Hebrews 11:35

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“Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.”

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BSBPD

“Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Women received their dead by a resurrection: and others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Women received by a rising again their dead, and others were tortured, not accepting the redemption, that a better rising again they might receive,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Hebrews 11:35 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 17:22And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived.
  2. 2 Kings 4:27When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me.”
  3. Matthew 22:30In the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.
  4. Mark 12:25When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.
  5. Luke 7:12As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.
  6. Luke 14:14and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
  7. Luke 20:36In fact, they can no longer die, because they are like the angels. And since they are sons of the resurrection, they are sons of God.
  8. John 5:29and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
  9. John 11:40Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
  10. Acts 4:19But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
  11. Acts 9:41Peter took her by the hand and helped her up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her to them alive.
  12. Acts 22:24the commander ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks. He directed that Paul be flogged and interrogated to determine the reason for this outcry against him.
  13. Acts 22:29Then those who were about to interrogate Paul stepped back, and the commander himself was alarmed when he realized that he had put a Roman citizen in chains.
  14. Acts 23:6Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
  15. Acts 24:15and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.
  16. 1 Corinthians 15:54When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
  17. Philippians 3:11and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.

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