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Verse Hebrews 11:5. _BY FAITH ENOCH WAS TRANSLATED_] It is said, in
Genesis 5:24, that Enoch walked with God, and _he was not, for God
took him_. Here the apostle explains what God's taking him means...
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BY FAITH ENOCH WAS TRANSLATED - The account of Enoch is found in
Genesis 5:21. It is very brief, and is this, that “Enoch walked with
God, and was not, for God took him.” There is no particular mentio...
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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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Examples of faith from the primitive history, as given in the early
Chapter s of Genesis. Abel, on account of his faith, was not only
accepted by God in his lifetime (Genesis 4:4), but even after his...
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THE CHRISTIAN HOPE (Hebrews 11:1-3)...
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It was by faith that Enoch was transferred from this to the other life
so that he did not die but passed from men's sight, because God took
him from one life to the other. For, before this change came...
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ENOCH. In Enoch we see faith's _walk._
TRANSLATED. Greek. _metatithemi._ See Acts 7:16.
SEE. Greek. _eidon._ App-133.
BEFORE. Greek. _pro._ App-104.
TRANSLATION. Greek. _metathesis._ See Hebrews 7...
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_Enoch was translated_ Lit., "was transferred (hence)" (Genesis 5:24;
Sir 44:16; Sir 49:14; Jos. _Antt._i. 3. § 4.
_was not found, because God had translated him_. Genesis 5:24 (LXX.
Cod. _Alex_).
_h...
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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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ΜΕΤΕΤΈΘΗ. Lit., “_was transferred_ (hence)” (Genesis 5:24;
Sir 44:16; Sir 49:14; Jos. _Antt_. I. 3, § 4).
ΟΥ̓Χ ΗὙΡΊΣΚΕΤΟ. Genesis 5:24 (LXX. God. Alex.).
ΜΕΜΑΡΤΎΡΗΤΑΙ. “He hath had witness borne to h...
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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: 2319
ENOCH’S TRANSLATION
Hebrews 11:5. _By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see
death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before
his translation he had thi...
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AND WAS NOT FOUND,— "Any longer among the inhabitants of this lower
world." The circumstances of Enoch's translation are not mentioned;
but some have thought this to intimate that he was privately
tra...
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II.
_Progressive development of faith during patriarchal and Mosaic
dispensations. Hebrews 11:4-40_.
A.
_The antediluvian: faith in God. Hebrews 11:4-7_.
_TEXT_
Hebrews 11:4
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THE FAITH OF ENOCH
(Hebrews 11:5, Hebrews 11:6)
The apostle makes it his principal design in this chapter to convince
the Hebrews of the nature, importance and efficacy of saving faith. In
the execut...
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By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was
not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation
he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
Faith was the g...
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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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11:5 pleased (b-32) The LXX so translated into Greek the Hebrew
expression 'walked with God' in Genesis 5:24 ....
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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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RAISED TO LIFE AGAIN] RV 'by a resurrection.' This literal rendering
of the original is necessary to bring out the contrast expressed in
the words at the end of the v., 'a better resurrection,' i.e. o...
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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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SEE DEATH. — See Luke 2:26; Psalms 89:48 (John 8:51).
AND WAS NOT FOUND... TRANSLATED HIM. — An exact quotation from the
LXX. (Genesis 5:24). The wor
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Πίστει Ἐνὼχ μετετέθη.… “By faith Enoch was
translated so that he did not see death; and he was not found, because
God had translated him. For before his translation he had witness
borne to him that he...
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FAITH'S TRIUMPHS FROM ABEL TO ABRAHAM
Hebrews 11:1
Faith is the _sixth_ sense. It makes us as sure of unseen or future
things, which we know about only through the divine Word, as we are of
things wh...
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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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FAITH FROM CREATION TO THE FLOOD
The faith of Abel is seen through his actions (Genesis 4:3-5; 1 John
3:11-12). Since Paul says faith comes by hearing God's word (Romans
10:17), it is clear that Abel...
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(5) By faith Enoch was translated that he should not (c) see death;
and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his
translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
(5) Enoch...
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_Henoch [Enoch] was translated, so as not to die nor see death. In
Ecclesiasticus (Chap. xliv.) he is said to be translated into
paradise. By these words, that he should not see death, it is the
gener...
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(5) By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and
was not found, because God had translated him: for before his
translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. (6) But
withou...
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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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5._By faith Enoch, etc. _He chose a few of the most ancient, that he
might make a transition to Abraham and his posterity. He teaches us
that through faith, it was that Enoch was translated.
But we ou...
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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 ENOCH WAS TRANSLATED,.... Which is to be understood, not of a
spiritual translation from the power of darkness, into the kingdom of
Christ, as all converted, persons are translated, and doubt...
