Hebrews 11:37
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;
KJV
ἐλιθάσθησαν, ἐπειράσθησαν, ἐπρίσθησαν, ἐν φόνῳ μαχαίρης ἀπέθανον, περιῆλθον ἐν μηλωταῖς, ἐν αἰγείοις δέρμασιν, ὑστερούμενοι, θλιβόμενοι, κακουχούμενοι,
Greek NT
lapidati sunt, secti sunt, tentati sunt, in occisione gladii mortui sunt, circuierunt in melotis, in pellibus caprinis, egentes, angustiati, afflicti :
Vulgate
they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tempted, they were slain with the sword: they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated
ASV
They were stoned, they were cut asunder, they were tempted, they were put to death by the sword, they wandered about in sheepskins, in goatskins, being in want, distressed, afflicted:
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αἴγειος
aigeios
adjective · 1×
δέρμα
derma
noun · 1×
θλίβω
thlibo
verb · 10×
κακουχέω
kakoucheo
verb · 2×
λιθάζω
lithazo
verb · 9×
μάχαιρα
machaira
noun · 29×
μηλωτή
melote
noun · 1×
πειράζω
peirazo
verb · 38×
περιέρχομαι
perierchomai
verb · 4×
πρίζω
prizo
verb · 1×
φόνος
phonos
noun · 9×
ἀποθνήσκω
apothnesko
verb · 112×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὑστερέω
ustereo
verb · 15×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: ἐπρίσθησαν | Treg/NIV: ἐπρίσθησαν | WH: ἐπειράσθησαν ἐπρίσθησαν | RP: ἐπρίσθησαν ἐπειράσθησαν
- ἐπρίσθησαν — SBLGNT
- ἐπρίσθησαν — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἐπειράσθησαν ἐπρίσθησαν — Westcott-Hort
- ἐπρίσθησαν ἐπειράσθησαν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: μαχαίρης | WH/Treg/NIV: μαχαίρης | RP: μαχαίρας
- μαχαίρης — SBLGNT
- μαχαίρης — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- μαχαίρας — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Paul is wont to establish many things incidently, and is very full of thoughts. For such is the grace of The Spirit. He does not comprehend a few ideas in a multitude of words, but includes great and manifold thought in brevity of expressions. Observe at least how, in the midst of exhortation, and when discoursing about faith, of what a type and mystery he reminds us, whereo…
Let us be imitators of those who in goat-skins and sheep-skins went about proclaiming the coming of Christ; namely, Elijah, Elisha, and Ezekiel among the prophets, with those others to whom a like testimony is borne in Scripture.
1. The Parable of the Tares: the House of Jesus. Then He left the multitudes and went into His house, and His disciples came unto Him saying, Declare to us the parable of the tares of the field. Matthew 13:36 When Jesus then is with the multitudes, He is not in His house, for the multitudes are outside of the house, and it is an act which springs from His love of men to leave t…
To the saints honour must be paid as friends of Christ, as sons and heirs of God: in the words of John the theologian and evangelist, As many as received Him, to them gave He power to became sons of God. John 1:12 So that they are no longer servants, but sons: and if sons, also heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ : and the Lord in the holy Gospels says to His apostl…
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 19:10 — And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I o
- 1Kgs 21:10 — And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
- 1Kgs 21:13 — And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and
- 2Chr 24:21 — And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
- 2Cor 11:25 — Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
- 2Cor 11:27 — In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
- 2Kgs 1:8 — And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
- 2Sam 15:20 — Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.
- Acts 7:52 — Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
- Acts 12:2 — And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
- Ezek 34:6 — My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.
- Jer 26:23 — And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.
- Prov 28:12 — When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.