Hebräer 11:29

29 Durch Glauben gingen sie durch das Rote Meer wie durch trockenes Land, welches die Ägypter versuchten und verschlungen wurden.

Hebräer 11:29 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 11:29

By faith they passed through the Red sea, as by dry land,
&c.] Not through a river, but through the sea, the Red sea, the sea of Suph, or weeds; (See Gill on Acts 7:36). Some say they came out on the same side they went in; but it should seem rather, by the phrase here used, that they passed through it, from one side to the other; and that all one as if it had been on dry ground; even Moses, and all the children of Israel: and this they did by faith, believing, that God would make a passage quite through it for them, and deliver them out of the hands of their enemies, who were closely pursuing them:

which the Egyptians assaying to do, were drowned.
These were Pharaoh, and his numerous army; who, observing the Israelites march on through the sea, as on dry land, thought they could do the same; and so made an attempt, but were everyone of them drowned; in just retaliation for the cruel edict for drowning the male infants of the Israelites, as soon as they were born.

Hebräer 11:29 In-Context

27 Durch Glauben verließ er Ägypten und fürchtete die Wut des Königs nicht; denn er hielt standhaft aus, als sähe er den Unsichtbaren.

28 Durch Glauben hat er das Passah gefeiert und die Besprengung des Blutes, auf daß der Zerstörer der Erstgeburt sie nicht antaste.

29 Durch Glauben gingen sie durch das Rote Meer wie durch trockenes Land, welches die Ägypter versuchten und verschlungen wurden.

30 Durch Glauben fielen die Mauern Jerichos, nachdem sie sieben Tage umzogen waren.

31 Durch Glauben kam Rahab, die Hure, nicht mit den Ungläubigen um, da sie die Kundschafter in Frieden aufgenommen hatte.