Hebrews 11:36 (GNV)

Passage

And others haue bene tryed by mockings and scourgings, yea, moreouer by bondes and prisonment.

Nearby Context

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:

Hebrews 11:38 Whom the world was not worthie of: they wandered in wildernesses and mountaines, and dennes, and caues of the earth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "others", "haue", "bene", "tryed", "mockings", "scourgings", "moreouer", and "bondes". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "others" and "haue", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 35's "The women receiued their dead raised to..." into verse 37's "They were stoned they were hewen asunder...", so "others" and "haue" 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 "others" and "haue" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.