Verš 3
By faith, we understand the world to be fashioned by the Word of God, so that the visible might be made by the invisible.
Gn 1:1 - In the beginning, God created heaven and earth.
Ž 33:6 - Approach him and be enlightened, and your faces will not be confounded.
Jn 1:10 - He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world did not recognize him.
Ef 3:9 - and to enlighten everyone concerning the dispensation of the mystery, hidden before the ages in God who created all things,
Kol 1:16 - For in him was created everything in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominations, or principalities, or powers. All things were created through him and in him.
Rim 4:17 - in whom he believed, who revives the dead and who calls those things that do not exist into existence. For it is written: “I have established you as the father of many nations.”
Kol 1:16 - For in him was created everything in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominations, or principalities, or powers. All things were created through him and in him.
Verš 4
By faith, Abel offered to God a much better sacrifice than that of Cain, through which he obtained testimony that he was just, in that God offered testimony to his gifts. And through that sacrifice, he still speaks to us, though he is dead.
Gn 4:4 - Abel likewise offered from the firstborn of his flock, and from their fat. And the Lord looked with favor on Abel and his gifts.
Mt 23:35 - so that upon you may fall all the blood of the just, which has been shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the just, even to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the temple and the altar.
Verš 5
By faith, Enoch was transferred, so that he would not see death, and he was not found because God had transferred him. For before he was transferred, he had testimony that he pleased God.
Gn 5:24 - And he walked with God, and then he was seen no more, because God took him.
Verš 7
By faith, Noah, having accepted an answer about those things which were not yet seen, being afraid, fashioned an ark for the salvation of his house. Through the ark, he condemned the world, and was established as the heir of the justice that occurs through faith.
Gn 6:13 - he said to Noah: “The end of all flesh has arrived in my sight. The earth has been filled with iniquity by their presence, and I will destroy them, along with the earth.
Verš 8
By faith, the one called Abraham obeyed, going out to the place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.
Gn 12:4 - And so Abram departed just as the Lord had instructed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
Verš 11
By faith also, Sarah herself, being barren, received the ability to conceive offspring, even though she was past that age in life. For she believed him to be faithful, who had promised.
Gn 17:19 - And God said to Abraham: “Your wife Sarah shall give birth to a son, and you shall call his name Isaac, and I will establish my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant, and with his offspring after him.
Gn 21:2 - And she conceived and gave birth to a son in her old age, at the time that God had foretold to her.
Lk 1:36 - And behold, your cousin Elizabeth has herself also conceived a son, in her old age. And this is the sixth month for her who is called barren.
Verš 12
Because of this, there were also born, from one who himself was as if dead, a mulititude like the stars of heaven, who are, like the sand of the seashore, innumerable.
Gn 15:5 - And he brought him outside, and he said to him, “Take in the heavens, and number the stars, if you can.” And he said to him, “So also will your offspring be.”
Gn 22:17 - I will bless you, and I will multiply your offspring like the stars of heaven, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the gates of their enemies.
Rim 4:18 - And he believed, with a hope beyond hope, so that he might become the father of many nations, according to what was said to him: “Thus shall your posterity shall be.”
Verš 13
All of these passed away, adhering to faith, not having received the promises, yet beholding them from afar and saluting them, and confessing themselves to be sojourners and guests upon the earth.
Jn 8:53 - Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead. So who do you make yourself to be?”
Gn 23:4 - “I am a newcomer and a sojourner among you. Give me the right of a sepulcher among you, so that I may bury my dead.”
Gn 47:9 - He responded, “The days of my sojourn are one hundred and thirty years, few and unworthy, and they do not reach even to the days of the sojourning of my fathers.”
Verš 16
But now they hunger for a better place, that is, Heaven. For this reason, God is not ashamed to be called their God. For he has prepared a city for them.
Ex 3:6 - And he said, “I am the God of your father: the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face, for he dared not look directly at God.
Mt 22:32 - ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?’ He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
Sk 7:32 - ‘I am the God of your fathers: the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ And Moses, being made to tremble, did not dare to look.
