19 Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.
Hebrews 11:19
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4 Maccabees 16:24–25
24 With these arguments, the mother of seven, exhorting each of her sons, encouraged and persuaded them not to transgress God’s commandment. (WEB) 25 They saw this, too, that those who die for God, live to God, like Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the patriarchs. (WEB)
Luke 20:36–38
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Romans 4:20–22
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