Hebrews 11:32

Heb. 11:32

Hebrews 11:32. And what shall I more say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon, and (of) Barak, and (of) Samson, and (of) Jephthah; (of) David also, and Samuel, and (of) the prophets:

This text is evidence that Rahab the harlot was justified by faith.

And in the other instance which the apostle mentions, James 2:25: "Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?" The Apostle refers to a declarative judgment, in that particular testimony which was given of God's approbation of her as a believer, in directing Joshua to save her when the rest of Jericho was destroyed, Joshua 6:25: "And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho." This was accepted as an evidence and expression of her faith. Hebrews 11:31, "By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace." The apostle in saying, "Was not Rahab the harlot justified by works?" by the manner of his speaking has reference to something in her history; but we have no account of her history of any other justification of her but this.

Heb. 11:33-35