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His second instance is in Enoch; for he is the second man unto whom
testimony is personally given that he “pleased God,” and was
accepted with him. Others no doubt before him did so, and were so
accep...
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By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was
not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation
he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
Ver. 5. _By faith...
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HEB. 11:5. BY FAITH ENOCH WAS TRANSLATED THAT HE SHOULD NOT SEE
DEATH; AND WAS NOT FOUND, BECAUSE GOD HAD TRANSLATED HIM; FOR BEFORE
HIS TRANSLATION HE HAD THIS TESTIMONY, THAT HE PLEASED GOD.
_ Bla...
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_By faith_ That is, his firm faith in the being and perfections of
God, especially his omnipresence, omniscience, omnipotence; his truth,
justice, mercy, and goodness; and in consequence of that exemp...
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HE PLEASED GOD; by walking with him. Genesis 5:24. He had confidence
in him, lived in communion with him, opened his heart to him, and
consulted him as his bosom-friend....
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BY FAITH ENOCH WAS TRANSLATED THAT HE SHOULD NOT SEE DEATH; AND WAS
NOT FOUND, BECAUSE GOD HAD TRANSLATED HIM; FOR BEFORE HIS TRANSLATION
HE HAD THIS TESTIMONY, THAT HE PLEASED GOD....
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The example of Abel, Enoch, and Noah:...
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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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4-7 Here follow some illustrious examples of faith from the Old
Testament. Abel brought a sacrifice of atonement from the firstlings
of the flock, acknowledging himself a sinner who deserved to die,...
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BY FAITH ENOCH WAS TRANSLATED THAT HE SHOULD NOT SEE DEATH: by the
Divine faith before described, that which reacheth home to God by
Christ, Enoch, the seventh patriarch in a descent from Adam of the...
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1 Clement
Let us take (for instance) Enoch, who, being found righteous in
obedience, was translated, and death was never known to happen to
him.[43]
Tertullian An Answer to the Jews
For Enoch, too,...
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Hebrews 11:5 faith G4102 Enoch G1802 away G3346 (G5681) did G1492 not
G3361 see G1492 (G5629) death...
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‘By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and he
was not found, because God translated him: for he has had witness
borne to him that before his translation he had been well-pleasing...
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THE FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH IN THE ANTEDELUVIAN WORLD (HEBREWS 11:3).
Faith is seen as giving us an understanding of the world as it is, and
why it is as it is. Faith says it is like it is because God cr...
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Hebrews 11:5-6. BY FAITH ENOCH WAS TRANSLATED. The language of this
verse is taken from the Septuagint (Genesis 5:22-24). ‘He was not'
is there rendered ‘he was not found.' The phrase ‘God took him' i...
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WAS TRANSLATED
(μετετεθη). First aorist passive indicative of
μετατιθημ, old verb to transpose, to change as in Hebrews
7:12; Acts 7:16.THAT HE SHOULD NOT SEE DEATH
(του μη ιδειν θανατον). Here ag...
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Hebrews 11:1
Abel, Enoch, Noah.
Before the flood and the Abrahamic covenant God had a people on earth
who lived by faith. Abel, the first martyr, Enoch, the seventh from
Adam, and Noah, the preacher...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 KEPT ENOCH FROM DYING. Genesis 5:24 Septuagint. Though living in
a world of sinners, Enoch pleased God! Enoch's _faith and example_
verifies the things said in Hebrews 11:1....
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_Enoch was translated._
ENOCH:
I. A CAREER DISTINGUISHED FOR ITS GODLINESS. “Walked with God.”
His life was an embodiment of the Divine.
1. Devoted to God.
(1) Intimately acquainted with God.
(2)...
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HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 11:5 ENOCH WAS TAKEN UP. Genesis 5:21
indicates that Enoch did not die....
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
Hebrews 11:4. MORE EXCELLENT.—Because Abel made it the offering of
_himself_. It is the offering of the man himself, through his
sacrifice, that God accepts. DEAD YET...
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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 John 3:22; 1 Thessalonians 2:4; 2 Kings 2:11; 2 Kings 2:16; 2 K
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Enoch. Genesis 5:21-24. Comp. Sir. 44 16; 49 14; Wisd. 4 10. Was
translated [μ ε τ ε τ ε θ η]. The verb used of Enoch's
translation, LXX, Genesis 5:24. In Acts 7:16 of the transporting of
the remains...
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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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Enoch was not any longer found among men, though perhaps they sought
for him as they did for Elijah, 2 Kings 2:17. He had this testimony
— From God in his own conscience....
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The second instance is Enoch, concerning whom our apostle affirms,
that he was translated, and that he was translated by faith;
translated from one condition to another; from grace to glory, from
eart...