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Selected Verse: Hebrews 11:29 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Heb 11:29 |
Strong Concordance |
By faith [4102] they passed through [1224] the Red [2063] sea [2281] as [5613] by [1223] dry [3584] land: which [3739] the Egyptians [124] assaying [3984] to do [2983] were drowned [2666]. |
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King James |
By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
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." |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land - Exo 14:22, Exo 14:29. That is, it was only by confidence in God that they were able to do this. It was not by power which they had to remove the waters and to make a passage for themselves; and it was not by the operation of any natural causes. It is not to be supposed that all who passed through the Red sea had saving faith. The assertion of the apostle is, that the passage was made in virtue of strong confidence in God, and that if it had not been for this confidence the passage could not have been made at all. Of this no one can entertain a doubt who reads the history of that remarkable transaction.
Which the Egyptians assaying to do, were drowned - Exo 14:27-28. Evidently referred to here as showing the effects of not having faith in God, and of what must inevitably have befallen the Israelites if they had had no faith. The destruction of the Egyptians by the return of the waters in accordance with natural laws, showed that the Israelites would have been destroyed in the passage if a divine energy had not been employed to prevent it. On the passage through the Red sea, see Robinson's Biblical Researches, vol. 1, pp. 81-86. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Passed through (διέβησαν)
Only three times in N.T. See Luk 16:26; Act 16:9. The simple Βαίνην does not occur in N.T.
The Red Sea (τὴν Ἐρυθρὰν θάλασσαν)
Called by the Israelites the sea, Exo 14:2, Exo 14:9, Exo 14:16, Exo 14:21, Exo 14:28, etc., and, specially, the sea of Suph (sedge, seeds). In lxx always as here except Jdg 11:16, where it is θάλασσα Σὶφ i.e. Suph. By the Greeks the name was at first applied to the whole ocean from the coast of Ethiopia to the island of Taprobana or Ceylon. Afterward, when they learned of the existence of an Indian Ocean, they applied the name merely to the sea below Arabia, and to the Arabian and Persian gulfs.
Which the Egyptians assaying to do (ἧς πεῖραν λαβόντες οἱ Αιγύπτιοι)
The A.V. has assaying, according to the older English usage. Assay is now chiefly used of the testing of precious metals; but in the sense of try it is found in Piers Ploughman, Gower, Chaucer, Shakespeare. Lit. of which (sea) the Egyptians having taken trial. The phrase πεῖραν λαμβάνειν to take trial occurs also in lxx, Deu 28:56. In N.T. only here and Heb 11:36.
Were drowned (κατεπόθησαν)
Lit. were drunk down. See on Mat 23:24. Comp. lxx, Exo 15:4, and in N.T. Co1 15:54; Co2 2:7; Co2 5:4. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| They - Moses, Aaron, and the Israelites. Passed the Red Sea - It washed the borders of Edom, which signifies red. Thus far the examples are cited from Genesis and Exodus; those that follow are from the former and the latter Prophets. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| By faith they passed through the Red Sea - See the notes on Exo 14:22. The Egyptians thought they could walk through the sea as well as the Israelites; they tried, and were drowned; while the former passed in perfect safety. The one walked by faith, the other by sight; one perished, the other was saved. |
12 Thou stretchedst out [05186] thy right hand [03225], the earth [0776] swallowed [01104] them.
27 And Moses [04872] stretched forth [05186] his hand [03027] over the sea [03220], and the sea [03220] returned [07725] to his strength [0386] when the morning [01242] appeared [06437]; and the Egyptians [04714] fled [05127] against [07125] it; and the LORD [03068] overthrew [05287] the Egyptians [04714] in the midst [08432] of the sea [03220].
28 And the waters [04325] returned [07725], and covered [03680] the chariots [07393], and the horsemen [06571], and all the host [02428] of Pharaoh [06547] that came [0935] into the sea [03220] after [0310] them; there remained [07604] not so much as [05704] one [0259] of them.
29 But the children [01121] of Israel [03478] walked [01980] upon dry [03004] land in the midst [08432] of the sea [03220]; and the waters [04325] were a wall [02346] unto them on their right hand [03225], and on their left [08040].
22 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] went [0935] into the midst [08432] of the sea [03220] upon the dry [03004] ground: and the waters [04325] were a wall [02346] unto them on their right hand [03225], and on their left [08040].
