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HEBREWS 11:17 prosenh,nocen VAbraa.m to.n VIsaa.k peirazo,menoj
The evidence for the inclusion and for the position of the name
VAbraa,m fluctuates curiously: (_a_) most witnesses read prosenh,nocen...
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Verse 17. _ABRAHAM, WHEN HE WAS TRIED_] See the history of this whole
transaction explained at large in the notes on Genesis 22:1.
_OFFERED UP HIS ONLY-BEGOTTEN_] Abraham did, _in effect_, offer up...
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BY FAITH ABRAHAM - The apostle had stated one strong instance of the
faith of Abraham, and he now refers to one still more remarkable - the
strongest illustration of faith, undoubtedly, which has ever...
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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 Abraham offered up Isaac when he was put to the
test. He was willing to offer up even his only son, although it had
been said to him: "It is in Isaac that your descendants will be...
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THE CHRISTIAN HOPE (Hebrews 11:1-3)...
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TRIED. tested.
OFFERED. hath offered.
RECEIVED. Greek. _anadechomai._ See Acts 28:7.
OFFERED. was offering.
ONLY BEGOTTEN. Greek. _monogenes._ See John 1:14....
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_By faith Abraham … offered up Isaac_ Reverting to Abraham, whose
faith (1) in leaving his country, (2) in living as a stranger in
Canaan, he has already mentioned, he now adduces the third and
greate...
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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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ΠΡΟΣΕΝΉΝΟΧΕΝ … ΠΡΟΣΈΦΕΡΕΝ. Reverting to
Abraham, whose faith (1) in leaving his country, (2) in living as a
stranger in Canaan, he has already mentioned, he now adduces the third
and greatest instance...
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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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DISCOURSE: 2325
ABRAHAM OFFERING UP ISAAC
Hebrews 11:17. _By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac:
and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten
son, of whom it was...
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BY FAITH ABRAHAM—OFFERED UP ISAAC:— See the passages in the
margin. It is part of the office of history to assign the causes of
the facts related. In those facts thereforewhichhave several causes,
of...
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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 ABRAHAM
(Hebrews 11:17-19)
This chapter is the chronology of faith, or a record of some of the
outstanding acts which that grace has produced in all ages. The
apostle having mentioned th...
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By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that
had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
TRIED, [ peirazomenos (G3985)] - 'tempted,' as in Genesis 22:1. Put
to...
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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...
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11:17 himself (f-15) The Greek implies the will or action of the
person receiving. It is used only here and in Acts 28:7 . Publius
received, 'took,' Paul and his company into his house. It has the
se...
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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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ABRAHAM'S FAITH IN OFFERING ISAAC: see Genesis 22. This was the
supreme trial of Abraham's faith. He was not allowed to slay Isaac,
but he did actually offer him, i.e. surrender him to God, although h...
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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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The patriarchs displayed their faith in the attitude of their whole
life, and in their death. This has been the thought of the preceding
verses; the writer now passes to the lessons taught by particul...
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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 προσενήνοχεν Ἀβραὰμ.… “By faith
Abraham when tried offered up Isaac, yea he who had accepted the
promises, to whom it had been said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called,
offered his only son.” Th...
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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 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...
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By faith Abraham, when he was (k) tried, offered up Isaac: and he that
had received the (l) promises offered up his only begotten [son],
(k) Tried by the Lord.
(l) Although the promises of life were...
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_By faith Abraham....offered up Isaac; i.e. was ready and willing to
do it, when Isaac was his only son, by whom God had promised to give
him a numberless progeny, but by faith he considered that God,...
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(17) By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he
that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, (18)
Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: (1...
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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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17._By faith Abraham, etc. _He proceeds with the history of Abraham,
and relates the offering up of his son; and it was a singular instance
of firmness, so that there is hardly another like it to be f...
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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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BY FAITH ABRAHAM, WHEN HE WAS TRIED,.... Or tempted; that is, by God,
Genesis 22:1. This temptation or trial respects the command given by
God to Abraham, to offer up his son Isaac; which lays no foun...
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Having spoken of the faith of the first patriarchs in the _third
period of time,_ the second from the flood, in general, with respect
unto their peculiar state as pilgrims in the land of Canaan, he no...
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By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had
received the promises offered up his only begotten _son_,
Ver. 17. _Abraham when he was tried_] Of ten trials wlfich Abraham
pas...
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HEB. 11:17. BY FAITH ABRAHAM, WHEN HE WAS TRIED, OFFERED UP ISAAC;
AND HE THAT HAD RECEIVED THE PROMISES OFFERED UP HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN
(SON),
This text illustrates for Edwards a renewal of the covena...
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_By faith_ Namely, by believing that God would perform his promise of
giving him a numerous issue, notwithstanding that the command here
referred to seemed to contradict and preclude the performance o...
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The example of the patriarchs:...
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BY FAITH ABRAHAM, WHEN HE WAS TRIED, OFFERED UP ISAAC; AND HE THAT HAD
RECEIVED THE PROMISES OFFERED UP HIS ONLY-BEGOTTEN SON,...
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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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BY FAITH ABRAHAM, WHEN HE WAS TRIED, OFFERED UP ISAAC; by the same
excellent faith Abraham alone, and by himself considered, being tried
by God, in a rare way, to give proof of the truth of his faith...
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1 Clement
On account of his faith and hospitality, a son was given him in his
old age; and in the exercise of obedience, he offered him as a
sacrifice to God on one of the mountains which He showed h...
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Hebrews 11:17 faith G4102 Abraham G11 tested G3985 (G5746) up G4374
(G5754) Isaac G2464 and G2532 received...
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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)....
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‘By faith Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had
gladly taken on himself the promises was offering up his only begotten
son, even he to whom it was said, In Isaac shall your seed be...
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Hebrews 11:17. Thus they lived and died. The writer now returns to
particular instances, in order to illustrate not the final results,
but the power and heroic deeds of the faith which was thus honour...
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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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BEING TRIED
(πειραζομενος). Present passive participle of
πειραζω. The test was still going on.OFFERED UP
(προσενηνοχεν). Perfect active indicative of
προσφερω, the verb so often used in this Epis...
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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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THAT MADE ABRAHAM OFFER HIS SON. Note: (1) Isaac was the only child of
his marriage to Sarah; (2) God's promise was to come through Isaac;
(3) yet Got made him sacrifice Isaac, to test him! [A last-mi...
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HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 11:17 ABRAHAM, WHEN HE WAS TESTED (see
Genesis 22:1). For “tested,” see note on Heb. 4:15. Here it me
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
Hebrews 11:19. RECEIVED HIM IN A FIGURE.—Lit. “in a parable.”
_Stuart_ thinks the reference is to Abraham’s having originally
received Isaac as one born of parents who...
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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 1:6; 1 Peter 1:7; 1 Peter 4:12; 2 Chronicles 32:31;...
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When he was tried offered up [π ρ ο σ ε ν η ν ο χ ε ν π
ε ι ρ α ζ ο μ ε ν ο ς]. The full sense of the statement is
missed in A. V. The meaning is that while the trial is yet in
progress, Abraham hath...
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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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By faith Abraham — When God made that glorious trial of him. Offered
up Isaac — The will being accepted as if he had actually done it.
Yea, he that had received the promises — Particularly that grand...
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The next person instanced in, for the fame of his faith, is Abraham
who was deservedly styled the FATHER OF THE FAITHFUL; him God tries
in. very extraordinary manner, by putting him upon offering up h...