They — Moses, Aaron, and the Israelites. Passed the Red Sea — It washed the borders of Edom, which signifies red. Thus far the examples are cited from Genesis and Exodus; those that follow are from the former and the latter Prophets.
Verse 29. _BY FAITH THEY PASSED THROUGH THE RED SEA_] _See the notes on "_Exodus 14:22_"_. The Egyptians thought they could walk through the sea as well as the Israelites; they tried, and were drowned...
BY FAITH THEY PASSED THROUGH THE RED SEA AS BY DRY LAND - Exodus 14:22, Exodus 14:29. That is, it was only by confidence in God that they were able to do this. It was not by power which they had to re...
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 survey now passes from the age of the patriarchs to that of Moses and the Judges. It was the faith of his parents that saved Moses in his infancy; and his life, when he grew to manhood, had faith...
THE CHRISTIAN HOPE (Hebrews 11:1-3)...
It was by faith that Moses, when he was born, was kept hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that the child was beautiful: and they did not fear the edict of the king. It was by fai...
PASSED THROUGH. Greek. _diabaino._ See Acts 16:9. ASSAYING. endeavouring or attempting (Greek. _peira_. here and Hebrews 11:36). DROWNED. swallowed up. Greek. _katapino,_ as 1 Corinthian
_they_ Moses and the Israelites. _were drowned_ Lit., "were swallowed up" (Exodus 14:15-28; Psalms 106:9-12). _which the Egyptians assaying to do_ The Greek words must mean "of which sea" (or "of wh...
ΔΙΈΒΗΣΑΝ. They, i.e. Moses and the Israelites. ἯΣ ΠΕΙ͂ΡΑΝ ΛΑΒΌΝΤΕΣ. “_Of which sea_ (or “of which dry land”) _the Egyptians making trial_.” ΚΑΤΕΠΌΘΗΣΑΝ. Lit., “_were swallowed up_” (Exodus 14:15-28;...
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...
ΔΙΈΒΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΔΙΑΒΑΊΝΩ (G1224) идти, проходить через, ΕΡΥΘΡΌΣ (G2063) красный, ΞΗΡΌΣ (G3584) суша, ΠΕΊΡΑ (G3984) попытка, ΛΑΒΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G2983) брать. _Temp....
BY FAITH THEY PASSED THROUGH THE RED SEA— "By faith operating in Moses, and in its degree in them likewise, they passed over the Red sea, sedately, as if they had marched on dry land, while its waters...
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 FAITH OF ISRAEL (Hebrews 11:29) The apostle’s object in this 11th chapter of Hebrews is to show the power of real faith in God to produce supernatural acts, to overcome difficulties which are ins...
By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned. THEY - Moses and Israel. RED SEA - named from Edom (meaning red), whose country adjoined it...
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...
WHICH THE EGYPTIANS ASSAYING TO DO. — Literally, _Of which the Egyptians making trial were swallowed up_ (Exodus 14:15). In the same “trial,” but with the support of the word of God, had consisted Isr...
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...
The writer passes from the patriarchal age to the times of Moses and the Judges. First the faith of the parents of Moses (τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ, in Stephanus' _Thesaur_, several examples are given of the...
MAKING THE FAR-SEEING CHOICE Hebrews 11:23 Faith-we cannot say it too often-is the direct vision of the soul. It doesn't reason, it doesn't ask for evidences, it doesn't seek the corroboration of spi...
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...
(12) By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry [land]: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned. (12) The Red Sea....
(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...
29._By faith they passed, etc. _It is certain, that many in that multitude were unbelieving; but the Lord granted to the faith of a few, that the whole multitude should pass through the Red Sea drysh...
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 THEY PASSED THROUGH THE RED SEA, AS BY DRY LAND,.... Not through a river, but through the sea, the Red sea, the sea of Suph, or weeds; Acts 7:36. Some say they came out on the same side they...
Having fixed the foundation and beginning of the deliverance of the church on the exercise of faith in the observance of the holy institutions of divine worship, prescribed to be the signs and tokens...
By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry _land_ : which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned. Ver. 29. _They passed through the Red Sea_] Which threatened to swallow them, but yet pres...
HEB. 11:28-31. THROUGH FAITH HE KEPT THE PASSOVER, AND THE SPRINKLING OF BLOOD, LEST HE THAT DESTROYED THE FIRSTBORN SHOULD TOUCH THEM. BY FAITH THEY PASSED THROUGH THE RED SEA AS BY DRY (LAND): WHICH...
_Through faith_ From a lively apprehension and firm persuasion of the benefits signified and sealed thereby, and especially that God would assuredly send his angel on the vindictive design predicted,...
THEY PASSED THROUGH THE RED SEA; trusting in God to preserve them. Exodus 14:22-29....
BY FAITH THEY PASSED THROUGH THE RED SEA AS BY DRY LAND; WHICH THE EGYPTIANS AS SAYING TO DO, WERE DROWNED. The first incident from the history of Moses is that which illustrates the faith of his pare...
The example of Moses:...
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...
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 THEY PASSED THROUGH THE RED SEA AS BY DRY LAND: the same faith enabled Moses eminently, and those other believers, as Aaron, Caleb, Joshua, &c.; for all Israel believed not, 1 CORINTHIANS 10:...
Hebrews 11:29 faith G4102 through G1224 (G5627) Red G2063 Sea G2281 as G5613 by G1223 dry G3584 whereas...
FAITH THAT RECEIVED MIRACULOUS DELIVERANCES IN THE COURSE OF THE FULFILMENT OF GOD'S PROMISES (HEBREWS 11:29)....
‘By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land, which the Egyptians attempting to do were swallowed up.' Note the change from ‘he' to ‘they', made more emphatic by the fact that he could hav...
Hebrews 11:29. That awful night is followed by a glorious deliverance. BY FAITH THEY PASSED THROUGH (the verb is used of crossing in any way) THE RED SEA. God by a strong east wind made a passage thro...
WHICH ASSAYING TO DO (ης πιεραν λαβοντες). Literally, "of which taking trial" (second aorist active participle of λαμβανω, to take). The idiom πειραν λαμβανειν occurs in Deuteronomy 28:56, in N.T. o...
Hebrews 11:23 Moses. I. Israel is a typical nation. The things which happened to them" are recorded for our instruction and comfort. The things which happened unto them, happen unto us also. We also...
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...
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...
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...
TO CROSS THE RED SEA. [The NIV has "Sea of Reeds" in a footnote.] Perhaps two million Israelites took part in the crossing! It took faith for all involved to do this!!! See Exodus 14:13-22; 1 Corinthi...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 11:29 It took faith to walk through the RED SEA with walls of water on each side (Exodus 14:10). The people had to rely on God’s promise ...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 11:23. PROPER CHILD.—Goodly child; unusual for beauty and signs of intelligence; ἀστεῖον, goodly, fair, beautiful (Acts 7:20, “fair to God”). Hebrews 11:24. Re...
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...
Exodus 14:13; Exodus 15:1; Habakkuk 3:8; Isaiah 11:15; Isaiah 11:16
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...
MOSES FAITHFUL IN ALL HIS HOUSE Hebrews 11:23 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are seven things which Moses did, as outlined in Hebrews 11:24, which we want to notice. 1. MOSES REFUSED. The first great ste...