Hebrews 6:15

after he had. having. obtained. Greek. epitunchano. See Romans 11:7.

promise. i.e. Isaac (the Land is still future); Genesis 18:10; Genesis 18:14; Genesis 21:3.Galatians 1:4; Galatians 1:23.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The certainty of God's promises:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

After he had waited — Thirty years. He obtained the promise — Isaac, the pledge of all the promises.

¹⁵ And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

Related Commentaries of Hebrews 6:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Hebrews 6:15