Verš 17
By faith, Abraham, when he was tested, offered Isaac, so that he who had received the promises was offering up his only son.
Gn 22:10 - And he reached out his hand and took hold of the sword, in order to sacrifice his son.
Verš 18
To him, it was said, “Through Isaac, shall your offspring be summoned,”
Gn 21:12 - And God said to him: “Let it not seem harsh to you concerning the boy and your woman servant. In all that Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice. For your offspring will be invoked in Isaac.
Rim 9:7 - And not all sons are the offspring of Abraham: “For your offspring will be invoked in Isaac.”
Gal 3:29 - And if you are Christ’s, then are you the offspring of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.
Verš 20
By faith, also, Isaac 689 blessed Jacob and Esau, concerning future events.
Gn 27:28 - May God give to you, from the dew of heaven and from the fatness of the earth, an abundance of grain and wine.
Gn 27:39 - Isaac was moved, and he said to him: “In the fatness of the earth, and in the dew of heaven from above,
Verš 21
By faith, Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph; and he reverenced the summit of his rod.
Gn 48:15 - And Jacob blessed the sons of Joseph, and he said: “God, in whose sight my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, God who pastured me from my youth until the present day,
Gn 47:31 - And he said, “Then swear it to me.” And as he was swearing, Israel adored God, turning to the head of his resting place.
Verš 22
By faith, Joseph, as he was dying, recalled the departure of the sons of Israel, and gave a commandment concerning his bones.
Gn 50:24 - And when he had made them swear and had said, “God will visit you; carry my bones with you from this place,”
Verš 23
By faith, Moses, after being born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they had seen that he was a graceful infant, and they did not fear the king’s edict.
Ex 2:2 - And she conceived and bore a son. And seeing him to be handsome, she hid him for three months.
Sk 7:20 - In the same time, Moses was born. And he was in the grace of God, and he was nourished for three months in the house of his father.
Verš 25
choosing to be afflicted with the people of God, rather than to have the pleasantness of sin for a time,
Ž 84:10 - So then, truly his salvation is near to those who fear him, so that glory may inhabit our land.
Verš 28
By faith, he celebrated the Passover and the shedding of the blood, so that he who destroyed the firstborn might not touch them.
Ex 12:21 - Then Moses called all the elders of the sons of Israel, and he said to them: “Go, taking an animal by your families, and sacrifice the Passover.
Verš 29
By faith, they crossed the Red Sea, as if on dry land, yet when the Egyptians attempted it, they were swallowed up.
Ex 14:22 - And the sons of Israel went in through the midst of the dried sea. For the water was like a wall at their right hand and at their left hand.
Verš 30
By faith, the walls of Jericho collapsed, after being encircled for seven days.
Joz 6:20 - Therefore, with all the people shouting, and the trumpets blaring, after the voice and the sound increased in the ears of the multitude, the walls promptly fell to ruin. And each one climbed up at the place which was opposite where he was. And they seized the city.
Verš 31
By faith, Rahab, the harlot, did not perish with the unbelievers, after receiving the spies with peace.
Joz 6:23 - And the youths entered, and they led out Rahab, and her parents, also her brothers, and all her goods and kindred, and they caused them to dwell outside the camp.
Jak 2:25 - Similarly also, Rahab, the harlot, was she not justified by works, by receiving the messengers and sending them out through another way?
Joz 2:1 - And so Joshua, the son of Nun, sent two men from Shittim to explore in secret. And he said to them, “Go and consider the land and the city of Jericho.” And while traveling, they entered into the house of a harlot woman named Rahab, and they rested with her.
Verš 32
And what should I say next? For time is not sufficient for me to give an account of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the Prophets:
Sdc 6:11 - Then an Angel of the Lord arrived, and he sat under an oak tree, which was at Ophrah, and which belonged to Joash, the father of the family of Ezri. And while his son Gideon was threshing and cleaning the grain at the winepress, so that he might flee from Midian,
Sdc 4:6 - And she sent and called Barak, the son of Abinoam, from Kedesh of Naphtali. And she said to him: “The Lord, the God of Israel, instructs you: ‘Go and lead an army to Mount Tabor, and you shall take with you ten thousand fighting men from the sons of Naphtali and from the sons of Zebulun.
