Hebrews 11:24 BSB — MannaFest

Hebrews 11:24

By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter;

KJV

By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter;

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Commentary

1 voice

Ephrem the Syrian

COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS (373)

"By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called a son of Pharaoh's daughter." If he had not believed in the promise of Abraham, he would have not refused to be corrupted by sin, nor would he have chosen to share ill …

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

By faith Moses - He had confidence in God when he called him to be the leader of his people. He believed that he was able to deliver them, and he so trusted in him that he was willing at his command to forego the splendid prospects which opened before him in Egypt. “When he was come to years.” Greek “being great;” that is, when he was grown up to manhood. He was at that time forty years of age; see the notes on Act 7:

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

JOSEPHUS states that when a child, he threw on the ground the diadem put on him in jest, a presage of his subsequent formal rejection of Thermutis' adoption of him. Faith made him to prefer the adoption of the King of kings, unseen, and so to choose (Heb 11:25, 26) things, the very last which flesh and blood relish.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Πίστει	Pistei	By faith	G4102 →
Μωϋσῆς	Mōusēs	Moses	G3475 →
μέγας	megas	grown	G3173 →
γενόμενος	genomenos	having become	G1096 →
ἠρνήσατο	ērnēsato	he refused	G720 →
λέγεσθαι	legesthai	to be named	G3004 →
υἱὸς	huios	[the] son	G5207 →
θυγατρὸς	thugatros	of [the] daughter	G2364 →
Φαραώ,	Pharaō	of Pharaoh,	G5328 →