Hebrews 11:3

11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds ¹  were set in order at God’s command, ²  so that the visible has its origin in the invisible. ³ 

Hebrews 11:17

11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He had received the promises, ⁴  yet he was ready to offer up ⁵  his only son.

Hebrews 11:22

11:22 By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, ⁶  mentioned the exodus of the sons of Israel ⁷  and gave instructions about his burial. ⁸ 

Hebrews 11:27

11:27 By faith he left Egypt without fearing the king’s anger, for he persevered as though he could see the one who is invisible.

Hebrews 11:29

11:29 By faith they crossed the Red Sea as if on dry ground, but when the Egyptians tried it, they were swallowed up.

Hebrews 11:31

11:31 By faith Rahab the prostitute escaped the destruction of ⁹  the disobedient, because she welcomed the spies in peace.

[11:3]  ¹ tn Grk “ages.” The temporal (ages) came to be used of the spatial (what exists in those time periods). See Heb 1:2 for same usage.

[11:3]  ² tn Grk “by God’s word.”

[11:3]  ³ sn The Greek phrasing emphasizes this point by negating the opposite: “so that what is seen did not come into being from things that are visible.”

[11:17]  ⁴ tn Here “received the promises” refers to the pledges themselves, not to the things God promised.

[11:17]  ⁵ tn Grk “he was offering up.” The tense of this verb indicates the attempt or readiness to sacrifice Isaac without the actual completion of the deed.

[11:22]  ⁷ tn Grk “coming to an end,” “dying.”

[11:22]  ⁸ sn Joseph’s prophecy about the exodus of the sons of Israel is found in Gen 50:24.

[11:22]  ⁹ tn Grk “about his bones,” which refers by metonymy to the disposition of his bones, i.e., his burial.

[11:31]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “did not perish together with.”