37 They were stoned, they were hewn asunder, they were tempted, they were slain with the sword, they wandered up and down in [a]sheep’s skins, and in goats’ skins, being destitute, afflicted, and tormented:

38 Whom the world was not worthy of: they wandered in wildernesses and mountains, and dens, and caves of the earth.

39 [b]And these all through faith obtained good report, and received [c]not the promise,

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 11:37 In vile and rough clothing, so were the saints brought to extreme poverty, and constrained to live like beasts in wildernesses.
  2. Hebrews 11:39 An amplification taken of the circumstance of the time: their faith is so much the more to be marveled at, by how much the promises of things to come were more dark, yet at length were indeed exhibited to us, so that their faith and ours is as one, as is also their consecration and ours.
  3. Hebrews 11:39 But saw Christ afar off.

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