Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Hebrews 11:5
Enoch was not any longer found among men, though perhaps they sought for him as they did for Elijah, 2 Kings 2:17. He had this testimony — From God in his own conscience.
Enoch was not any longer found among men, though perhaps they sought for him as they did for Elijah, 2 Kings 2:17. He had this testimony — From God in his own conscience.
Verse Hebrews 11:5. _BY FAITH ENOCH WAS TRANSLATED_] It is said, in Genesis 5:24, that Enoch walked with God, and _he was not, for God took him_. Here the apostle explains what God's taking him means...
BY FAITH ENOCH WAS TRANSLATED - The account of Enoch is found in Genesis 5:21. It is very brief, and is this, that “Enoch walked with God, and was not, for God took him.” There is no particular mentio...
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
Examples of faith from the primitive history, as given in the early Chapter s of Genesis. Abel, on account of his faith, was not only accepted by God in his lifetime (Genesis 4:4), but even after his...
It was by faith that Enoch was transferred from this to the other life so that he did not die but passed from men's sight, because God took him from one life to the other. For, before this change came...
THE CHRISTIAN HOPE (Hebrews 11:1-3)...
ENOCH. In Enoch we see faith's _walk._ TRANSLATED. Greek. _metatithemi._ See Acts 7:16. SEE. Greek. _eidon._ App-133. BEFORE. Greek. _pro._ App-104. TRANSLATION. Greek. _metathesis._ See Hebrews 7...
_Enoch was translated_ Lit., "was transferred (hence)" (Genesis 5:24; Sir 44:16; Sir 49:14; Jos. _Antt._i. 3. § 4. _was not found, because God had translated him_. Genesis 5:24 (LXX. Cod. _Alex_). _h...
ΜΕΤΕΤΈΘΗ. Lit., “_was transferred_ (hence)” (Genesis 5:24; Sir 44:16; Sir 49:14; Jos. _Antt_. I. 3, § 4). ΟΥ̓Χ ΗὙΡΊΣΚΕΤΟ. Genesis 5:24 (LXX. God. Alex.). ΜΕΜΑΡΤΎΡΗΤΑΙ. “He hath had witness borne to h...
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...
_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...
ΜΕΤΕΤΈΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΜΕΤΑΤΊΘΗΜΙ (G3346) изменять, переселять, переводить, перемещать с одного места на другое (EGT). ΊΔΕΪ́Ν _aor. ind. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3621) видеть. Здесь в фигуральном знач...
DISCOURSE: 2319 ENOCH’S TRANSLATION Hebrews 11:5. _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 thi...
AND WAS NOT FOUND,— "Any longer among the inhabitants of this lower world." The circumstances of Enoch's translation are not mentioned; but some have thought this to intimate that he was privately tra...
II. _Progressive development of faith during patriarchal and Mosaic dispensations. Hebrews 11:4-40_. A. _The antediluvian: faith in God. Hebrews 11:4-7_. _TEXT_ Hebrews 11:4
THE FAITH OF ENOCH (Hebrews 11:5, Hebrews 11:6) The apostle makes it his principal design in this chapter to convince the Hebrews of the nature, importance and efficacy of saving faith. In the execut...
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. Faith was the g...
1 Faith is neither "substance" nor "evidence", as is the usual rendering of this passage. The word "substance" is changed to "confidence" in most later translations, as this word seems to agree with i...
11:5 pleased (b-32) The LXX so translated into Greek the Hebrew expression 'walked with God' in Genesis 5:24 ....
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...
RAISED TO LIFE AGAIN] RV 'by a resurrection.' This literal rendering of the original is necessary to bring out the contrast expressed in the words at the end of the v., 'a better resurrection,' i.e. o...
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...
SEE DEATH. — See Luke 2:26; Psalms 89:48 (John 8:51). AND WAS NOT FOUND... TRANSLATED HIM. — An exact quotation from the LXX. (Genesis 5:24). The wor
Πίστει Ἐνὼχ μετετέθη.… “By faith Enoch was translated so that he did not see death; and he was not found, because God had translated him. For before his translation he had witness borne to him that he...
FAITH'S TRIUMPHS FROM ABEL TO ABRAHAM Hebrews 11:1 Faith is the _sixth_ sense. It makes us as sure of unseen or future things, which we know about only through the divine Word, as we are of things wh...
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...
FAITH FROM CREATION TO THE FLOOD The faith of Abel is seen through his actions (Genesis 4:3-5; 1 John 3:11-12). Since Paul says faith comes by hearing God's word (Romans 10:17), it is clear that Abel...
(5) By faith Enoch was translated that he should not (c) see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. (5) Enoch...
