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Hebrews

  1. Lesson One
    Overview of Hebrews
    15 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  2. LESSON TWO
    Hebrews’ Christology (Hebrews 1–3, 5, 8–9)
    18 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  3. LESSON THREE
    The Old Testament in Hebrews (Hebrews 4, 7, 11)
    20 Activities
  4. LESSON FOUR
    Exhortations in Hebrews
    17 Activities
  5. LESSON FIVE
    Persecution
    14 Activities
  6. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    1 Activity
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    1 Assessment

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Hebrews Overview of Hebrews In | Unnamed Examples of Faith
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In | Unnamed Examples of Faith

Read Hebrews 11:32-40 NIV:

And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets, who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies. Women received back their dead, raised to life again. There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. Some faced jeers and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were put to death by stoning; they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated—the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and in holes in the ground.

 

These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised, since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.

Following a long list of mini-biographies in Hebrews 11:1-31, we find a brief summary of many different scenes of faithfulness in verses 32-40. Unlike the first 31 verses, the descriptions in this last section are not attached to specific people in the Bible. At this point it’s not possible for us to know who exactly the author had in mind when he gave these descriptions, but you should be able to guess some of the characters behind these descriptions. 

The following questions will be comparing the unnamed descriptions in verses 32-40 with the names listed in verses 1-31.