19 Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. Ver. 19. That God was able ] He founded his faith upon God’s fidelity and omnipotency. These are the Jachin and the Boaz, the two main pillars whereupon faith resteth. read more
faith: Genesis 22:1-2 Kings :, James 2:21-Jeremiah : when: Deuteronomy 8:2, 2 Chronicles 32:31, Job 1:11, Job 1:12, Job 2:3-Joshua :, Proverbs 17:3, Daniel 11:35, Zechariah 13:9, Malachi 3:2, Malachi 3:3, James 1:2-Numbers :, James 5:11, 1 Peter 1:6, 1 Peter 1:7, 1 Peter 4:12, Revelation 3:10 received: Hebrews 7:6 offered: 2 Corinthians 8:12 only: Genesis 22:2, Genesis 22:16, John 3:16 Reciprocal: Genesis 22:3 - General Genesis 22:10 - General 1 Kings 17:13 - make me thereof 1 Kings... read more
Of: or, To That: Genesis 17:19, Genesis 21:12, Romans 9:7 Reciprocal: Genesis 21:3 - General Matthew 1:2 - Abraham Galatians 3:29 - Abraham's read more
God: Genesis 22:5,*Heb: Matthew 9:28, Romans 4:17-Ecclesiastes :, Ephesians 3:20 from the: Hebrews 11:11, Hebrews 11:12, Hebrews 9:24, Genesis 22:4, Genesis 22:13, Romans 5:14 Reciprocal: Genesis 18:11 - old Genesis 18:14 - Is Genesis 22:12 - Lay 1 Kings 17:21 - O Lord my God Ezekiel 37:3 - O Lord God Mark 10:27 - for John 4:50 - Go Romans 4:21 - he was able 2 Corinthians 1:9 - in God Galatians 4:24 - an allegory Hebrews 9:9 - a figure 1 Peter 3:21 - like read more
By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,By faith Abraham — When God made that glorious trial of him.Offered up Isaac — The will being accepted as if he had actually done it.Yea, he that had received the promises — Particularly that grand promise, "In Isaac shall thy seed be called." Offered up - This very son; the only one he had by Sarah. Genesis 22:1,etc. read more
Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:In Isaac shall thy seed be called — From him shall the blessed seed spring. Genesis 21:12. read more
Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.Accounting that God was able even to raise him from the dead — Though there had not been any instance of this in the world.From whence also — To speak in a figurative way.He did receive him — Afterwards, snatched from the jaws of death. read more
17. Abraham, the father and founder, is still continued. Our author has, in previous verses, shown how by faith of Abraham Israel received miraculous origin. But a later crisis came. It seemed as if by God’s command the miracle-born race was to be cut off by the knife of its founder. By the sacrifice of Isaac the thread was to be severed, and in Isaac all Israel must die. But as Isaac’s birth was in a figure an incarnation, so his rescue from the sacrificial knife was in a figure a... read more
18. In Isaac On this phrase Alford notes: “‘Three ways,’ says Delitzsch, ‘of interpreting this are possible 1. After Isaac shall thy seed be named; 2. In, through, of, Isaac shall seed be called into being to thee; 3. In Isaac shall seed be named to thee; that is, in or through him shall it come that a seed of Abraham shall be possible.’ Then he puts aside the first, seeing that only once is the seed of Abraham called Isaac, [Amos 7:9;] and the second, seeing that the Hebrew word for call ... read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Hebrews 11:18
18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: Ver. 18. Of whom it was said ] This was one of those many promises that Abraham might think were all lost in the loss of his Isaac. Never was gold tried in so hot a fire. read more