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Hebrews 11:35
35Women 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.
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:
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Women received their loved ones back again from death. But others were tortured, refusing to turn from God in order to be set free. They placed their hope in a better life after the 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 fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies. 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. 36Some faced jeers and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. 37They were put to death by stoning; they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated—
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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 heard Elijah’s cry, and the boy’s life returned to him, and he lived.
- 2 Kings 4:27When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she took hold of his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone! She is in bitter distress, but the Lord has hidden it from me and has not told me why.”
- Luke 7:12As he approached the town gate, a dead person was 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 11:40Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”
- Acts 9:41He took her by the hand and helped her to her feet. Then he called for the believers, especially the widows, and presented her to them alive.
- Acts 22:24the commander ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks. He directed that he be flogged and interrogated in order to find out why the people were shouting at him like this.
- Acts 4:19But Peter and John replied, “Which is right in God’s eyes: to listen to you, or to him? You be the judges!
- Matthew 22:30At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.
- Mark 12:25When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.
- Luke 14:14and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
- Luke 20:36and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God’s children, since they are children of the resurrection.
- John 5:29and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.
- Acts 23:6Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “My brothers, I am a Pharisee, descended from Pharisees. I stand on trial because of the hope of the resurrection of the dead.”
- Acts 24:15and I have the same hope in God as these men themselves have, 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 true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
- Philippians 3:11and so, somehow, attaining 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
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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
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