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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Hebrews 11:29 - 11:29
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they - Moses and Israel.
Red Sea - called so from its red seaweed, or rather from Edom (meaning “red”), whose country adjoined it.
which ... assaying to do - Greek, “of which (Red Sea) the Egyptians having made experiment.” Rashness and presumption mistaken by many for faith; with similar rash presumption many rush into eternity. The same thing when done by the believer, and when done by the unbeliever, is not the same thing [Bengel]. What was faith in Israel, was presumption in the Egyptians.
were drowned - Greek, “were swallowed up,” or “engulfed.” They sank in the sands as much as in the waves of the Red Sea. Compare Exo 15:12, “the earth swallowed them.”