11:32 And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets. 11:33 Through faith they conquered kingdoms, administered justice, 1 gained what was promised, 2 shut the mouths of lions, 11:34 quenched raging fire, 3 escaped the edge of the sword, gained strength in weakness, 4 became mighty in battle, put foreign armies to flight, 11:35 and women received back their dead raised to life. 5 But others were tortured, not accepting release, to obtain resurrection to a better life. 6 11:36 And others experienced mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. 11:37 They were stoned, sawed apart, 7 murdered with the sword; they went about in sheepskins and goatskins; they were destitute, afflicted, ill-treated
1 tn This probably refers to the righteous rule of David and others. But it could be more general and mean “did what was righteous.”
2 tn Grk “obtained promises,” referring to the things God promised, not to the pledges themselves.
3 tn Grk “quenched the power of fire.”
4 tn Or “recovered from sickness.”
5 tn Grk “received back their dead from resurrection.”
6 tn Grk “to obtain a better resurrection.”
7 tc The reading ἐπρίσθησαν (ejprisqhsan, “they were sawed apart”) is found in some important witnesses (Ì46 [D* twice reads ἐπίρσθησαν, “they were burned”?] pc syp sa Orpt Eus). Other