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Hebrews 11:34
quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to fight the armies of the aliens.
quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to fight the armies of the aliens.
Verse 34. _QUENCHED THE VIOLENCE OF FIRE_] As in the case of the three faithful Hebrews, _Shadrach, Meshach_, and _Abed-nego_, who, for their steady attachment to God's worship, were cast into a fiery...
QUENCHED THE VIOLENCE OF FIRE - As Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego did; Daniel 3:15. “Escaped the edge of the sword.” As Elijah did when he fled from Ahab, 1 Kings 19:3; as Elijah did when he was deli...
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
The rest of the history would take too long to survey in detail, and the writer contents himself with suggesting it by a few striking allusions. He mentions certain outstanding names, then refers in g...
THE CHRISTIAN HOPE (Hebrews 11:1-3)...
And what more shall I say? Time will fail me if I try to recount the story of Gideon, of Barak, of Samson, or Jephthah, of David. of Samuel and of the prophets, men who, through faith, mastered kingdo...
VIOLENCE. strength, Hebrews 11:11. See Daniel 3:27. EDGE. mouth.. Hebraism; occurs over thirty times in the O.T. Compare Luke 21:24. See Joshua 6:
_quenched the violence of fire_ Daniel 3:25; 1Ma 2:59. _escaped the edge of the sword_ David (1Sa 18:11; 1 Samuel 19:10, &c.), Elijah (1 Kings 19:2), Elisha ...
ΜΑΧΑΊΡΗΣ אAD1. Altered in some MSS. into the more classic μαχαίρας. 34. ΠΥΡΌΣ. Daniel 3:25; 1Ma 2:59. ΜΑΧΑΊΡΗΣ. David (1 Samuel 18:11; 1 Samuel 19:10, &
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...
_MANY SUFFERED FOR THE FAITH -- HEBREWS 11:32-38:_ Many names were only mentioned. There was_ _ Gedeon, Barak, Samson, Jephthae, David, Samuel, and the prophet. These are great servants of God "Who th...
ΈΣΒΕΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΣΒΈΝΝΥΜΙ (G4570) зажигать, воспламенять, ΈΦΥΓΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΦΕΎΓΩ (G5343) убегать. Перфектный _aor._ обозначает успешное бегство, то есть "избегать" ΣΤΌΜΑΤΑ край,...
DISCOURSE: 2331 POWER OF FAITH Hebrews 11:32. 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 t...
OUT OF WEAKNESS WERE MADE STRONG,— _Weakness_ is a general word, which implies sickness and ill habit of body, or want of power and strength to resist a superior force. If the former of these be inten...
C. _Israelitish nation: faith in God's promises of the coming Messiah. Hebrews 11:28-40_. _TEXT_ Hebrews 11:28-40 Hebrews 11:28 By faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkl
THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF FAITH (Hebrews 11:33, Hebrews 11:34) True faith performs a prominent part in all experimental godliness. Where there is a total absence of the grace of faith, a man is without God...
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. QUENCHED THE VIOLENCE OF FIRE (Dan...
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...
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...
THE VIOLENCE. — Rather, _the power_ (Daniel 3.). ESCAPED THE EDGE OF THE SWORD. — Though it would not be difficult to trace the application of this and the following clauses to the heroes of Israel ce...
CHAPTER XIII. A CLOUD OF WITNESSES. "By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come. By faith Jacob, when he was a-dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, le...
Summary of the achievements of faith in the times subsequent to Joshua....
“THE NOBLE ARMY OF MARTYRS” Hebrews 11:32 Strong faith is consistent with very different views of religious truth. The conception that Abel, Enoch or Noah had of so-called Christian truth was very s...
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...
THOSE WHO OVERCAME BY FAITH It is by faith that the walls of Jericho fell (Joshua 6:1-21). Only faith that obedience of Jehovah and his servant would work could have destroyed such a city in such a wa...
(32) And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gideon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthah; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets: (33) Who through faith subdu...
