Hebrews 11:37 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

stoned. 1 Kings 21:13 (Naboth). 2 Chronicles 24:20; 2 Chronicles 24:21 (Zechariah). Jeremiah after the scene in Pathros (Hebrews 44), according to the Gemara.

sawn asunder. Greek. pri. o. Only here. This was the death of Isaiah during the Manassean persecution (compare 2 Kings 21:16), according to the Gemara.

were slain. died.

with the sword. Literally in (Greek. en) the slaughter of the sword.

wandered about. Greek. perierchomai. See Acts 19:13.

sheepskins. Greek. melote. Only here.

and. Read "in" (Greek. en).

goatskins. Greek. aigeios (derma). Only here.

destitute. Greek. hustereo, to lack. See Luke 15:14.

afflicted. Greek. thlibo. See 2 Corinthians 1:6.

tormented. vilely treated. Greek. kakoucheo. Compare Hebrews 11:25; Hebrews 13:3 (suffer adversity). See 1 Thessalonians 2:2.

Hebrews 11:37

37 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;