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HEBREWS 11:37 evpri,sqhsan {C}
The presence in most manuscripts of the rather general statement
evpeira,sqhsan (“they were tempted”) amid the author’s
enumeration of different kinds of violent death...
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Verse 37. _THEY WERE STONED_] As Zechariah, the son of Barachiah or
Jehoida, was, between the altar and the temple; see the account, 2
Chronicles 24:21; and _See the notes on "_Matthew 23:35_"_. And...
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THEY WERE STONED - A common method of punishment among the Jews; see
the notes on Matthew 21:35, Matthew 21:44. Thus, Zechariah, the son of
Jehoiada the priest, was stoned; see 2 Chronicles
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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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The rest of the history would take too long to survey in detail, and
the writer contents himself with suggesting it by a few striking
allusions. He mentions certain outstanding names, then refers in
g...
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THE CHRISTIAN HOPE (Hebrews 11:1-3)...
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Women received back their own folk as if they had been raised from the
dead. Others were crucified because they refused to accept release,
for they were eager to obtain a better resurrection. Others w...
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STONED. 1 Kings 21:13 (Naboth). 2 Chronicles 24:20; 2 Chronicles 24:21
(Zechariah). Jeremiah after the scene in Pathros (Hebrews 44),
according to the Gemara.
SAWN ASUNDER. Greek. _pri_....
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_they were stoned_ Zechariah (2 Chronicles 24:20-21). Jewish tradition
said that Jeremiah was stoned. See Matthew 23:35-37; Luke 11:51.
_were sawn asunder_ This was the traditional mode of Isaiah
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ἘΠΡΊΣΘΗΣΑΝ, ἘΠΕΙΡΆΣΘΗΣΑΝ. The MSS. vary in the
order. See the note.
37. ἘΛΙΘΆΣΘΗΣΑΝ. Zechariah (2 Chronicles 24:20-21). Jewish
tradition said that Jeremiah was stoned. See Matthew 23:35-37; Luke
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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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_MANY SUFFERED FOR THE FAITH -- HEBREWS 11:32-38:_ Many names were
only mentioned. There was_ _ Gedeon, Barak, Samson, Jephthae, David,
Samuel, and the prophet. These are great servants of God "Who th...
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ΈΛΙΘΆΣΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΛΙΘΆΖΩ (G3034)
побивать камнями,
ΈΠΕΙΡΆΣΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΠΕΙΡΆΖΩ
искушать, испытывать. О
предполагаемом варианте текста _см._
Hughes; Riggenbach. Возможно,...
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THEY WERE SAWN ASUNDER, &C.— Calmet understands by this expression,
_being torn in pieces,_ as it were, under a _threshing instrument,_
consisting of wooden rollers, full of sharp iron teeth like a
_h...
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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
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THE PINNACLE OF FAITH
(Hebrews 11:37, Hebrews 11:38)
There has been no greater instance of the degeneracy of human nature
and its likeness to the Devil than in the fearful fact that so many
who have...
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They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain
with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being
destitute, afflicted, tormented;
STONED - as Zechariah, son...
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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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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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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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THEY WERE STONED. — As Zechariah (2 Chronicles 24:20), and —
according to a Jewish tradition mentioned by Tertullian and others —
Jeremiah. (See Matthew 23:35; Matthew 23:37.)
THEY WERE SAWN ASUNDER.
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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...
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Summary of the achievements of faith in the times subsequent to
Joshua....
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“THE NOBLE ARMY OF MARTYRS”
Hebrews 11:32
Strong faith is consistent with very different views of religious
truth. The conception that Abel, Enoch or Noah had of so-called
Christian truth was very s...
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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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THOSE WHO OVERCAME BY FAITH
It is by faith that the walls of Jericho fell (Joshua 6:1-21). Only
faith that obedience of Jehovah and his servant would work could have
destroyed such a city in such a wa...
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They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain
with the sword: they wandered about in (x) sheepskins and goatskins;
being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
(x) In vile and rough cl...
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_Greek: Melon signifies a sheep; Greek: melote signifies a sheep skin,
with the wool on it. This, or a goat skin, was the usual covering of
poor people, and as such was adopted by the ancient prophets...
