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希伯来书 11:29

因著信,他們走過了紅海,好像走過旱地一樣;埃及人也試著要過去,就被淹沒了。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Egyptians;   Faith;   Red Sea;   Thompson Chain Reference - Ancient Heroes;   Battle of Life;   Faith;   Faith-Unbelief;   Heroes, Ancient;   Reputation;   The Topic Concordance - Faith/faithfulness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Faith;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Miracles;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Moses;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Self-Denial;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Drown;   Red Sea;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hell;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hebrews;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ethics;   Faith;   Hebrews, Epistle to;   Sea;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Red Sea;   Sea ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Sea;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jephthah;   Red sea;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - As;   Assay;   Sea;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
他 们 因 着 信 , 过 红 海 如 行 乾 地 ; 埃 及 人 试 着 要 过 去 , 就 被 吞 灭 了 。

Contextual Overview

4 It was by faith that Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. God said he was pleased with the gifts Abel offered and called Abel a good man because of his faith. Abel died, but through his faith he is still speaking. 5 It was by faith that Enoch was taken to heaven so he would not die. He could not be found, because God had taken him away. Before he was taken, the Scripture says that he was a man who truly pleased God. 6 Without faith no one can please God. Anyone who comes to God must believe that he is real and that he rewards those who truly want to find him. 7 It was by faith that Noah heard God's warnings about things he could not yet see. He obeyed God and built a large boat to save his family. By his faith, Noah showed that the world was wrong, and he became one of those who are made right with God through faith. 8 It was by faith Abraham obeyed God's call to go to another place God promised to give him. He left his own country, not knowing where he was to go. 9 It was by faith that he lived like a foreigner in the country God promised to give him. He lived in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who had received that same promise from God. 10 Abraham was waiting for the city that has real foundations—the city planned and built by God. 11 He was too old to have children, and Sarah could not have children. It was by faith that Abraham was made able to become a father, because he trusted God to do what he had promised. 12 This man was so old he was almost dead, but from him came as many descendants as there are stars in the sky. Like the sand on the seashore, they could not be counted. 13 All these great people died in faith. They did not get the things that God promised his people, but they saw them coming far in the future and were glad. They said they were like visitors and strangers on earth.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 14:13-31, Exodus 15:1-21, Joshua 2:10, Nehemiah 9:11, Psalms 66:6, Psalms 78:13, Psalms 106:9-11, Psalms 114:1-5, Psalms 136:13-15, Isaiah 11:15, Isaiah 11:16, Isaiah 51:9, Isaiah 51:10, Isaiah 63:11-16, Habakkuk 3:8-10

Reciprocal: Exodus 10:19 - the Red sea Exodus 14:22 - the children Exodus 14:28 - the waters Exodus 15:19 - brought Deuteronomy 11:4 - how he made Joshua 3:17 - all the Israelites Joshua 24:6 - Egyptians Judges 10:11 - Egyptians 2 Kings 2:8 - were Psalms 78:53 - so that Isaiah 43:2 - passest Habakkuk 3:10 - the overflowing 1 Corinthians 10:1 - and all

Cross-References

Genesis 17:15
God said to Abraham, "I will change the name of Sarai, your wife, to Sarah.
Genesis 20:12
And it is true that she is my sister. She is the daughter of my father, but she is not the daughter of my mother.
Genesis 22:20
After these things happened, someone told Abraham: "Your brother Nahor and his wife Milcah have children now.
Genesis 24:15
Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel, came out of the city. (Bethuel was the son of Milcah and Nahor, Abraham's brother.) Rebekah was carrying her water jar on her shoulder.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

By faith they passed through the Red sea, as by dry land,.... Not through a river, but through the sea, the Red sea, the sea of Suph, or weeds; :-. Some say they came out on the same side they went in; but it should seem rather, by the phrase here used, that they passed through it, from one side to the other; and that all one as if it had been on dry ground; even Moses, and all the children of Israel: and this they did by faith, believing, that God would make a passage quite through it for them, and deliver them out of the hands of their enemies, who were closely pursuing them:

which the Egyptians assaying to do, were drowned. These were Pharaoh, and his numerous army; who, observing the Israelites march on through the sea, as on dry land, thought they could do the same; and so made an attempt, but were everyone of them drowned; in just retaliation for the cruel edict for drowning the male infants of the Israelites, as soon as they were born.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land - Exodus 14:22, Exodus 14:29. That is, it was only by confidence in God that they were able to do this. It was not by power which they had to remove the waters and to make a passage for themselves; and it was not by the operation of any natural causes. It is not to be supposed that all who passed through the Red sea had saving faith. The assertion of the apostle is, that the passage was made in virtue of strong confidence in God, and that if it had not been for this confidence the passage could not have been made at all. Of this no one can entertain a doubt who reads the history of that remarkable transaction.

Which the Egyptians assaying to do, were drowned - Exodus 14:27-28. Evidently referred to here as showing the effects of not having faith in God, and of what must inevitably have befallen the Israelites if they had had no faith. The destruction of the Egyptians by the return of the waters in accordance with natural laws, showed that the Israelites would have been destroyed in the passage if a divine energy had not been employed to prevent it. On the passage through the Red sea, see Robinson’s Biblical Researches, vol. 1, pp. 81-86.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 29. By faith they passed through the Red SeaSee the notes on "Exodus 14:22". The Egyptians thought they could walk through the sea as well as the Israelites; they tried, and were drowned; while the former passed in perfect safety. The one walked by faith, the other by sight; one perished, the other was saved.


 
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