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

33Through faith they conquered kingdoms, administered justice, gained what was promised, shut the mouths of lions, 34quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, gained strength in weakness, became mighty in battle, put foreign armies to flight, and women received back their dead raised to life. But others were tortured, not accepting release, to obtain resurrection to a better life. 36And others experienced mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. 37They were stoned, sawed apart, murdered with the sword; they went about in sheepskins and goatskins; they were destitute, afflicted, ill-treated

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Womenγυνήgunē · womanG1135
• receivedλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
• theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• deadνεκρόςnekros · deadG3498
• ·ἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• raised to life againἀνάστασιςanastasis · resurrectionG386
• andδέde · thenG1161
• othersἄλλοςallos · anotherG243
• were torturedτυμπανίζωtumpanizō · to tortureG5178
• notοὐou · noG3756
• acceptingπροσδέχομαιprosdechomai · to wait for/welcomeG4327
• deliveranceὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• deliveranceἀπολύτρωσιςapolutrōsis · redemptionG629
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• they might obtainτυγχάνωtugchanō · to obtain/happenG5177
• betterκρείττωνkreittōn · strongerG2909

Cross-references for Hebrews 11:35

• 1 Kings 17:22The Lord answered Elijah’s prayer; the boy’s breath returned to him and he lived.
• 2 Kings 4:27But when she reached the prophet on the mountain, she grabbed hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to push her away, but the prophet said, “Leave her alone, for she is very upset. The Lord has kept the matter hidden from me; he didn’t tell me about it.”
• Luke 7:12As he approached the town gate, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother (who was a widow), and a large crowd from the town was with her.
• John 11:40Jesus responded, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believe, you would see the glory of God?”
• Acts 9:41He gave her his hand and helped her get up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her alive.
• Acts 22:24the commanding officer ordered Paul to be brought back into the barracks. He told them to interrogate Paul by beating him with a lash so that he could find out the reason the crowd was shouting at Paul in this way.
• Acts 4:19But Peter and John replied, “Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you decide,
• Matthew 22:30For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
• Mark 12:25For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
• Luke 14:14Then you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
• Luke 20:36In fact, they can no longer die, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God, since they are sons of the resurrection.
• John 5:29and will come out – the ones who have done what is good to the resurrection resulting in life, and the ones who have done what is evil to the resurrection resulting in condemnation.
• Acts 23:6Then when Paul noticed that part of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, he shouted out in the council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am on trial concerning the hope of the resurrection of the dead!”
• Acts 24:15I have a hope in God (a hope that these men themselves accept too) that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.
• 1 Corinthians 15:54Now when this perishable puts on the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will happen, “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

In the dictionaries

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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