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Faith for Endurance
Commentators highlight that faith is not only for achieving great victories but also for enduring immense suffering. Following examples of faith leading to deliverance, this verse shows that faith also sustains believers through trials like public ridicule, physical beatings, and imprisonment. This demonstrates that steadfastness in hardship is as much a mark of true faith as miraculous triumph.
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Hebrews
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Albert Barnes
On Hebrews 11:36
18th Century
Theologian
And others had trial of cruel mockings. Referring to the scorn and derision which ancient victims of persecution experienced. This has oft…
AT Robertson
On Hebrews 11:36
Of mockings and scourgings (εμπαιγμων κα μαστιγων). Εμπαιγμος is from εμπαιζω (Matthew 20:19), late word, in LXX, here…
Charles Ellicott
On Hebrews 11:36
19th Century
Bishop
The language becomes more general, but still chiefly refers to the same troubled times.
Yea, moreover of bonds.—Las…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Hebrews 11:32–39
19th Century
Preacher
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…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Hebrews 11:36
A number of women in Scripture “received back their dead” as living: Elijah’s hostess (1 Kings 17:17–24), the Shunammite who befriended…
John Gill
On Hebrews 11:36
17th Century
Pastor
And others had trial of cruel mockings
As Samson by the Philistines; Elisha by the children, whom the bears devoured…
Matthew Henry
On Hebrews 11:32–38
17th Century
Minister
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 …