Hebrews 11:3
Context11:3 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
Context11:17 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
Context11:22 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
Context11:27 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
Context11:29 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
Context11:31 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.