4 For [2532] [1063] we that are [5607] in [1722] this tabernacle [4636] do groan [4727], being burdened [916]: not [3756] for that [1894] we would [2309] be unclothed [1562], but [235] clothed upon [1902], that [2443] mortality [2349] might be swallowed up [2666] of [5259] life [2222].
7 So [5620] that contrariwise [5121] ye [5209] ought rather [3123] to forgive [5483] him, and [2532] comfort [3870] him, lest [3381] perhaps [4458] such a one [5108] should be swallowed up [2666] with overmuch [4055] sorrow [3077].
54 So [1161] when [3752] this [5124] corruptible [5349] shall have put on [1746] incorruption [861], and [2532] this [5124] mortal [2349] shall have put on [1746] immortality [110], then [5119] shall be brought to pass [1096] the saying [3056] that is written [1125], Death [2288] is swallowed up [2666] in [1519] victory [3534].
4 Pharaoh's [06547] chariots [04818] and his host [02428] hath he cast [03384] into the sea [03220]: his chosen [04005] captains [07991] also are drowned [02883] in the Red [05488] sea [03220].
24 Ye blind [5185] guides [3595], which strain at [1368] a gnat [2971], and [1161] swallow [2666] a camel [2574].
36 And [1161] others [2087] had [2983] trial [3984] of cruel mockings [1701] and [2532] scourgings [3148], yea [1161], moreover [2089] of bonds [1199] and [2532] imprisonment [5438]:
56 The tender [07390] and delicate [06028] woman among you, which would not adventure [05254] to set [03322] the sole [03709] of her foot [07272] upon the ground [0776] for delicateness [06026] and tenderness [07391], her eye [05869] shall be evil [03415] toward the husband [0376] of her bosom [02436], and toward her son [01121], and toward her daughter [01323],
16 But when Israel [03478] came up [05927] from Egypt [04714], and walked [03212] through the wilderness [04057] unto the Red [05488] sea [03220], and came [0935] to Kadesh [06946];
28 And the waters [04325] returned [07725], and covered [03680] the chariots [07393], and the horsemen [06571], and all the host [02428] of Pharaoh [06547] that came [0935] into the sea [03220] after [0310] them; there remained [07604] not so much as [05704] one [0259] of them.
21 And Moses [04872] stretched out [05186] his hand [03027] over the sea [03220]; and the LORD [03068] caused the sea [03220] to go [03212] back by a strong [05794] east [06921] wind [07307] all that night [03915], and made [07760] the sea [03220] dry [02724] land, and the waters [04325] were divided [01234].
16 But lift thou up [07311] thy rod [04294], and stretch out [05186] thine hand [03027] over the sea [03220], and divide [01234] it: and the children [01121] of Israel [03478] shall go [0935] on dry [03004] ground through the midst [08432] of the sea [03220].
9 But the Egyptians [04714] pursued [07291] after [0310] them, all the horses [05483] and chariots [07393] of Pharaoh [06547], and his horsemen [06571], and his army [02428], and overtook [05381] them encamping [02583] by the sea [03220], beside Pihahiroth [06367], before [06440] Baalzephon [01189].
2 Speak [01696] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], that they turn [07725] and encamp [02583] before [06440] Pihahiroth [06367], between Migdol [04024] and the sea [03220], over against [06440] Baalzephon [01189]: before [05226] it shall ye encamp [02583] by the sea [03220].
9 And [2532] a vision [3705] appeared [3700] to Paul [3972] in [1223] the night [3571]; There stood [2258] [2476] a man [5100] [435] of Macedonia [3110], and prayed [3870] him [846], [2532] saying [3004], Come over [1224] into [1519] Macedonia [3109], and help [997] us [2254].
26 And [2532] beside [1909] all [3956] this [5125], between [3342] us [2257] and [2532] you [5216] there is [4741] a great [3173] gulf [5490] fixed [4741]: so that [3704] they which would [2309] pass [1224] from hence [1782] to [4314] you [5209] cannot [3361] [1410]; neither [3366] can they pass [1276] to [4314] us [2248], that would come from thence [1564].
22 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] went [0935] into the midst [08432] of the sea [03220] upon the dry [03004] ground: and the waters [04325] were a wall [02346] unto them on their right hand [03225], and on their left [08040].