ἐμαρτυρήθησαν. Lit., “For therein the elders had witness borne to them.” Their “good report” was won in the sphere of faith. The elders—a technical Jewish term (זְקֵנִים)—means the ancient fathers of the Church of Israel (Hebrews 1:1).
Verse Hebrews 11:2. _FOR BY IT THE ELDERS OBTAINED A GOOD REPORT._] By the _elders_ are meant _ancestors, forefathers_, such as the patriarchs and prophets, several of whom he afterwards particularly...
FOR BY IT - That is, by that faith which gives reality to things hoped for, and a certain persuasion to the mind of the existence of those things which are not seen. THE ELDERS - The ancients; the He...
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
HEBREWS 11:1 F. The chapter opens with a definition of faith as the assurance whereby we lay hold of things still in the future, and the proving_ i.e._ the inward certainty which is stronger than any...
Faith means that we are certain of the things we hope for, convinced of the thing we do not see. It was because of faith that the men of old time had their record attested. It is by faith that we unde...
THE CHRISTIAN HOPE (Hebrews 11:1-3)...
_For by it the elders obtained a good report_ Lit., "For therein the elders had witness borne to them." Their "good report" was won in the sphere of faith. The elders a technical Jewish term (_Zekenîm...
_AN EXPLANATION OF SAVING FAITH -- HEBREWS 11:1-3 :_ The writer described that faith whereby the just man lives in these words, "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things...
ΈΝ (G1722) посредством. _Instr. предл._ ΤΑΎΤΗ (G3778) _dat. sing._ (в) ней, то есть в вере, ΈΜΑΡΤΥΡΉΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΜΑΡΤΥΡΈΩ (G3140) свидетельствовать. _Pass._ может быть так называемым б...
NOW FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE, &C.— These verses may be paraphrased thus: "As I have now observed, that faith avails to the salvation of the soul, and intend, in the next place, largely to prove it; it c...
PART THREE _THE NATURE, DEVELOPMENT AND DUTIES OF FAITH. Hebrews 11:1 to Hebrews 13:25_ I. _The nature of faith. Hebrews 11:1-3_ _TEXT_...
THE EXCELLENCY OF FAITH (Hebrews 11:1-3) Ere we take up the contents of the 11th chapter let us briefly review the sound already covered. Chapter s 1 and 2 are more or less introductory in their char...
For by it the elders obtained a good report. FOR - Faith is all this; for, etc. BY - Greek, 'in this,' as their element. THE ELDERS - not merely [hoi archaioi] the ancients, as though solely of...
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...
THE ELDERS] i.e. the faithful men under the old dispensation. OBTAINED A GOOD REPORT] RV 'had witness borne to them,' sc. by God in the Scriptures. 3. Faith enables us to perceive the invisible cause...
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...
FOR BY IT. — Better, _For therein the elders had witness borne to them._ The connection seems to be this: Faith truly accomplishes all this; for it was in the exercise of such a faith that the elders...
CHAPTER X. FAITH AN ASSURANCE AND A PROOF. "Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the proving of things not seen. For therein the elders had witness borne to them. By faith we understand t...
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...
UNDERSTANDING FAITH"Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, a conviction of things not seen" (Hebrews 11:1 A.S.V.). It appears the King James translators got the full meaning of the word "substanc...
(2) For by it the (a) elders obtained a good report. (2) He shows that the fathers ought to be accounted of by this virtue. (a) That is, those fathers from whom we came: and whose authority and exam...
(1) Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (2) For by it the elders obtained a good report. (3) Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the...
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...
2._For by it the elders, _(203) _etc. _He handles this subject to the end of the chapter — that the fathers obtained salvation and were accepted by God in no other way than by faith. The Jews indeed h...
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...
FOR BY IT THE ELDERS OBTAINED A GOOD REPORT. By whom are meant, not merely old men, or elders in age, but such who lived in ancient times; some before the flood, and to a great age, and others who wer...
That the description which he hath given of faith, and the efficacy which he hath assigned thereunto, are true, and to be relied on, the apostle proves by the effects which, as such, it hath had in th...
For by it the elders obtained a good report. Ver. 2. _The elders obtained, &c._] Gr. εμαρτυρηθησαν, were attested unto; and are here eternalized in this notable chapter, this little book of martyrs,...
HEB. 11:2-3. FOR BY IT THE ELDERS OBTAINED A GOOD REPORT. THROUGH FAITH WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE WORLDS WERE FRAMED BY THE WORD OF GOD, SO THAT THINGS WHICH ARE SEEN WERE NOT MADE OF THINGS WHICH DO APP...
_By it the elders_ Our forefathers, or the pious of former ages; _obtained a good report_ Εμαρτυρηθησαν, _received testimony_, of God's approbation of them, or were borne witnesses to by God as person...
A GOOD REPORT; commendation from God and good men....
FOR BY IT THE ELDERS OBTAINED A GOOD REPORT. The sacred writer here states the fundamental thought of this chapter, the most impressive section on the power of faith in his entire letter, if not in th...
A WONDERFUL EPIC ON THE POWER OF FAITH. Faith as a trust in that which is invisible and future:...
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...
1-3 Faith always has been the mark of God's servants, from the beginning of the world. Where the principle is planted by the regenerating Spirit of God, it will cause the truth to be received, concer...
OLBGrk; This is a proof of the first part of faith's description, that it _is the substance of things hoped for; _ for all the fathers were testified of to have this work of faith in realizing their h...
Hebrews 11:2 For G1063 by G1722 it G5026 elders G4245 testimony G3140 (G5681) the elders -...
TRUE FAITH IS FAITH IN GOD'S PROMISES (HEBREWS 11:1). Hebrews 11:1, ‘Now faith is assurance (hupostasis - ‘the substance' or ‘the underpinning' and therefore the ‘assurance', the ‘guarantee within the...
Hebrews 11:2. FOR IN IT. IN JUST SUCH AND NO OTHER faith all the heroes of the older economy were testified of, and OBTAINED A [good] REPORT became, through their stedfastness and amid inferior means...
THEREIN (εν ταυτη). That is, "in faith," feminine demonstrative referring to πιστις.THE ELDERS (ο πρεσβυτερο). More nearly like "the fathers," not the technical sense of elders (officers) usual in...
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...
IT WAS BY THEIR FAITH. "We Christians ought to learn from the past! Look how these men of old won God's approval! As James said: _His faith and his actions worked together; his faith was made perfect...
ILLUSTRATIONS OF FAITH AS A PRACTICAL POWER IN LIFE _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ THIS chapter contains a series of illustrations, taken from the heroic ages of Hebrew history, of the nature and in...
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...
Hebrews 11:4...
For by it [ε ν τ α υ τ η γ α ρ]. Lit. for in this. Rend. therein : in the sphere and exercise of faith : as believers. Comp. 1 Timothy 5:10. For introduces a proof of the preceding statement concernin...
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...
By it the elders — Our forefathers. This chapter is a kind of summary of the Old Testament, in which the apostle comprises the designs, labours, sojournings, expectations, temptations, martyrdoms of t...
Having in the former verse described faith, in this and the following verses he enters upon the just praise and deserved commendation of this divine and excellent grace, which has such an universal in...