40 because God had [a]provided (A)something better for us, so that (B)apart from us they would not be made perfect.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 11:40 Or foreseen

40 since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us(A) would they be made perfect.(B)

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40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

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The Fifth Seal: Martyrs

When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw (A)underneath the (B)altar the (C)souls of those who had been killed (D)because of the word of God, and because of the (E)testimony which they had maintained;

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When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under(A) the altar(B) the souls of those who had been slain(C) because of the word of God(D) and the testimony they had maintained.

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And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

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11 And a (A)white robe was given to each of them; and they were told that they were to (B)rest for a little while longer, (C)until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers and sisters who were to be killed even as they had been, was (D)completed also.

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11 Then each of them was given a white robe,(A) and they were told to wait a little longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers and sisters,[a] were killed just as they had been.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 6:11 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 12:10; 19:10.

11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

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