Hebrews 11:11 KJV

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hebrews 11:11

also = even. received . It was given from above. strength . Greek. dunamis. App-172 . to conceive . Literally for (Greek. eis) casting down (Greek. kataboe. See App-146 ). Compare 2 Kings 19:3 . The strength was Divinely supplied not only to conceive, but to bring to the birth. was delivered of = brought forth. past . Greek. para . App-104 . age = season. Greek. kairos. Genesis 18:11 . judged . Same as "counted", Hebrews 10:29 . faithful . Greek. pistos. App-150 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hebrews 11:11

By faith even Sarah herself received power to conceive seed when she was past age, seeing she counted him faithful who had promised.When three angels appeared in human form to Abraham who received them and fed them, they promised that Sarah should bear a son; but Sarah who was listening laughed within herself, utterly rejecting the very possibility of such a thing at her age; but the angelic spokesman quickly made Abraham and Sarah realize his heavenly nature by revealing to both of them what... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 11:11

Hebrews 11:11. Because she judged him faithful who had promised.— It may seem a difficulty, that the apostle should here tell us that Sarah judged him faithful who had promised, whereas in the history she seems not to have credited what was promised. But the answer is, Supposing that she did not at first believe the possibility or probabilityof her having a child at that time of life, yet if she afterwards believed, as there is no doubt but she did, upon the more full declaration of Jehovah, it... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

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

11. also Sara herself—though being the weaker vessel, and though at first she doubted. was delivered of a child—omitted in the oldest manuscripts: then translate, "and that when she was past age" ( :-). she judged him faithful who had promised—after she had ceased to doubt, being instructed by the angel that it was no jest, but a matter in serious earnest. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 11:1-13

IV. THE PROPER RESPONSE 11:1-12:13"In chapter Hebrews 10:22-25 there were three exhortations, respectively to Faith, Hope and Love. These are elaborated in turn: chapter 11 dealing with Faith; chapter 12 with Hope; chapter 13 with Love." [Note: Thomas, p. 140.] In this fourth major section of the epistle, the writer concentrated on motivating his readers to persevere in their faith with steadfast endurance. He continued the idea that he introduced in Hebrews 10:35-39. Some writers do not... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 11:8-22

2. Faith in the Patriarchal Era 11:8-22 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 11:11-12

Sarah believed God would fulfill His promise and provide something (a child) totally beyond the realm of natural possibility. God wants us, too, to believe that. God rewarded her faith far beyond what she imagined, and He will reward ours in the same way (cf. Romans 8:18; 2 Corinthians 4:17-18). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 11:1-40

Heroes of FaithThe 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 necessary condition of a righteous life, and he now proceeds to illustrate the fact that it was by faith that the fathers of the race were able to work righteousness and to endure their trials. Their heroic example ought to encourage the Hebrews to stand fast. The primary purpose, therefore, of this long... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Hebrews 11:11

(11) Through faith also Sara herself.—Rather, By faith Sarah herself also, or, even Sarah herself. This emphatic introduction of the name of Sarah may point to the unbelief which for a brief while she displayed (Genesis 18:12); but the words may simply mean, “Sarah also, on her part”—the joint recipient with Abraham of the divine promise, a promise in which it might at first seem that she had no part. (Comp. Genesis 16:1-2.) The words “was delivered of a child” are absent from the best... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Hebrews 11:1-40

The Beginning of Faith Hebrews 11:1 As we hear these words we seem to penetrate down through all the differences and distinctions of outward forms and ceremonies to that which lies at the very root and foundation of religion the sense that beyond and behind the visible there is an invisible; that all that we see is but a reflection, a broken image of an unseen Divine ideal; that all around us and above us and within us there are mighty agencies ever working, regulating, creating, controlling... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hebrews 11:11

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hebrews 11:11

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 11:11

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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 11:1-13

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 11:8-22

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 11:11-12

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 11:1-40

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Hebrews 11:11

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Hebrews 11:1-40

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