- Bible
- Hebrews
- Chapter 11
- Verse 28
Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
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Gill's Exposition
By faith the walls of Jericho fell down,.... Of themselves, not from any natural cause: the Jews say (n) they sunk right down into the ground, and were swallowed up; even the whole wall fell round…
Barnes' Notes
Through faith he kept the passover - Greek, “he made - πεποίηκε pepoiēke - the passover,” which means more, it seems to me, than that he merely kept or celebrated it. It implies that he instituted…
Adam Clarke
He kept the passover - God told him that he would destroy the first-born of the Egyptians, but would spare all those whose doors were sprinkled with the blood of the paschal lamb. Moses believed this,…
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
Through faith Rather, "by faith," as before.
he kept the passover Lit. "he hath made," or "instituted." Another of the author's characteristic tenses (see Heb 11:17).
and the sprinkling of blood Exo…
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