Hebrews 11:2
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For by this the ancients obtained a testimony.

the elders.

Hebrews 11:4-39 By faith Abel offered to God a sacrifice exceeding that of Cain, by which he obtained a testimony that he was just, God giving testimony to his gifts. And by it he being dead yet speaketh. . . .

Context
Faith and Assurance
1Now, faith is the substance of things to be hoped for, the evidence of things that appear not. 2For by this the ancients obtained a testimony. 3By faith we understand that the world was framed by the word of God: that from invisible things visible things might be made.…
Cross References
Hebrews 1:1
God, who, at sundry times and in divers manners, spoke in times past to the fathers by the prophets, last of all,

Hebrews 11:4
By faith Abel offered to God a sacrifice exceeding that of Cain, by which he obtained a testimony that he was just, God giving testimony to his gifts. And by it he being dead yet speaketh.

Hebrews 11:39
And all these, being approved by the testimony of faith, received not the promise:

Lexicon
This is why
ταύτῃ (tautē)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3778: This; he, she, it.

the
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

ancients
πρεσβύτεροι (presbyteroi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 4245: Comparative of presbus; older; as noun, a senior; specially, an Israelite Sanhedrist or Christian 'presbyter'.

were commended.
ἐμαρτυρήθησαν (emartyrēthēsan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 3140: To witness, bear witness, give evidence, testify, give a good report. From martus; to be a witness, i.e. Testify.


Additional Translations
This is why the ancients were commended.

For in this the ancients were commended.

For by it the elders obtained a good report.

For therein the elders had witness borne to them.

For in [the power of] this the elders have obtained testimony.

For therein the elders had witness borne to them.

For by it the elders obtained a good report.

For by it the saints of old won God's approval.

For by this, the elders obtained testimony.

for in this were the elders testified of;
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