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Hebrews 11:19

in Hebrews 11

Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.

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ASV

accounting that God is able to raise up, even from the dead; from whence he did also in a figure receive him back.

KJV

Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.

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This verse in Hebrews 11

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Oecumenius

The Pseudo-Oecumenian Catena on Hebrews · Written before 550.

"considering that God was able even to raise him from the dead." Do you see how by faith Abraham did everything? For he believed that God could even raise him from the dead after he was sacrificed. "from which, figuratively speaking." And Abraham himself and …

This site's exposition

By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac

on Hebrews 11:17-19

The trial is named plainly, offering up the son through whom the promises themselves had been staked, that in Isaac shall thy seed be called, the command and the promise set against each other with no resolution given Abraham but faith. Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, is the letter's own account of what carried Abraham up the mountain, a reasoned trust in resurrection centuries before Christ's own rose to confirm it. From whence also he received him in a figure reads Isaac's return from the altar as a type of resurrection rather than a mere reprieve.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead,.... Abraham did not go about this affair without thought; and yet he did not consult with flesh and blood; his reasoning was the reasoning of faith; and the conclusion of it was, not that he believed that God would raise his son from the dead, but that he was able to do it.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(2.) He received him from the dead, for he gave him up for dead; he was as a dead child to him, and the return was to him no less than a resurrection. (3.) This was a figure or parable of something further. It was a figure of the sacrifice and resurrection of Christ, of whom Isaac was a type.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Accounting that God was able to raise him up even from the dead - And that he would do it; for so Abraham evidently believed, and this idea is plainly implied in the whole narrative. There was no other way in which the promise could be fulfilled; and Abraham reasoned justly in the case. He had received the promise of a numerous posterity. He had been told expressly that it was to be through this favorite child. He was now commanded to put him to death as a sacrifice, and he prepared to do it.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

It was then that Abraham saw Christ's day (Joh 8:56): accounting God was able to raise even from the dead: from which state of the dead he received him back as a type of the resurrection in Christ.

The words behind it

15 Greek words

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Ephesians 3:20Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,36 worksRomans 4:21being fully persuaded that God was able to do what He had promised.17 works2 Corinthians 1:9Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.13 worksGenesis 18:14Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”12 worksMark 10:27Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”11 worksEzekiel 37:3Then He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones come to life?” “O Lord GOD,” I replied, “only You know.”6 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Romans 4:17–21As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.5 worksMatthew 9:28After Jesus had entered the house, the blind men came to Him. “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” He asked. “Yes, Lord,” they answered.5 worksGenesis 22:5“Stay here with the donkey,” Abraham told his servants. “The boy and I will go over there to worship, and then we will return to you.”5 worksGenesis 22:13Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.4 works1 Kings 17:21Then he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this boy’s life return to him!”3 worksJohn 4:50“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.3 worksGalatians 4:24These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.3 worksGenesis 22:4–5On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.2 worksHebrews 11:11–12By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.2 worksHebrews 9:9It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.2 worksGenesis 18:11And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.2 worksRomans 5:14Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the way that Adam transgressed. He is a pattern of the One to come.1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Ephesians 3:20

    Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,

    it leads to

    • 2 Corinthians 9:8

      And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.

    • Romans 4:21

      being fully persuaded that God was able to do what He had promised.

    • Jeremiah 32:27

      “Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me?

    • Jude 1:24

      Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—

    • 1 Corinthians 2:9

      Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”

  • Through

    Matthew 9:28

    After Jesus had entered the house, the blind men came to Him. “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” He asked. “Yes, Lord,” they answered.

    it leads to

    • Mark 9:23–24

      “If You can?” echoed Jesus. “All things are possible to him who believes!”

    • Matthew 13:58

      And He did not do many miracles there, because of their unbelief.

    • Matthew 8:2

      Suddenly a leper came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

Where this verse is studied

About Hebrews

Christ Presented to the People — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)
Christ Presented to the People — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Oecumenius, The Pseudo-Oecumenian Catena on Hebrews.

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