34. put out fierce fires, escaped being killed by the sword. They were weak, but became strong; they were mighty in battle and defeated the armies of foreigners.
35. Through faith women received their dead relatives raised back to life.Others, refusing to accept freedom, died under torture in order to be raised to a better life.
36. Some were mocked and whipped, and others were put in chains and taken off to prison.
37. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed by the sword. They went round clothed in skins of sheep or goats — poor, persecuted, and ill-treated.
38. The world was not good enough for them! They wandered like refugees in the deserts and hills, living in caves and holes in the ground.