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Hebrews 11:39 — King James Version← Study notes

And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:


Hebrews 11:39Greek Interlinear

Greek · Hebrews 11:3910 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
πάντεςpantes
alladjectiveG3956
μαρτυρηθέντεςmartyrēthentes
having been commendedverbG3140
διὰdia
throughprepositionG1223
τῆςtēs
thearticleG3588
πίστεωςpisteōs
faithnounG4102
οὐκouk
notadverbG3756
ἐκομίσαντοekomisanto
did receiveverbG2865
τὴνtēn
thearticleG3588
ἐπαγγελίανepangelian
promisenounG1860
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Hebrews 11:39

At all times indeed, but especially then when I reflect upon the achievements of the saints, it comes over me to feel despondency concerning my own condition, because we have not even in dreams experienced the things among which those men spent their whole lives, not paying the penalty of sins, but always doing rightly and yet always afflicted. For consider, I beseech you, Elijah, to whom our discourse has come round today, for he speaks of him in this passage, and in him…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 28 on Hebrews
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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