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HEBREWS 11:11 pi,stei kai. auvth. Sa,rra stei/ra du,namin {C}
The difficulties of this verse are well known (for example, in Greek
the expression du,namin eivj katabolh.n spe,rmatoj e;laben is
regula...
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Verse Hebrews 11:11. _THROUGH FAITH ALSO SARA_] Her history, as far
as the event here is concerned, may be seen Genesis 17:19, and Genesis
21:2. Sarah at first treated the Divine message with ridicul...
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THROUGH FAITH ALSO SARAH HERSELF RECEIVED STRENGTH TO CONCEIVE SEED -
The word “herself” here - αὐτὴ autē - implies that there
was something remarkable in the fact that “she” should manifest
this f...
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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
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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...
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It was by faith that Sarah, too, received power to conceive and to
bear a son, although she was beyond the age for it, for she believed
that he who gave the promise could be absolutely relied upon. So...
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THE CHRISTIAN HOPE (Hebrews 11:1-3)...
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ALSO. even.
RECEIVED. It was given from above.
STRENGTH. Greek. _dunamis._ App-172.
TO CONCEIVE. Literally for (Greek. _eis)_ casting down (Greek.
_kataboe._ See App-146). Compare 2 Kings 19:3. The...
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_also Sara herself_ Rather "even." Perhaps the "even" refers to her
original weakness of faith when she laughed (Genesis 18:12; Genesis
21:2; comp. Romans 4:19). Dr Field thinks that these words may b...
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ΚΑῚ ΑΥ̓ΤῊ ΣΆΡΡΑ. “_Even Sarah herself_.” Perhaps
the “even” refers to her original weakness of faith when she
laughed (Genesis 18:12; Genesis 21:2; comp. Romans 4:19). Dr Field
thinks that these words...
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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...
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_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...
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ΑΎΤΗ (G846) сама,
ΚΑΤΑΒΟΛΉ (G2602) бросание. Используется
как термин, обозначающий посев. Здесь
это идиома: "принять в себя семя" в
значении "забеременеть".
ΣΤΕΊΡΑ (G4723) бесплодный, неспособный
им...
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BECAUSE SHE JUDGED HIM FAITHFUL WHO HAD PROMISED.— It may seem a
difficulty, that the apostle should here tell us that Sarah _judged
him faithful who had promised,_ whereas in the history she seems no...
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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
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THE FAITH OF SARAH
(Hebrews 11:11, Hebrews 11:12)
In the verses which are now to be before us the apostle calls
attention to the marvelous power of a God-given faith to exercise
itself in the presenc...
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Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed,
and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged
him faithful who had promised.
ALSO SARA HERSELF - though...
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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...
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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...
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SARA] RV 'Even Sarah herself,' i.e. in spite of her earlier and
natural incredulity: see Genesis 18:10....
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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...
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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...
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Πίστει καὶ αὐτὴ Σάρρα.… “By faith Sarah
herself also received power to become a mother even when past the age,
since she counted Him faithful who had promised.” καὶ αὐτὴ
Σάρρα is rendered by Vaughan,...
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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...
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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...
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THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM
Like Noah, Abraham displayed actions of faith when he received the
call from God (Genesis 12:1-3), even though he was to leave the safety
of his homeland and go to a place unknown...
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_By faith also Sara, &c. Though Sara [Sarah] seemed at first
incredulous, yet she presently believed, and conceived Isaac when she
was past the age of having children. (Witham)_...
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(8) By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which
he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out,
not knowing whither he went. (9) By faith he sojourned in the...
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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...
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11._Through faith also, Sarah herself, etc. _That women may know that
this truth belongs to them as well as to men, he adduces the example
of Sarah; which he mentions in preference to that of others,...
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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...
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THROUGH FAITH ALSO SARAH HERSELF,.... Some copies add "being barren";
and so read the Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions; which is
a circumstance which makes her faith appear the greater: bu...
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The instances of the faith of Abraham insisted on by the apostle in
this discourse may be referred unto two heads: first, Such as respect
his call; secondly, Such as respect the promise made unto him....
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Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed,
and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged
him faithful who had promised.
Ver. 11. _Because she judged...
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HEB. 11:11. THROUGH FAITH ALSO SARAH HERSELF RECEIVED STRENGTH TO
CONCEIVE SEED, AND WAS DELIVERED OF A CHILD WHEN SHE WAS PAST AGE,
BECAUSE SHE JUDGED HIM FAITHFUL WHO HAD PROMISED.
This text is se...
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_Through faith also Sara_ Though at first she laughed at the promise
through unbelief; _received strength_ Εις καταβολην
σπερματος, _for the conception of seed; and was delivered of
a child when she w...
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SARAH; GENESIS 21:1-2; Genesis 22:17....
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THROUGH FAITH ALSO SARAH HERSELF RECEIVED STRENGTH TO CONCEIVE SEED,
AND WAS DELIVERED OF A CHILD WHEN SHE WAS PAST AGE, BECAUSE SHE JUDGED
HIM FAITHFUL WHO HAD PROMISED....
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The example of Abraham and Sarah:...
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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...
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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...
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THROUGH FAITH ALSO SARA HERSELF RECEIVED STRENGTH TO CONCEIVE SEED; by
the same Divine faith in Abraham and Sarah was brought forth the child
of promise. For though the instance be expressly in Sarah,...
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Five Books in Reply to Marcion
By the arrival of the "perfect things."[260]...
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Hebrews 11:11 faith G4102 Sarah G4564 herself G846 also G2532 received
G2983 (G5627) strength G1411 to G1519 conce
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FAITH REVEALED IN POSITIVE PRESENT ACTION BY THOSE WHO BELIEVED THE
PROMISES OF GOD'S FUTURE REWARD FOR HIS OWN IN THE LIGHT OF THE FUTURE
HOPE (HEBREWS 11:7).
The essential of this next section is th...
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‘By faith even Sarah herself received power for the laying down of
seed when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had
promised, for which reason also there sprang of one, and him as go...
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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...
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Hebrews 11:11. And what is true of Abraham, the father of the
faithful, is true also of Sarah, who was equally the ancestor of the
chosen race. SARAH HERSELF, not ‘who had so long doubted' (Bleek,
etc...
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TO CONCEIVE SEED
(εις καταβολην σπερματος). For deposit of seed.
See Hebrews 4:3 for καταβολη.PAST AGE
(παρα καιρον ηλικιας). Beyond (παρα with the
accusative) the season of age.SINCE SHE COUNTED...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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ABLE TO BECOME A FATHER. Abraham was one hundred years old, and Sarah
was ninety. Sarah laughed when she heard the promise [Isaac means
laughter]. But both Abraham and Sarah believed God could do what...
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HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 11:11 SARAH. See Genesis 21:1. Sarah first
laughed, apparently in unbelief ...
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
Hebrews 11:7. RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS BY FAITH.—Which is according to
faith. “Faith in this writer never becomes the same as mystic
oneness with Christ, but means genera...
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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...
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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...
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1 Peter 3:5; 1 Peter 3:6; Genesis 17:17; Genesis 18:11; Genesis 21:1;
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Sarah. Faith prevailing against natural impossibilities. See Romans
4:19-22. Both Abraham and Sarah doubted at first (Genesis 17:17;
Genesis 18:12); but both became persuaded of the truthfulness of th...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Sarah also herself — Though at first she laughed at the promise,
Genesis 18:12. Genesis 21:2....
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Our apostle having spoken of Abraham's faith before, makes an
honourable mention of his wife Sarah's faith here. It is. blessed
thing when husband and wife are one in the faith, as well as one
flesh;...