John Bengel Commentary - Hebrews 11:19 - 11:19

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John Bengel Commentary - Hebrews 11:19 - 11:19


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Heb 11:19. Καὶ ἐκ νεκρῶν ἐγείρειν δυνατὸς, was able to raise him even from the dead) although no example had hitherto occurred of the dead being raised. In like manner Paul commends the faith of Abraham, Rom 4:17; Rom 4:21. He reckoned (was firmly assured) that, if Isaac had been sacrificed, who had not yet wife nor children, he could notwithstanding be raised from the dead, and thus the promises would be fulfilled in him.-ὅθεν, whence) [wherefore.] An illative particle [not, from which state, i.e. from the dead].-καὶ ἐν παραβολῇ ἐκομίσατο, also he in a parable [or figure] bore[70] [‘tulit’] him) ἐν παραβολῇ, namely, ὬΝ. There is an expression very like this in Num 26:10, ἘΓΕΝΉΘΗΣΑΝ ἘΝ ΣΗΜΕΊῼ, they became a sign. Abraham not only bore [‘received’] his son, as he had previously conducted him to the mountain, but he also himself became a parable [figure], and so obtained a good report, Heb 11:2. For all posterity celebrates the faith of Abraham, who offered his only-begotten son: so παραβολὴ, Hab 2:6, and elsewhere often.

[70] Wahl explains ἐκομίσατο the middle: He received his son recovered from death as a reward of his faith.-ED.