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

33By faith they conquered kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions, 34quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, and made foreign armies flee. Women received their dead raised back to life; and others were tortured, after not accepting release, so they might obtain a better resurrection. 36Others experienced the trial of mocking and scourging—yes, and even chains and prison. 37They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were murdered with the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins; they were destitute, afflicted, 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

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 17:22Adonai listened to the cry of Elijah, so the soul of the child came back into his body and he was revived.
• 2 Kings 4:27But when she arrived at the mountain, up to the man of God, she caught hold of his feet. Then Gehazi stepped forward to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is bitter within her, yet Adonai has hid it from me and has not told me.”
• Luke 7:12Just as He came near the town gate, behold, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother, a widow. A considerable crowd from the town was with her.
• John 11:40Yeshua says to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
• Acts 9:41He gave her his hand and raised her up. Then he called the kedoshim and widows and presented her alive.
• Acts 22:24the commander ordered Paul to be brought into headquarters. He said Paul should be examined by lashing, so that he might find out why they were shouting against him so.
• Acts 4:19But Peter and John replied, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to 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 up from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like 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 20:36For they can no longer die, because they are like angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.
• John 5:29and come out! Those who have done good will come to a resurrection of life, and those who have done evil will come to a resurrection of judgment.
• Acts 23:6But recognizing that one group was Sadducees and the other Pharisees, Paul began crying out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees! I am on trial because of the hope of the resurrection of the dead!”
• Acts 24:15In God I have a hope—which these men also wait for—that there will surely be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.
• 1 Corinthians 15:54But when this corruptible will have put on incorruptibility and this mortal will have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
• Philippians 3:11if somehow I might arrive at the resurrection from among 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