King James Version
Hebrews 11:39 in the King James Version says “And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:” — study this verse from Hebrews chapter 11 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:”
Hebrews 11:39 · KJV
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;
(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. provided: or, foreseen
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“having obtained a good report”
G3140to be a witness, i.e., testify (literally or figuratively)
“faith”
G4102persuasion, i.e., credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of god or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon christ
“received”
G2865properly, to provide for, i.e., (by implication) to carry off (as if from harm; genitive case obtain)
“the promise”
G1860an announcement (for information, assent or pledge; especially a divine assurance of good)
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