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Hebrews 11:35-37
New Catholic Bible
Hebrews 11:35-37
New Catholic Bible
35 Women received their dead[a] back through resurrection. Others who were tortured refused to accept release in order to obtain a better resurrection. 36 Still others were mocked and scourged, even to the point of enduring chains and imprisonment.
37 They were stoned,[b] or sawed in two, or put to death by the sword. They went about in skins of sheep or goats—destitute, persecuted, and tormented.
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- Hebrews 11:35 Their dead: allusion to the two miracles worked by Elijah and Elisha (1 Ki 17:23; 2 Ki 4:36). Tortured: e.g., the Maccabean patriots of the second century B.C. (see 2 Mac 7).
- Hebrews 11:37 They were stoned: e.g., Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, who was put to death for stating the truth (see 2 Chr 24:20-22; Lk 11:51). Sawed in two: an ancient Jewish tradition said that Isaiah was killed in this way by order of King Manasseh.
