Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hebrews 11:17
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17. offered up —literally, "hath offered up," as if the work and its praise were yet enduring [ALFORD]. As far as His intention was concerned, he did sacrifice Isaac; and in actual fact "he offered him," as far as the presentation of him on the altar as an offering to God is concerned. tried — Greek, "tempted," as in Genesis 22:1 . Put to the proof of his faith. Not that God "tempts" to sin, but God "tempts" in the sense of proving or trying ( Genesis 22:1- : ). and —and so. he that had received —rather as Greek, "accepted," that is, welcomed and embraced by faith, not merely "had the promises," as in Genesis 22:1- : . This added to the difficulty in the way of his faith, that it was in Isaac's posterity the promises were to be fulfilled; how then could they be fulfilled if Isaac were sacrificed? offered up —rather as Greek, "was offering up"; he was in the act of offering. his only-begotten son —Compare Genesis 22:2 , "Take now thy son, thine only son." EUSEBIUS [ The Preparation of the Gospel, 1.10, and 4.16], has preserved a fragment of a Greek translation of Sanchoniatho, which mentions a mystical sacrifice of the Phoelignicians, wherein a prince in royal robes was the offerer, and his only son was to be the victim: this evidently was a tradition derived from Abraham's offering, and handed down through Esau or Edom, Isaac's son. Isaac was Abraham's "only-begotten son" in respect of Sarah and the promises: he sent away his other sons, by other wives ( Genesis 22:2- : ). Abraham is a type of the Father not sparing His only-begotten Son to fulfil the divine purpose of love. God nowhere in the Mosaic law allowed human sacrifices, though He claimed the first-born of Israel as His. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-18" class="com-number"
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