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(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: (33) Who through faith subdu...
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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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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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THEY WERE STONED,.... As Naboth, by the order of Ahab,
1 Kings 21:13, Zachariah in the court of the Lord's house;
2 Chronicles 24:21 and the character of Jerusalem is, that she stoned
the prophets t...
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He proceeds in the next place unto instances quite of another nature,
and which were more immediately suited unto the condition of the
Hebrews. For hearing of these great and glorious things, they mig...
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They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain
with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being
destitute, afflicted, tormented;
Ver. 37. _Were tempted_] επε...
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_They were stoned_ As Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada, 2 Chronicles
24:21. See also Matthew 23:31; _they were sawn asunder_ As, according
to the tradition of the Jews, Isaiah was by Manasseh; _were tem...
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No victories ever won compare with those of faith. Its triumphs no
earthly tongue can speak or pen describe. They are written in the book
of life, and will be told with immortal tongues, by multitudes...
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THEY WERE STONED, THEY WERE SAWN ASUNDER, WERE TEMPTED, WERE SLAIN
WITH THE SWORD; THEY WANDERED ABOUT IN SHEEPSKINS AND GOATSKINS; BEING
DESTITUTE, AFFLICTED, TORMENTED;...
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The achievements of faith in the times of Joshua and later:...
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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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32-38 After all our searches into the Scriptures, there is more to be
learned from them. We should be pleased to think, how great the number
of believers was under the Old Testament, and how strong t...
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OLBGrk;
THEY WERE STONED; by the same faith were several of the prophets and
believing worthies of old carried through cruel deaths, the just
punishment of malefactors, but the wicked tortures of thes...
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1 Clement
Let us be imitators also of those who in goat-skins and
sheep-skins[71]
A Letter from Origen to Africanus
For the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews, in speaking of the
prophets, and wh...
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Hebrews 11:37 stoned G3034 (G5681) two G4249 (G5681) tempted G3985
(G5681) slain G599 (G5627) with...
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‘And others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, moreover of
bonds and imprisonment: they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they
were tested, they were slain with the sword, they went about i...
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Hebrews 11:35-38. What faith has done we have seen; what it helps men
to suffer is now told us. WOMEN RECEIVED (back) THEIR DEAD RAISED TO
LIFE AGAIN (literally, by a resurrection, which is regarded a...
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Hebrews 11:37. THEY WERE STONED, as was Zechariah, the son of
Jehoiada, the last martyr mentioned in the Old Testament (2 Chronicles
24:20-22), as Abel was the first Jeremiah is also said to have been...
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Hebrews 11:37
Martyrdom.
The word "martyr" properly means "a witness," but it is used to denote
exclusively one who has suffered _death_for the Christian faith. Let
us consider what it was in the ea...
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Hebrews 11:30
We may make use of extraordinary examples to encourage our ordinary
faith at ordinary times. These models are on a very grand and large
scale, and so we can plainly see them.
I. Faith w...
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Hebrews 11:32. _And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me
to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of
David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:_
There are some...
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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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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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THEY WERE STONED. Zechariah (2 Chronicles 24:21). SAWN IN TWO. Jewish
tradition says this is how Isaiah was killed. See also 1 Samuel 22:18;
1 Kings 19:10. These were all things very familiar to the J...
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_They were stoned_
MARTYRDOM:
The word “martyr” properly means “a witness,” but is used to
denote exclusively one who has suffered death for the Christian faith.
Our Lord Jesus Christ is the chief a...
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HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 11:37 STONED... SAWN IN TWO. These probably
represent the traditional accounts of the deaths of Jeremiah and
Isaiah. Other prophets were also stoned ...
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
Hebrews 11:37. SAWN ASUNDER.—The traditional mode of Isaiah’s
death. TEMPTED.—_I.e._ severely tested. A conjecture has been made
that the word should be ἐπρήσθησαν, the...
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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 Corinthians 4:9; 1 Kings 18:13; 1 Kings 18:4; 1 Kings 19:1;...
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They were sawn asunder — As, according to the tradition of the Jews,
Isaiah was by Manasseh. Were tempted — Torments and death are
mentioned alternately. Every way; by threatenings, reproaches,
tortur...