Hebrews 11:38

Hebrews 11:38

36 Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and ^aof chains and imprisonment.

37 ^aThey were stoned, they were sawn in two,¹ were tempted, were slain with the sword. ^bThey wandered about ^cin sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented—

38 of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, ^ain dens and caves of the earth.

39 And all these, ^ahaving obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise,

40 God having provided something better for us, that they should not be ^amade perfect apart from us.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Of whom the world was not worthy (wn ouk hn aciov o kosmov) Graphic picture in a short parenthetical relative clause (wn, genitive plural with aciov), a phrase to stir the blood of the readers.

Wandering (planwmenoi). Present middle participle of planaw, like lost sheep, hunted by wolves.

Caves (sphlaioiv). Old word from speov (cavern) as in Matthew 21:13.

Holes (opaiv). Old word, perhaps from oy (root of oraw, to see), opening, in N.T. only here and James 3:11. Cf. I Kings 18:4; II Macc. 5:27; 10:6 (about Judas Maccabeus and others).

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Hebrews 11:38:**

1 Corinthians 4:9
Hebrews 11:7
James 3:11
Revelation 6:15

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