Quenched the power of fire (εσβεσαν δυναμιν πυρος). First aorist active indicative of σβεννυμ (Matthew 12:20). See Da …

Quenched the violence of fire. As Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego did (Daniel 3:15–26).

Escaped the edge of the swo…

The violence.—Rather, the power (Daniel 3:0).

Escaped the edge of the sword.—Though it…

And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samue…

When he speaks of those who “quenched the fury of the flames,” the writer probably has in mind the three Jews whom Nebuchadnezzar had cast into the…

Out of weakness were made strong, etc. Chrysostom refers this to the restoration of the Jews from exile, in which they were like …

Quenched the violence of fire
Which may be said to be done, when a believer, or a righteous man, is delivered out of…

After all our searches into the Scriptures, there is more to be learned from them. We should be pleased to think how great the number of believers …

Having described the things done by faith by the fathers before and during their entry into the promised land, the Apostle now begins to give examp…