Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 11:4
Hebrews 11:4. By faith In the divine command or appointment, signified unto him by some supernatural revelation, and by faith in the future Redeemer; Abel offered a more excellent sacrifice The firstlings of his flock, implying both a confession of what his own sins deserved, and a desire of sharing in the great atonement; than Cain Whose offering testified no such faith, but was merely a bare acknowledgment of God as the Creator. Macknight, after Kennicott, translates πλειονα θυσιαν , ... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 11:3
Hebrews 11:3. Through faith we understand that the worlds Although the expression, τους αιωνας , generally signifies the ages, yet here the subsequent clause determines its signification to the material fabric of the world, comprehending the sun, moon, and stars, &c., (called by Moses the heaven and the earth, Genesis 1:1,) by whose duration and revolutions time, consisting of days, months, years, and ages, is measured; were framed Formed, fashioned, and finished, as the word... read more