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Hebrews 11:39

And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

KJV

καὶ οὗτοι πάντες μαρτυρηθέντες διὰ τῆς πίστεως οὐκ ἐκομίσαντο τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν,

Greek NT

Et hi omnes testimonio fidei probati, non acceperunt repromissionem,

Vulgate

And these all, having had witness borne to them through their faith, received not the promise,

ASV

And all these, being approved by the testimony of faith, received not the promise:

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

διά
dia
preposition · 633×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κομίζω
komizo
verb · 12×
μαρτυρέω
martureo
verb · 76×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πίστις
pistis
noun · 243×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ἐπαγγελία
epaggelia
noun · 52×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: καὶ | Holmes: καὶ | WH/Treg/NIV/RP: + οὗτοι
  • καὶSBLGNT
  • καὶSBLGNT
  • + οὗτοιWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§147The Old Testament is rich in witnesses to this faith. the Letter to the Hebrews proclaims its eulogy of the exemplary faith of the ancestors who "received divine approval".10 Yet "God had foreseen something better for us": the grace of believing in his Son Jesus, "the pioneer and perfecter of our faith".11 Mary - "Blessed is she who believed"
The prophets also, having been the servants of God, having served Christ, were approved by Him, being included in the gospel of the common hope. They looked for Christ, and waited for Him, and being found in Him, they obtained salvation. They were worthy of love and admiration, saints attested by Jesus Christ.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 1:12 — Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent d
  • 1Pet 1:12 — Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent d
  • Deut 32:52 — Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.
  • Gal 3:17 — And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
  • Heb 9:15 — And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive th
  • Heb 11:2 — For by it the elders obtained a good report.
  • Heb 11:2 — For by it the elders obtained a good report.
  • Heb 11:13 — These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the eart
  • Heb 11:13 — These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the eart
  • John 1:17 — For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
  • John 8:56 — Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
  • John 20:29 — Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
  • Luke 5:39 — No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.
  • Luke 7:28 — For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
  • Luke 10:23 — And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:
  • Luke 10:24 — For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
  • Matt 13:17 — For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
  • Rom 3:25 — Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;