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Verse 21. _BLESSED BOTH THE SONS OF JOSEPH_] That is, Ephraim and
Manasseh. See the account and the notes. Genesis 48:5, c.
_WORSHIPPED_, LEANING _UPON THE TOP OF HIS STAFF_] This subject is
particu...
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BY FAITH JACOB, WHEN HE WAS A DYING - Genesis 47:31; Genesis 48:1.
That is, when he was about to die. He saw his death near when he
pronounced this blessing on Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph...
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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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THE CHRISTIAN HOPE (Hebrews 11:1-3)...
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It was by faith that Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in the things
concerning the future. It was by faith that Jacob, when he was dying.
blessed each of the sons of Joseph and prayed leaning, on the head...
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_both the sons_ Rather, "each of the sons." He made a marked
difference between them (Genesis 48:17-19).
_worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff_ In this verse there is
an allusion to two separ...
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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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ἝΚΑΣΤΟΝ ΤΩ͂Ν ΥἹΩ͂Ν. “_Each of the sons_.” He
made a marked difference between them (Genesis 48:17-19).
ΠΡΟΣΕΚΎΝΗΣΕΝ ἘΠῚ ΤῸ ἌΚΡΟΝ Κ.Τ.Λ. In this
verse there is an allusion to two separate events. The f...
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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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ΑΠΟΘΝΉΣΚΩΝ _praes. act. part. (temp.) от_
ΑΠΟΘΝΉΣΚΩ (G599) умирать. _Praes._ означает,
что он умирал, когда говорил: "умирая"
"на смертном одре"
ΈΚΑΣΤΟΣ (G1538) каждый,
ΕΎΛΌΓΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_...
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BY FAITH JACOB, WHEN HE WAS A DYING, &C.— He blessed each of them
particularly. Moses tells us, that he strengthened himself and sat
upon the bed on that occasion, Genesis 47:31; Genesis 48:2. When Ja...
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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 JACOB
(Hebrews 11:21)
It has been well said that "Though the grace of faith is of universal
use throughout our whole lives, yet it is especially so when we come
to die. Faith has its gre...
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By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph;
and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
BOTH THE SONS - Greek, 'each of the sons' (; ; ). He could not
distinguish J...
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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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11:21 staff. (a-20) This follows the LXX translation of Genesis 47:31
....
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TOP OF HIS STAFF] The Heb. in Genesis 47:31 reads, 'the head of his
bed.' The difference is due to the same consonants being read with
different vowels, _mittah_ being 'bed,' and _matteh_ being 'staff...
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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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BOTH THE SONS. — Rather, _each of the sons._ The separate character
of the two blessings is thus brought out (Genesis 48:14). (See the
last Note.) In the case of the two events mentioned in this verse...
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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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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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(9) By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of
Joseph; and worshipped, [leaning] upon the top of his staff.
(9) Jacob....
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Jacob....worshipping the top [8] of Joseph's rod, or staff of command,
or of his sceptre. See Genesis xlvii. Jacob, by bowing to Joseph and
his sceptre, acknowledged and reverenced the power of Joseph...
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(20) By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
(21) By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of
Joseph; and worshiped, leaning upon the top of his staff. (22)...
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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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21._By faith Jacob, etc. _It was the Apostle’s object to attribute
to faith whatever was worthy of remembrance in the history of the
people: as, however, it would have been tedious to recount everythi...
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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 JACOB, WHEN HE WAS A DYING,.... Which was the usual time of
blessing with the patriarchs; and the reason of it was, that what was
said might be more attended to and regarded, and more strongl...
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Πίστει ᾿Ιακὼβ ἀποθνήσκων ἓκαστον
τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ιωσὴφ ἐυλόγνσε, καὶ
προσεκύνησεν ἐπὶ τὸ ἄχρον τῆς
ῥάβδου αὐτοῦ.
