By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
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Gill's Exposition
Of whom it is said,.... That is, of Isaac, Abraham's own son, whom he offered up; or rather, "to whom it was said", as the Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions render it; that is, to Abraham, for to him…
Barnes' Notes
By faith Abraham - The apostle had stated one strong instance of the faith of Abraham, and he now refers to one still more remarkable - the strongest illustration of faith, undoubtedly, which has ever…
Adam Clarke
Abraham, when he was tried - See the history of this whole transaction explained at large in the notes on Gen 22:1-9.
Offered up his only-begotten - Abraham did, in effect, offer up Isaac; he built an…
The apostle, having given us a more general account of the grace of faith, now proceeds to set before us some illustrious examples of it in the Old Testament times, and these may be divided into two…
Cambridge Bible
By faith Abraham … offered up Isaac Reverting to Abraham, whose faith (1) in leaving his country, (2) in living as a stranger in Canaan, he has already mentioned, he now adduces the third and greatest…
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