King James Version
What Does Hebrews 11:36 Mean?
“And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:”
Context
34
Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
35
Women received their dead raised to life again : and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
36
And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
37
They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword : they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins ; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
38
(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(36) The language becomes more general, but still chiefly refers to the same troublous times.
**Yea, moreover of bonds.**—Lasting and cruel captivity, a worse fate even than “mockings and scourgings.”
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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