By faith Joseph, when he died,— When he was dying. See Genesis 50:24. Joseph shewed the reality of his faith by ordering his bones to be carried into Canaan, when the Israelites should depart thither. This proves that he fully depended upon the divine revelation, and so was a proper instance for the apostle to produce in this place.
Verse 22. _JOSEPH, WHEN HE DIED_] τελευτων, _When he was dying_, _gave commandment concerning his bones_. On this subject I refer the reader to the _notes on "_Genesis 50:25_"_. And I have this to ad...
BY FAITH JOSEPH, WHEN HE DIED - When about to die; see Genesis 50:24. MADE MENTION OF THE DEPARTING OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL - Margin, “remembered.” The meaning is, that he called this to their mind;...
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 Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in the things concerning the future. It was by faith that Jacob, when he was dying. blessed each of the sons of Joseph and prayed leaning, on the head...
HE DIED. was ending (life). DEPARTING. Greek. _exodos._ Only here, Luke 9:31, and 2 Peter 1:15. CHILDREN. sons, as in Hebrews 11:21. GAVE COMMANDMENT. Greek. _entellomai._ First occurance:
_when he died_ The less common word for "dying" is here taken from the LXX. of Genesis 1:26. _gave commandment concerning his bones_ A sign of his perfect conviction that God's promise would be fulfil...
ΤΕΛΕΥΤΩ͂Ν, sc. τὸν βίον. The less common word for “dying” is here taken from the LXX. of Genesis 50:26. ΠΕΡῚ ΤΩ͂Ν ὈΣΤΈΩΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂. A sign of his perfect conviction that God’s promise would be fulfilled...
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...
ΤΕΛΕΥΤΏΝ _praes. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΤΕΛΕΥΤΆΩ (G5053) находить конец, испускать дух, умирать. _Praes._ обозначает, что он умирал, ΈΞΟΔΟΣ (G1841) выход, уход, ΈΜΝΗΜΌΝΕΥΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΜΝΗΜ...
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 JOSEPH (Hebrews 11:22) At the early age of seventeen Joseph was carded away into a foreign country, into a heathen land. There he remained for many years surrounded by idolaters, and dur...
By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones. WHEN HE DIED - `when dying.' THE DEPARTING - `the exodus' (). Jo...
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...
11:22 dying (b-5) Lit. 'ending life.'...
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...
WHEN HE DIED. — Literally, _drawing to his end._ The word is taken from Genesis 50:26; and the mention of the departure (literally, _the Exodus_) of the children of Israel is found in Hebrews 11:24. T...
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...
Similarly Joseph when he in his turn came to the close of his life (τελευτῶν, from Genesis 50:16, καὶ ἐτελεύτησεν Ἰωσὴφ) made mention of the exodus of the children of Israel (“God will surely visit yo...
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...
(10) By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones. (10) Joseph....
_Concerning his bones. That is, that when the Israelites should leave Egypt, they should take with them his bones, to be buried in Chanaan [Canaan] with his ancestors. This shews he had faith on God's...
(20) By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. (21) By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshiped, leaning upon the top of his staff. (22)...
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...
22._By faith Joseph, etc. _This is the last thing which Moses records respecting the patriarchs, and it deserves to be particularly noticed; for wealth, luxuries, and honors, made not the holy man to...
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 JOSEPH, WHEN HE DIED,.... The riches and honours of Joseph, as they could not secure him from death, so they did not make him unmindful of it; nor was he afraid of dying, or uneasy about it;...
Πίστει ᾿Ιωσὴφ τελευτῶν περὶ τῆς ἐξόδου τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐμνημόνευσε, καὶ περὶ τῶν ὀστέων αὐτοῦ ἐνετείλατο. Hebrews 11:22. By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children...
By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones. Ver. 22. _Gave commandment concerning_] He died upon the promise, an...
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...
_By faith_ In God's promise, to give Canaan to the posterity of Jacob; _Joseph, when he died_ Τελευτων, _ending his life; made mention of the departing of Israel_ Namely, out of Egypt, as an event whi...
THE DEPARTING OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL; out of Egypt, because God had promised it. Genesis 50:24-25....
The example of the patriarchs:...
BY FAITH JOSEPH, WHEN HE DIED, MADE MENTION OF THE DEPARTING OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND GAVE COMMANDMENT CONCERNING HIS BONES. The history of Abraham was by no means exhausted by the incidents men...
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...
MADE MENTION: Or, remembered...
20-31 Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, concerning things to come. Things present are not the best things; no man knoweth love or hatred by having them or wanting them. Jacob lived by faith, and he died...
BY FAITH JOSEPH, WHEN HE DIED, MADE MENTION OF THE DEPARTING OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL: Joseph, the first son of Jacob by Rachel, whom God preferred before his brethren, envied and sold by them, but a...
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‘By faith Joseph, when his end was near, mentioned the departure of the children of Israel, and gave commandment concerning his bones.' Many examples from the life of Joseph could have been chosen as...
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)....
Hebrews 11:22. This dying act of Jacob's recalls the like faith of Joseph. BY FAITH JOSEPH, WHEN DRAWING TO HIS END, MADE MENTION OF THE EXODUS OF THE SONS OF ISRAEL, and made his brethren swear that...
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...
WHEN HIS END WAS NIGH (τελευτων). Present active participle of τελευταω, to finish or close (Matthew 2:19), "finishing his life."OF THE DEPARTURE (περ της εξοδου). Late compound for way out, exit...
Hebrews 11:22 I. It is not possible to read the life of Joseph without beholding here the portrait of a great man, not merely as a commanding and guiding intelligence, but that which is higher yet, a...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 MADE JOSEPH. He made them promise to take his body into Canaan after his death. See Genesis 50:24-26; Joshua 24:32. This showed how sure he was that God would keep His promise....
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 11:22 JOSEPH. Joseph’s future hope was that God would give his people the Promised Land. That is why Joseph wanted his BONES to be moved to that land ...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 11:21. LEANING UPON THE TOP OF HIS STAFF.—Probably meaning “upon the head of the bed”; only this assumes more of a bedstead than was usual among tribal Eastern...
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...
Acts 7:16; Exodus 13:19; Genesis 50:24; Genesis 50:25; Joshua 24:32...
When he died [τ ε λ ε υ τ ω ν]. Comp. Genesis 1:26, LXX The verb means to finish or close, with life understood. Always in this sense in N. T. See Matthew 2:19; Matthew 9:18;...
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...
Concerning his bones — To be carried into the land of promise....
Here we have. two-fold instance of Joseph's faith when dying. 1. HE MADE MENTION OF THE DEPARTING OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL; he said unto his brethren, BEHOLD. DIE, BUT GOD SHALL BRING YOU UNTO THE L...