the substance of things hoped for._ Paul uses here the same Greek word as in Hebrews 1:3, that the Son is the express image of the Father's _hypostasis,_ or person. Then fa...
ABRAHAM RECKONED. This shows how strong his faith was in what God had promised him!!! BACK FROM DEATH. Even though God provided a last-minute substitute, in Abraham's mind, Isaac had died and been bro...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 11:17 ABRAHAM, WHEN HE WAS TESTED (see Genesis 22:1). For “tested,” see note on Heb. 4:15. Here it me
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 11:19. RECEIVED HIM IN A FIGURE.—Lit. “in a parable.” _Stuart_ thinks the reference is to Abraham’s having originally received Isaac as one born of parents who...
EXPOSITION HEBREWS 11:1 NOW FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE _ _OF THINGS HOPED FOR, THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN. On the senses in which the word ὑπόστασις (translated "substance") may be used, see unde...
Hebrews, chapter 11: Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1). This is not so much a definition of faith as it is the declaration of what faith d...
Ephesians 3:20; Genesis 22:13; Genesis 22:4; Genesis 22:5; Hebrews 11
THE PLACE OF FAITH Hebrews 11:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Unbelief is black with the frown of God; faith is regnant with the smile of God. Unbelief closes every channel of blessing; faith opens up the cha...
THE LIFE OF FAITH Hebrews 11:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Faith defined. The eleventh chapter of Hebrews opens with something that is very definite it is a definition of faith. "Now faith is the substan...
ABRAHAM THE FRIEND OF GOD Hebrews 11:8 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Early beginnings. Perhaps, in all history there is none who has ever attained unto the honor and fame of Abraham. Abraham lived half way...
Accounting that God was able even to raise him from the dead — Though there had not been any instance of this in the world. From whence also — To speak in a figurative way. He did receive him — Afterw...