The Epistle for
the Sunday of All Saints is Hebrews 11:33-12:2 (WEB):
33who, through faith subdued kingdoms, worked out
righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,* 34quenched
the power of fire,* escaped the edge of the sword,* from weakness were made
strong, grew mighty in war, and caused foreign armies to flee. 35Women
received their dead by resurrection.* Others were tortured, not accepting their
deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. 36Others
were tried by mocking and scourging, yes, moreover by bonds and imprisonment. 37They
were stoned.* They were sawn apart. They were tempted. They were slain with the
sword.* They went around in sheep skins and in goat skins; being destitute,
afflicted, ill-treated 38(of whom the world was not worthy),
wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth. 39These
all, having had testimony given to them through their faith, didn't receive the
promise, 40God having provided some better thing concerning us, so
that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
1Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great
a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles
us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2looking
to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set
before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the
right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews 11:33 (WEB)
33who, through faith subdued kingdoms, worked out
righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,*
Daniel 6:20-23 (WEB)
20When he came near to the den to Daniel,
he cried with a lamentable voice; the king spoke and said to Daniel, Daniel, servant
of the living God, is your God, whom you serve continually, able to deliver you
from the lions? 21Then said Daniel to the king, O king, live
forever. 22My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions'
mouths, and they have not hurt me; because as before him innocence was found in
me; and also before you, O king, have I done no hurt. 23Then was the
king exceeding glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the
den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found on
him, because he had trusted in his God.
Hebrews 11:34 (WEB)
34quenched the power of fire,* escaped the edge of the sword,*
from weakness were made strong, grew mighty in war, and caused foreign armies
to flee.
Daniel 3:19-28 (WEB)
19Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and
the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore
he spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than
it was usually heated. 20He commanded certain mighty men who were in
his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into
the burning fiery furnace. 21Then these men were bound in their
pants, their tunics, and their mantles, and their other garments, and
were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. 22Therefore
because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the
flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
23These three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound
into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. 24Then Nebuchadnezzar
the king was astonished, and rose up in haste: he spoke and said to his
counselors, Didn't we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They
answered the king, True, O king. 25He answered, Look, I see four men
loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the aspect
of the fourth is like a son of the gods. 26Then Nebuchadnezzar came
near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace: he spoke and said, Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego, you servants of the Most High God, come forth, and come
here. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came forth out of the midst of the
fire. 27The satraps, the deputies, and the governors, and the king's
counselors, being gathered together, saw these men, that the fire had no power
on their bodies, nor was the hair of their head singed, neither were their
pants changed, nor had the smell of fire passed on them. 28Nebuchadnezzar
spoke and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has
sent his angel, and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and have changed
the king's word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor
worship any god, except their own God.
Hebrews 11:35 (WEB)
35Women received their dead by resurrection.* Others were
tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a better
resurrection.
1 Kings 17:22-24 (WEB)
22Yahweh listened to the voice of Elijah;
and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. 23Elijah
took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and
delivered him to his mother; and Elijah said, Behold, your son lives. 24The
woman said to Elijah, Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word
of Yahweh in your mouth is truth.
2 Kings 4:27-37 (WEB)
27When she came to the man of God to the
hill, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the
man of God said, Let her alone: for her soul is troubled within her; and Yahweh
has hid it from me, and has not told me. 28Then she said, Did I
desire a son of my lord? Didn't I say, Do not deceive me? 29Then he
said to Gehazi, Gird up your waist, and take my staff in your hand, and go your
way: if you meet any man, Don't greet him; and if anyone greets you, don't
answer him again: and lay my staff on the face of the child. 30The
mother of the child said, As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not
leave you. He arose, and followed her. 31Gehazi passed on before
them, and laid the staff on the face of the child; but there was neither voice,
nor hearing. Therefore he returned to meet him, and told him, saying, The child
has not awakened. 32When Elisha was come into the house, behold, the
child was dead, and laid on his bed. 33He went in therefore, and shut
the door on them both, and prayed to Yahweh. 34He went up, and lay
on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth, and his eyes on his eyes, and his
hands on his hands: and he stretched himself on him; and the flesh of the child
grew warm. 35Then he returned, and walked in the house once back and
forth; and went up, and stretched himself on him: and the child sneezed seven
times, and the child opened his eyes. 36He called Gehazi, and said,
Call this Shunammite. So he called her. When she was come in to him, he said,
Take up your son. 37Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and
bowed herself to the ground; and she took up her son, and went out.
Hebrews 11:36-37 (WEB)
36Others were tried by mocking and scourging, yes, moreover by
bonds and imprisonment. 37They
were stoned.* They were sawn apart. They were tempted. They were slain with the
sword.* They went around in sheep skins and in goat skins; being destitute,
afflicted, ill-treated
1 Kings 21:13-15 (WEB)
13The two men, the base fellows, came in
and sat before him: and the base fellows bore witness against him, even against
Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the
king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with
stones. 14Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and
is dead. 15It happened, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned,
and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard
of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is
not alive, but dead.
Hebrews 11:38-40 (WEB)
38(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts,
mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.
39These all, having had testimony given to them through their
faith, didn't receive the promise, 40God having provided some better
thing concerning us, so that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
Hebrews 12:1-2 (WEB)
1Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great
a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily
entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2looking
to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set
before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the
right hand of the throne of God.
