Hebrews 11:11. And what is true of Abraham, the father of the faithful, is true also of Sarah, who was equally the ancestor of the chosen race. Sarah herself, not ‘who had so long doubted' (Bleek, etc.), for the writer is not dealing with the difficulty of faith, but with the necessity for it. The expression is nothing but an extension of the lesson of the previous verse to a new and connected instance: Sarah likewise. The expression is very common in Luke.

And when she was past age (literally, ‘and that contrary to the time of life') an additional difficulty; and yet, in spite of her barrenness, her age, her former incredulity (for she had laughed at the promise in the first instance), she believed, and therein found a large reward.

Deeming (as in chap. Hebrews 10:29 and Hebrews 11:26, and to be distinguished from the ‘accounting' of Hebrews 11:19) him faithful.

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