Hebrews 11:35 (GNV)

Passage

The women receiued their dead raised to life: other also were racked, and woulde not be deliuered, that they might receiue a better resurrection.

Nearby Context

Hebrews 11:33 Which through faith subdued kingdomes, wrought righteousnesse, obteined the promises, stopped the mouthes of lions,

Hebrews 11:34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sworde, of weake were made strong, waxed valiant in battell, turned to flight the armies of the aliants.

Hebrews 11:35 The women receiued their dead raised to life: other also were racked, and woulde not be deliuered, that they might receiue a better resurrection.

Hebrews 11:36 And others haue bene tryed by mockings and scourgings, yea, moreouer by bondes and prisonment.

Hebrews 11:37 They were stoned, they were hewen asunder, they were tempted, they were slaine with the sworde, they wandred vp and downe in sheepes skinnes, and in goates skinnes, being destitute, afflicted, and tormented:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "women", "receiued", "dead", "raised", "life", "other", "racked", and "woulde". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "women" and "receiued", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 34's "Quenched the violence of fire escaped the..." into verse 36's "And others haue bene tryed by mockings...", so "women" and "receiued" belong inside that flow. In Hebrews context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "women" and "receiued" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.