Hebrews 11:23-40
faith <4102> [faith.]
child ... beautiful <3813 791> [a proper child.]
That is, a fine, beautiful, or fair child, as our translators render [asteios <\\See definition 791\\>] in Ac 7:20; which was in their time the sense of proper, from the French propre.
and they were ... afraid <2532 5399> [and they.]
king's <935> [the king's.]
grew up <1096> [when.]
choosing <138> [Choosing.]
people <2992> [the people.]
fleeting pleasure <2192> [the pleasures.]
abuse suffered <3680> [the reproach.]
Christ <5547> [of Christ. or, for Christ. greater.]
for his eyes were fixed <1063 578> [for he had.]
he left <2641> [he forsook.]
without fearing <3361 5399> [not fearing.]
he persevered <2594> [endured.]
could see <3708> [seeing.]
he kept <4160> [he kept.]
sprinkling <4378> [the sprinkling.]
prostitute <4204> [the harlot.]
disobedient <544> [believed not. or, were disobedient.]
welcomed <1209> [she had.]
what .... I say <5101 3004> [what shall.]
time <5550> [the time.]
Gideon <1066> [Gedeon.]
[Gideon.]
[Jerubbaal. Barak.]
Samson <4546> [Samson.]
Jephthah <2422> [Jephthae.]
[Jephthah. David.]
Samuel <4545> [Samuel.]
prophets <4396> [the prophets.]
Through <1223> [through.]
administered <2038> [wrought.]
gained <2013> [obtained.]
shut <5420> [stopped.]
quenched <4570> [Quenched.]
escaped <5343> [escaped.]
in <575> [out of.]
put .... to flight <2827> [turned.]
women <1135> [Women.]
were tortured <5178> [tortured.]
not accepting <3756 4327> [not accepting.]
to obtain ... to <2443 5177> [that they.]
mocking <1701> [mockings.]
And ..... and flogging and .... and <1161 2532 3148> [and scourgings.]
chains <1199> [bonds.]
They were stoned <3034> [stoned.]
murdered <599> [were slain.]
with ....... in sheepskins <1722 3374> [in sheepskins.]
were destitute <5302> [being destitute.]
of them <3739> [whom.]
wandered <4105> [wandered.]
had provided <4265> [provided. or, foreseen. better.]
they would be made perfect together with <5048 5565> [they without.]
they would be made perfect <5048> [made.]
The apostle in the early part of the chapter having given us a general account of the grace of faith, proceeds to set before us some illustrious examples of it in Old Testament times. The leading instance and example of faith recorded, is that of righteous Abel: one of the first saints and the first martyr for religion--one who lived by faith and died for it, and therefore a fit pattern for the Hebrews to imitate. It is observable that the Holy Spirit has not thought fit to say any thing here of the faith of our first parents; and yet the church of God has generally, by a pious charity, taken it for granted that God gave them repentance and faith in the promised seed; that he instructed them in the mystery of sacrificing, that they instructed their children in it, and that they found mercy with God, after they had ruined themselves and all their posterity. But God has left the matter still under some doubt, as a warning to all who have great talents given to them, and a great trust reposed in them, that they do not prove unfaithful, since God would not enrol our first parents among the number of believers in this blessed calendar.--Henry.
