Charles Spurgeon Commentary Hebrews 11:5

"By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God translated him: for he hath had witness borne to him that before his translation he had been well-pleasing unto God:" — Hebrews 11:5 (ASV)

By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

Beloved, if we cannot get a translation as Enoch did, let us not be content without getting God's good pleasure as he did. Oh! that it may be said of us that we pleased God. Then we shall, one way or another, conquer death; for if we do, we shall triumph over the grave; and if Christ shall come before we die, we shall triumph in the coming of Christ. Anyhow, faith shall be more than a match for the last enemy.

By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

It was by faith, not by works, that this truly gracious man, was translated that he should not see death. We never read of any unbeliever that he pleased God, but this is the inspired testimony concerning Enoch.

By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death, and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

It is faith that muzzles the mouth of death and takes away the power of the grave. If anyone who was not a believer had been translated as Enoch was, we would have been able to point to a great feat accomplished apart from faith. This has never been the case; for this, which was one of the greatest things that was ever done, – to leap from this life into another, and to overleap the grave altogether, – was only achieved by faith.

By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death;

Faith has conquered death itself, or else avoided it. There is scarcely anything which faith cannot do, for faith ranks itself on the side of the omnipotent God, and becomes all but omnipotent. By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death.