᾿Αποθνήσκων, “moriens,” “moriturus,” “cum
moreretur;” “when he drew nigh to death,” the pres...
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By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph;
and worshipped, _leaning_ upon the top of his staff.
Ver. 21. _When he was a dying_] The Spirit's motions are then many
times qui...
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Heb. 11:18-22. Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be
called: Accounting that God (was) able to raise (him) up, even from
the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. By faith...
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_By faith_ By firmly believing what God had revealed unto him
concerning the future state of his children; _Isaac blessed Jacob and
Esau_ Prophetically foretold the particular blessings they should
re...
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BLESSED BOTH THE SONS; Genesis 48:5-20.
UPON THE TOP OF HIS STAFF; Genesis 47:31; the quotation is from the
Greek version of the Seventy. The same Hebrew letters, according as
they are differently pro...
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BY FAITH JACOB, WHEN HE WAS A-DYING, BLESSED BOTH THE SONS OF JOSEPH,
AND WORSHIPED, LEANING UPON THE TOP OF HIS STAFF....
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The example of the patriarchs:...
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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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20-31 Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, concerning things to come. Things
present are not the best things; no man knoweth love or hatred by
having them or wanting them. Jacob lived by faith, and he died...
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BY FAITH JACOB, WHEN HE WAS A DYING, BLESSED BOTH THE SONS OF JOSEPH:
Jacob did not degenerate from his progenitors, but by the same
excellent faith (being heir to the birthright and blessing, by God'...
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Hebrews 11:21 faith G4102 Jacob G2384 dying G599 (G5723) blessed G2127
(G5656) each G1538 sons G5207 Joseph...
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‘By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of
Joseph, and worshipped on the top of his staff.'
In the same way did Jacob in his old age, when he was no longer able
to physically supp...
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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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Hebrews 11:21. BY FAITH JACOB, WHEN DYING, BLESSED EACH OF THE SONS OF
JOSEPH. The dying acts of the two patriarchs are connected together as
worshippers (Genesis 47:31).
HE WORSHIPPED ON THE TOP OF...
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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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LEANING UPON THE TOP OF HIS STAFF
(επ το ακρον της ραβδου αυτου). From Genesis
47:31, but no word for "leaning." The quotation is from the LXX, the
Hebrew having "the head of the bed," but the Hebr...
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Hebrews 11:21
The Story of a Pilgrim's Staff.
I. The pilgrim's staff represented something. He leaned on it, not
because it was needed, but because it helped him to realise. It was
the type of those...
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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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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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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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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 JACOB BLESS. Again we see the inspiration of God, as Jacob
included Joseph's two sons as heads of tribes. HE LEANED. That sick
old man raised from his bed and stood, leaning on the top of hi...
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HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 11:21 JACOB. See Genesis 48:8. Similar to
Isaac, Jacob’s future hope was based on God’s promises (see...
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
Hebrews 11:21. LEANING UPON THE TOP OF HIS STAFF.—Probably meaning
“upon the head of the bed”; only this assumes more of a bedstead
than was usual among tribal Eastern...
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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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Genesis 47:31; Genesis 48:5...
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When he died [α π ο θ ν η σ κ ω ν]. Rend. "when dying." It
is quite superfluous to explain this as emphasizing the strength in
contrast with the weakness of approaching death; or that, in the birth
of...
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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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Jacob when dying — That is, when near death. Bowing down on the top
of his staff — As he sat on the side of his bed. Genesis 48:16;
Genesis 47:31...
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(CF. GENESIS 47:31)— Is there a discrepancy regarding the death of
Jacob?
PROBLEM: Hebrews mentions that Jacob died worshiping, “leaning on
the top of his staff” (11:21). Yet Genesis 47:31 mentions J...
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Observe here, in dying Jacob, the frame and carriage of holy men in
their dying and seasons, to bless their children, and worship their
God. Jacob blessed Joseph and his two sons, laying hold on the
c...