They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword : they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins ; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
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Gill's Exposition
And these all having obtained a good report through faith,.... This may either be limited to the sufferers in the preceding verses, who were martyred, or suffered martyrdom for the faith, as the words…
Barnes' Notes
They were stoned - A common method of punishment among the Jews; see the notes on Mat 21:35, Mat 21:44. Thus, Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, was stoned; see 2Ch 24:21; compare 1Ki 21:1-14.…
Adam Clarke
They were stoned - As Zechariah, the son of Barachiah or Jehoida, was, between the altar and the temple; see the account, Ch2 24:21; and See the notes on Mat 23:35. And as Naboth the Jezreelite, who,…
The apostle having given us a classis of many eminent believers, whose names are mentioned and the particular trials and actings of their faith recorded, now concludes his narrative with a more…
Cambridge Bible
they were stoned Zechariah (2Ch 24:20-21). Jewish tradition said that Jeremiah was stoned. See Mat 23:35-37; Luk 11:51.
were sawn asunder This was the traditional mode of Isaiah's martyrdom. Hamburger…
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