Charles Spurgeon Commentary Hebrews 11:12

"wherefore also there sprang of one, and him as good as dead, [so many] as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the sand, which is by the sea-shore, innumerable." — Hebrews 11:12 (ASV)

Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.

Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead.

That one was Isaac, for he was given up to die; and, apparently, nothing could save him from death. Yet God did save him, and from him there sprang so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.

Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.

This is true, literally, of Abraham's seed according to the flesh.

It is also true in a spiritual sense, for he is the father of all those who believe, and they are a multitude whom no man can number.

So many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.

Or if this text means Abraham, then his body was dead; and yet there sprang of him a seed so many as the sand which is by the seashore innumerable.

Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead,

For he was ordered to be sacrificed. There sprang from one, and him as good as dead.