Heb 11:35-38 | TNotes | STEP | 11:35 Elijah and Elisha both brought women’s loved ones back again from death (see 1 Kgs 17:17-24 ; 2 Kgs 4:17-37 ). • But others were tortured: Faith does not always have a positive outcome in this life. The author might be alluding to the 170s and 160s BC , when many Jews suffered and died rather than forsake their faith (see, e.g., 1 Maccabees 1:20-64).

b1 Kgs 17:17-24►

c2 Kgs 4:17-37►

‏ Hebrews 11:35-38

11:35 ^a Elijah and Elisha both brought women’s loved ones back again from death (see 1 Kgs 17:17-24 ^b; 2 Kgs 4:17-37 ^c).

• But others were tortured: Faith does not always have a positive outcome in this life. The author might be alluding to the 170s and 160s BC, when many Jews suffered and died rather than forsake their faith (see, e.g., 1 Maccabees 1:20-64).
11:37 ^d According to tradition, the prophet Jeremiah died by stoning and the prophet Isaiah was sawed in half.
11:38 ^e too good for this world: Their hope was in God more than in the pleasures and comforts of this world.