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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Hebrews 11:5 - 11:5
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Faith was the ground of his pleasing God; and his pleasing God was the ground of his translation.
translated - (Gen 5:22, Gen 5:24). Implying a sudden removal (the same Greek as in Gal 1:6) from mortality without death to immortality: such a CHANGE as shall pass over the living at Christ’s coming (1Co 15:51, 1Co 15:52).
had this testimony - namely of Scripture; the Greek perfect implies that this testimony continues still: “he has been testified of.”
pleased God - The Scripture testimony virtually expresses that he pleased God, namely, “Enoch walked with God.” The Septuagint translates the Hebrew for “walked with God,” Gen 6:9, pleased God.