Sdc 13:24 - And so she bore a son, and she called his name Samson. And the boy grew up, and the Lord blessed him.
Sdc 11:1 - At that time, there was a Gileadite, Jephthah, a very strong man and a fighter, the son of a kept woman, and he was born of Gilead.
Sdc 12:7 - And so Jephthah, the Gileadite, judged Israel for six years. And he died, and he was buried in his city in Gilead.
1Sam 17:45 - But David said to the Philistine: “You approach me with sword, and spear, and shield. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, which you have reproached.
1Sam 12:20 - Then Samuel said to the people: “Do not be afraid. You have done all this evil. Yet truly, do not choose to withdraw from the back of the Lord. Instead, serve the Lord with all your heart.
Verš 33
those who, by faith, conquered kingdoms, accomplished justice, obtained promises, closed the mouths of lions,
Sdc 14:6 - Then the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon Samson, and he tore apart the lion, like a young goat being torn into pieces, having nothing at all in his hand. And he was not willing to reveal this to his father and mother.
1Sam 17:34 - And David said to Saul: “Your servant was pasturing the flock of his father. And there approached a lion or a bear, and it took a ram from the midst of the flock.
Dan 6:22 - My God has sent his angel, and he has closed the mouths of the lions, and they have not harmed me, because before him justice has been found in me, and, even before you, O king, I have committed no offense.”
Verš 34
extinguished the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, recovered from infirmities, showed strength in battle, turned back the armies of foreigners.
Dan 3:25 - Then Azariah, while standing, prayed in this manner, and opening his mouth in the midst of the fire, he said:
1Sam 20:1 - Then David fled from Naioth, which is in Ramah, and he went and said before Jonathan: “What have I done? What is my iniquity, or what is my sin, against your father, so that he would seek my life?”
1Kr 19:3 - Therefore, Elijah was afraid. And rising up, he went away to wherever his will would carry him. And he arrived in Beersheba of Judah. And he dismissed his servant there.
2Kr 6:16 - But he responded: “Do not be afraid. For there are more with us than with them.”
Ž 42:9 -
Ž 6:8 - My eye has been troubled by rage. I have grown old among all my enemies.
Iz 38:21 - Now Isaiah had ordered them to take a paste of figs, and to spread it like plaster over the wound, so that he would be healed.
Verš 35
Women received their dead by means of resurrection. But others suffered severe punishment, not yet receiving redemption, so that they would find a better resurrection.
1Kr 17:23 - And Elijah took the boy, and he brought him down from the upper room to the lower part of the house. And he gave him to his mother. And he said to her, “See, your son lives.”
2Kr 4:36 - And he called Gehazi, and said to him, “Call this Shunammite woman.” And having been called, she entered to him. And he said, “Take up your son.”
Sk 22:25 - And when they had tied him with straps, Paul said to the centurion who was standing near him, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman and has not been condemned?”
Verš 36
Truly, others were tested by mocking and lashes, and moreover by chains and imprisonment.
Jer 20:2 - And Pashhur struck the prophet Jeremiah, and he sent him to the stocks, which were at the upper gate of Benjamin at the house of the Lord.
Verš 37
They were stoned; they were cut; they were tempted. With the slaughter of the sword, they were killed. They wandered about in sheepskin and in goatskin, in dire need, in anguish afflicted.
1Kr 21:13 - And bringing forward two men, sons of the devil, they caused them to sit opposite him. And they, acting indeed like diabolical men, spoke testimony against him before the multitude: “Naboth has blasphemed God and king.” For this reason, they led him away, beyond the city, and they put him to death by stoning.
2Kr 1:8 - So they said, “A hairy man, with a belt of leather wrapping his waist.” And he said, “It is Elijah, the Tishbite.”
Mt 3:4 - Now the same John had a garment made from the hair of camels, and a leather belt around his waist. And his food was locusts and wild honey.
