Hebrews 11:37 Meaning and Explanation
“They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;”
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What Does Hebrews 11:37 Mean?
The catalog of suffering reaches its darkest point. The writer names the harshest fates the faithful endured, sparing nothing of the cost.
They were stoned, sawn asunder, tempted, and slain with the sword, and the survivors wandered in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, afflicted, and tormented. These are the wounds faith sometimes bears in a hostile world. Yet none of this proves God absent or faith mistaken, for the worth of such lives is measured by heaven, not by their hardships. The God they trusted was with them in every loss and holds their reward secure.
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What does Hebrews 11:37 mean?
They were stoned, sawn in two, tempted, and killed by the sword, and they wandered in animal skins, destitute, afflicted, and tormented.