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...
34._Out of weakness were made strong, etc. _Chrysostom refers this to the restoration of the Jews from exile, in which they were like men without hope; I do not disapprove of its applications to Hezek...
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...
QUENCHED THE VIOLENCE OF FIRE,.... Which may be said to be done, when a believer, or a righteous man, is delivered out of it, as Lot from Sodom, when God rained fire and brimstone on it; when, by pray...
῎Εσβεσαν δύναμιν πυρὸς, ἔφυγον στόματα μαχαίρας, ἐνεδυναμώθησαν ἀπὸ ἀσθενείας, ἐγενη. θησαν ἰσχυροὶ ἐν πολέμῳ, παρεμβολὰς ἔκλιναν ἀλλοτρίων· ἔλαβον γυναῖκες ἐξ ἀναστάσεως τοὺς νεκροὺς αὐτῶν. Hebrews 1...
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. Ver. 34. _Escaped the edge of the sw...
HEB. 11:33-35. WHO THROUGH FAITH SUBDUED KINGDOMS, WROUGHT RIGHTEOUSNESS, OBTAINED PROMISES, STOPPED THE MOUTHS OF LIONS, QUENCHED THE VIOLENCE OF FIRE, ESCAPED THE EDGE OF THE SWORD, OUT OF WEAKNESS...
_Who through faith subdued kingdoms_ As Joshua, the Judges, David, and others; _wrought righteousness_ Lived righteous and holy lives, and administered justice impartially, 1 Samuel 12:3. _Obtained pr...
No victories ever won compare with those of faith. Its triumphs no earthly tongue can speak or pen describe. They are written in the book of life, and will be told with immortal tongues, by multitudes...
For examples, see the references....
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...
32-38 After all our searches into the Scriptures, there is more to be learned from them. We should be pleased to think, how great the number of believers was under the Old Testament, and how strong t...
OLBGrk; QUENCHED THE VIOLENCE OF FIRE: by the same faith others of the prophets, HEBREWS 11:32, eminently acquainted with God, and partakers of his secret, who defying idolatry, and the threatenings o...
Hebrews 11:34 quenched G4570 (G5656) violence G1411 fire G4442 escaped G5343 (G5627) edge G4750 sword G3162 of...
THE FAITH OF MANY THROUGH THE AGES (HEBREWS 11:32). ‘And what shall I more say? For the time will fail me if I tell concerning Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah; of David also and Samuel and of the prop...
Hebrews 11:34. QUENCHED THE POWER OF FIRE (not the fire, which still burnt, but the power of it); true of Shadrach and his companions. ESCAPED THE EDGE OF THE SWORD, as in the case of Elijah (1 Kings...
QUENCHED THE POWER OF FIRE (εσβεσαν δυναμιν πυρος). First aorist active indicative of σβεννυμ (Matthew 12:20). See Daniel 3:19-28.ESCAPED THE EDGE OF THE SWORD (εφυγον στοματα μαχαιρης). Second ao...
Hebrews 11:30 We may make use of extraordinary examples to encourage our ordinary faith at ordinary times. These models are on a very grand and large scale, and so we can plainly see them. I. Faith w...
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...
Hebrews 11:32. _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:_ There are some...
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...
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...
PUT OUT FIERCE FIRES. Daniel 3:17. ESCAPED BEING KILLED. Exodus 18:4. WEAK BUT BECAME STRONG. ISAIAH 38:5. DEFEATED THE ARMIES. Gideon, Jonathan, etc....
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 11:34 QUENCHED THE POWER OF FIRE likely refers to Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (Daniel 2:49). escaped the edge of the sw
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 11:37. SAWN ASUNDER.—The traditional mode of Isaiah’s death. TEMPTED.—_I.e._ severely tested. A conjecture has been made that the word should be ἐπρήσθησαν, the...
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...
1 Kings 19:3; 1 Peter 4:12; 1 Samuel 14:13; 1 Samuel 17:51; 1 Sa