_Henoch [Enoch] was translated, so as not to die nor see death. In Ecclesiasticus (Chap. xliv.) he is said to be translated into paradise. By these words, that he should not see death, it is the gener...
(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 withou...
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...
5._By faith Enoch, etc. _He chose a few of the most ancient, that he might make a transition to Abraham and his posterity. He teaches us that through faith, it was that Enoch was translated. But we ou...
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...
BY FAITH ENOCH WAS TRANSLATED,.... Which is to be understood, not of a spiritual translation from the power of darkness, into the kingdom of Christ, as all converted, persons are translated, and doubt...
His second instance is in Enoch; for he is the second man unto whom testimony is personally given that he “pleased God,” and was accepted with him. Others no doubt before him did so, and were so accep...
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. Ver. 5. _By faith...
HEB. 11:5. 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. _ Bla...
_By faith_ That is, his firm faith in the being and perfections of God, especially his omnipresence, omniscience, omnipotence; his truth, justice, mercy, and goodness; and in consequence of that exemp...
HE PLEASED GOD; by walking with him. Genesis 5:24. He had confidence in him, lived in communion with him, opened his heart to him, and consulted him as his bosom-friend....
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....
The example of Abel, Enoch, and Noah:...
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...
4-7 Here follow some illustrious examples of faith from the Old Testament. Abel brought a sacrifice of atonement from the firstlings of the flock, acknowledging himself a sinner who deserved to die,...
BY FAITH ENOCH WAS TRANSLATED THAT HE SHOULD NOT SEE DEATH: by the Divine faith before described, that which reacheth home to God by Christ, Enoch, the seventh patriarch in a descent from Adam of the...
1 Clement Let us take (for instance) Enoch, who, being found righteous in obedience, was translated, and death was never known to happen to him.[43] Tertullian An Answer to the Jews For Enoch, too,...
Hebrews 11:5 faith G4102 Enoch G1802 away G3346 (G5681) did G1492 not G3361 see G1492 (G5629) death...
‘By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God translated him: for he has had witness borne to him that before his translation he had been well-pleasing...
THE FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH IN THE ANTEDELUVIAN WORLD (HEBREWS 11:3). Faith is seen as giving us an understanding of the world as it is, and why it is as it is. Faith says it is like it is because God cr...
Hebrews 11:5-6. BY FAITH ENOCH WAS TRANSLATED. The language of this verse is taken from the Septuagint (Genesis 5:22-24). ‘He was not' is there rendered ‘he was not found.' The phrase ‘God took him' i...
WAS TRANSLATED (μετετεθη). First aorist passive indicative of μετατιθημ, old verb to transpose, to change as in Hebrews 7:12; Acts 7:16.THAT HE SHOULD NOT SEE DEATH (του μη ιδειν θανατον). Here ag...
Hebrews 11:1 Abel, Enoch, Noah. Before the flood and the Abrahamic covenant God had a people on earth who lived by faith. Abel, the first martyr, Enoch, the seventh from Adam, and Noah, the preacher...
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 11:1. _Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elder obtained a good report._ So it was written, in the olden time, that believers «obta...
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...
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...
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...
THAT KEPT ENOCH FROM DYING. Genesis 5:24 Septuagint. Though living in a world of sinners, Enoch pleased God! Enoch's _faith and example_ verifies the things said in Hebrews 11:1....
_Enoch was translated._ ENOCH: I. A CAREER DISTINGUISHED FOR ITS GODLINESS. “Walked with God.” His life was an embodiment of the Divine. 1. Devoted to God. (1) Intimately acquainted with God. (2)...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 11:5 ENOCH WAS TAKEN UP. Genesis 5:21 indicates that Enoch did not die....
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 11:4. MORE EXCELLENT.—Because Abel made it the offering of _himself_. It is the offering of the man himself, through his sacrifice, that God accepts. DEAD YET...
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 John 3:22; 1 Thessalonians 2:4; 2 Kings 2:11; 2 Kings 2:16; 2 K
Enoch. Genesis 5:21-24. Comp. Sir. 44 16; 49 14; Wisd. 4 10. Was translated [μ ε τ ε τ ε θ η]. The verb used of Enoch's translation, LXX, Genesis 5:24. In Acts 7:16 of the transporting of the remains...
FAR-FLUNG VISIONS A New Year's Study Hebrews 11:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Another New Year has come to us freighted with every possibility of life and service. At such a time as this it is natural for u...
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...
The second instance is Enoch, concerning whom our apostle affirms, that he was translated, and that he was translated by faith; translated from one condition to another; from grace to glory, from eart...