Hebrews 11:40 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ God having providede some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. ”

Hebrews 11:40 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

God having provided some better thing for us - Margin, “foreseen.” That is, “God having provided, or determined on giving some better thing than any of them realized, and which we are now permitt...
Hebrews 11:40 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

God having provided some better thing for us, that they (z) without us should not be made perfect. (z) For their salvation depended on Christ, who was exhibited in our days.
Hebrews 11:40 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

provided . Greek. problepo. Only here. for . concerning. Greek. peri . App-104. made perfect . perfected. Greek. teleioo. App-125. Compare Hebrews 2:10 .
Hebrews 11:40 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2333 THE ADVANTAGES ENJOYED UNDER THE CHRISTIAN DISPENSATION Hebrews 11:39-40 . These all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided s...
Hebrews 11:40 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. God having provided some better thing for us - This is the dispensation of the Gospel, with all the priv...
Hebrews 11:40 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And these all, having obtained, &c.— "All these pious heroes, in different ages, were supported under their respective trials, severe and extreme as they were, by the exercise of a firm and liv...
Hebrews 11:40 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. Provided - with divine forethought from eternity (cf. Genesis 22:8 ; Genesis 22:14 ). Some...
Hebrews 11:40 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Heroes of Faith The Achievements of Faith, illustrated from the annals of Israel, beginning with the patriarchs and coming down to the martyrs. The writer has already mentioned faith as a necessar...
Hebrews 11:40 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For us. — Rather, concerning us, that without (or, apart from ) us they should not be made perfect. “ Some better thing” — better than they had received ( Matthew 13:17 ; 1 Peter 1:10-11 ). Th...
Hebrews 11:40 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XIII. A CLOUD OF WITNESSES. "By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come. By faith Jacob, when he was a-dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph; and worshipped...
Hebrews 11:40 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Noble Army of Martyrs” Hebrews 11:32-40 Strong faith is consistent with very different views of religious truth. The conception that Abel, Enoch or Noah had of so-called Christian truth wa...
Hebrews 11:40 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Then follows a series of illustrations of the power of faith taken from the history of the Hebrew people. The first is that by faith men know that the ages have been fashioned by the Word of God. Af...
Hebrews 11:40 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(32) And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gideon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthah; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets: (33) Who through faith subd...
Hebrews 11:40 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

God having provided some better thing for us ,.... Not a better state of the church, in such respect, as to be free from suffering reproach and persecutions; for this is the case of saints under the...
Hebrews 11:40 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. Ver. 40. Some better thing ] i. e. Christ, that great mystery, as 1 Timothy 3:16 ; that chief of te...
Hebrews 11:40 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

God having provided some better thing for us Believers under the gospel, than any bestowed upon them, which better thing is Christ himself manifest in the flesh, with the various privileges and b...
Hebrews 11:40 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

This chapter in itself forms a complete division of the book of Hebrews. If previously the doctrine has been thoroughly laid down that faith is the principle of all actual relationship with God, now...
Hebrews 11:40 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exemplars of Faith. A. D. 62. 32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell...
Hebrews 11:40 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

God having provided some better thing for us: the causes of their not receiving the promise, are summed up in this verse; the efficient of it is God's providence unto believers before and after the...
Hebrews 11:40 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Conclusion ( Hebrews 11:39-40 ). ‘And these all, having had witness borne to them through their faith, did not receive the promise, God having provided (literally ‘foreseen') some better thing...
Hebrews 11:40 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Hebrews 11:37 . Sawn asunder. —The traditional mode of Isaiah’s death. Tempted. — I.e. severely tested. A conjecture has been made that the word should be ἐπρήσθη...
Hebrews 11:40 - Scofield Reference Notes

perfect ( See Scofield) - ( Matthew 5:48 ).
Hebrews 11:40 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Hebrews 11:30-40 We may make use of extraordinary examples to encourage our ordinary faith at ordinary times. These models are on a very grand and large scale, and so we can plainly see them. I....
Hebrews 11:40 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

First, a definition of faith. Hebrews 11:1-3 . Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. Through faith we unders...
Hebrews 11:40 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hebrews 11:1 . Now faith is the substance of things hoped for. Paul uses here the same Greek word as in Hebrews 1:3 , that the Son is the express image of the Father's hypostasis, or person. Th...
Hebrews 11:40 - The Biblical Illustrator

These all … received not the promise What of the saintly dead prior to the coming of Christ? It is altogether probable that among the Jewish Christians there would be great anxiety to know what...
Hebrews 11:40 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. On the senses in which the word ὑπόστασις (translated "substance") may be...
Hebrews 11:40 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The author's conclusion:
Hebrews 11:40 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hebrews 10:11-14 ; Hebrews 12:23 ; Hebrews 12:24 ; Hebrews 5:9 ; Hebrews 7:19 ; Hebrews 7:22 ; Hebrews 8:6 ; Hebrews 9:23 ; Hebrews 9:8-15 ; Revelation 6:11 ; Romans 3:25 ; Romans 3:26
Hebrews 11:40 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

God having provided some better thing for us — Namely, everlasting glory. That they might not be perfected without us — That is, that we might all be perfected together in heaven.

Hebrews 11:40 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hebrews 11:40 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Hebrews 11:40 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hebrews 11:40 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Hebrews 11:40 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hebrews 11:40 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hebrews 11:40 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hebrews 11:40 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 11:40 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hebrews 11:40 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hebrews 11:40 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hebrews 11:40 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hebrews 11:40 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hebrews 11:40 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hebrews 11:40 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hebrews 11:40 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hebrews 11:40 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 11:40 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hebrews 11:40 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hebrews 11:40 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 11:40 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Hebrews 11:40 - Scofield Reference Notes

Hebrews 11:40 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Hebrews 11:40 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Hebrews 11:40 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hebrews 11:40 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hebrews 11:40 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Hebrews 11:40 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hebrews 11:40 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hebrews 11:40 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes