Hebrews 11:35

Hebrews 11:35 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
• New International Version (NIV)Women received back their dead, raised to life again. There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Women received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Women received their dead raised to life again. Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.

Context of Hebrews 11:35

33who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, 34quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight. Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection. 36Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. 37They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.

Hebrews 11:35 word by word

ἔλαβον γυναῖκες ἐξ ἀναστάσεως τοὺς νεκροὺς αὐτῶν· ἄλλοι δὲ ἐτυμπανίσθησαν οὐ προσδεξάμενοι τὴν ἀπολύτρωσιν, ἵνα κρείττονος ἀναστάσεως τύχωσιν·Read the interlinear

• Womenγυνήgunē · womanG1135
• received backλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
• theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• deadνεκρόςnekros · deadG3498
• raised to life againἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• raised to life againἀνάστασιςanastasis · resurrectionG386
• ·δέde · thenG1161
• Othersἄλλοςallos · anotherG243
• were torturedτυμπανίζωtumpanizō · to tortureG5178
• refusedοὐou · noG3756
• refusedπροσδέχομαιprosdechomai · to wait for/welcomeG4327
• releaseἀπολύτρωσιςapolutrōsis · redemptionG629
• so thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• they might gainτυγχάνωtugchanō · to obtain/happenG5177
• a betterκρείττωνkreittōn · strongerG2909

Cross-references for Hebrews 11:35

• 1 Kings 17:22And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived.
• 2 Kings 4:27When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me.”
• Luke 7:12As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.
• John 11:40Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
• Acts 9:41Peter took her by the hand and helped her up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her to them alive.
• Acts 22:24the commander ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks. He directed that Paul be flogged and interrogated to determine the reason for this outcry against him.
• Acts 4:19But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
• Matthew 22:30In the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.
• Mark 12:25When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.
• Luke 14:14and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
• Luke 20:36In fact, they can no longer die, because they are like the angels. And since they are sons of the resurrection, they are sons of God.
• John 5:29and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
• Acts 23:6Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
• Acts 24:15and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.
• 1 Corinthians 15:54When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
• Philippians 3:11and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.

Commentaries on Hebrews 11:35

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 35Women received their dead - As did the widow of Zarephath, 1 Kings 17:21, and the Shunammite, 2 Kings 4:34. What other cases under all the above heads the apostle might have in view, we know not. Others were tortured - . This is a word concerning the meaning of which the critics are not agreed. signifies a stick, or baton, which was used in bastinadoing criminals. And signifies to beat violently, and is thus explained by the best lexicographers. After…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 35Women received their dead raised to life again - As in the case of the woman of Zarephath, whose child was restored to life by Elijah, 1 Kings 17:19-24; and of the son of the Shunamite woman whose child was restored to life by Elisha; Isaiah 5:12. The engine of torture here referred to, probably resembled the drum in form, on which the body of a criminal was bent so as to give greater severity to the wounds which were inflicted by scourging. The lash…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 32-38Verses 32-38 After all our searches into the Scriptures, there is more to be learned from them. We should be pleased to think, how great the number of believers was under the Old Testament, and how strong their faith, though the objects of it were not then so fully made known as now. And we should lament that now, in gospel times, when the rule of faith is more clear and perfect, the number of believers should be so small, and their faith so weak. It is…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 35Elijah and Elisha both brought women's loved ones back from death (see 1 Kings 17:17–24; 2 Kings 4:17–37). Others were tortured: Faith does not always lead to a positive outcome in this life. The author might be referring to the 170s and 160s BC, when many Jews suffered and died rather than abandon their faith (see, for example, 1 Maccabees 1:20–64).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3535. Women received their dead raised--as the widow of Zarephath (1Ki 17:17-24). The Shunammite (2Ki 4:17-35). The two oldest manuscripts read. "They received women of aliens by raising their dead." 1Ki 17:24 shows that the raising of the widow's son by Elijah led her to the faith, so that he thus took her into fellowship, an alien though she was. Christ, in Lu 4:26, makes especial mention of the fact that Elijah was sent to an alien from Israel, a woman…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 11:35

• Dead (People)
• Faith
• Martyrdom
• Persecution
• Resurrection
• War

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Commentaries on Hebrews 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings