Hebrews 11:31 BSB — MannaFest

Hebrews 11:31

By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.

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ASV

By faith Rahab the harlot perished not with them that were disobedient, having received the spies with peace.

KJV

By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

By faith the harlot Rahab - She resided in Jericho; Jos 2:1. When Joshua crossed the Jordan, he sent two men as spies to her house, and she saved them by concealment from the enemies that would have destroyed their lives. For this act of hospitality and kindness, they assured her of safety when the city should be destroyed, and directed her to give an indication of her place of abode to the invading Israelites, that her house might be spared; Jos 2:18-19. In the destruction of the city, she was accordingly preserved; Josh.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1061: “Rahab” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1872)

THESE are two New Testament summaries of the life of Rahab and they are equally honorable to her. Paul puts her among the great worthies who, by faith, worked wonders. The 11th chapter of Hebrews is a triumphal arch to the soldiers of faith and among the illustrious names inscribed there are the name of this harlot of Jericho.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Thus Paul, quoting the same examples (Heb 11:17, 31) for the power of faith, as James (Jas 2:21, 25; see on Jas 2:21; Jas 2:25) does for justification by works evidentially, shows that in maintaining justification by faith alone, he means not a dead faith, but "faith which worketh by love" (Ga 5:6).

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Πίστει	Pistei	By faith	G4102 →
Ῥαὰβ	Rhaab	Rahab	G4460 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
πόρνη	pornē	prostitute	G4204 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
συναπώλετο	sunapōleto	did perish with	G4881 →
τοῖς	tois	those	G3588 →
ἀπειθήσασιν	apeithēsasin	having disobeyed	G544 →
δεξαμένη	dexamenē	having received	G1209 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
κατασκόπους	kataskopous	spies	G2685 →
μετ᾽	met᾽	with	G3326 →
εἰρήνης.¶	eirēnēs	peace.	G1515 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 1:1
This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:
leads to
- Genesis 22:18
  And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
- Romans 1:3
  regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,
- Galatians 3:16
  The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.
- Revelation 22:16
  “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”
- Psalms 132:11
  The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.
Through
James 2:25
In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route?
leads to
- Joshua 6:22–25
  Meanwhile, Joshua told the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the house of the prostitute and bring out the woman and all who are with her, just as you promised…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Joshua 2:19–21
  If anyone goes out the door of your house into the street, his blood will be on his own head, and we will be innocent. But if a hand is laid on anyone with…
Through
Matthew 1:5
Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,
leads to
- Ruth 1:16–17
  But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be…