hebrews-11:8-10,-hebrews-11:17-19

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 11:10

Verse 10 10.For he looked for, etc. He gives a reason why he ascribes their patience to faith, even because they looked forward to heaven. This was indeed to see things invisible. It was no doubt a great thing to cherish in their hearts the assurance given them by God respecting the possession of the land until it was after some ages realized; yet as they did not confine their thoughts, no, not to that land, but penetrated even into heaven, it was still a clearer evidence of their faith. He... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 11:8

By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed (literally, when called, obeyed to go out, etc); and he went out, not knowing whither he went. The reference is to the first call of Abraham ( Genesis 12:1 ), his obedience to which is the first instance of the faith which the whole life of the father of the faithful so eminently exemplifies. The fact of the place he was to go to being so far unrevealed (intimated only... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 11:8

The faith of Abraham going forth into the unknown. We have to notice what Abraham's faith rested on. I. ON A DIVINE CALL . It was not an impulse of his own. Not in ambition, not in discontent, not in self-will, did he go forth. Nor was it a suggestion from some other human being. The voice came from above, speaking to what was inmost in him. Jehovah had chosen him for a purpose of his own, and therefore made the authority of the summons indisputably clear. It is the fact of this... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 11:8-10

The faith of Abraham. "By faith Abraham, when he was called, " etc. Abraham was a good and a great man. "He was called the friend of God." Even amongst the heroes of religious faith he is conspicuous as a believer in God. St. Paul speaks of him as "the father of all" the faithful. Let us consider the exhibition of his faith which our text presents. We discover it— I. IN HIS OBEDIENCE TO THE DIVINE CALL . "By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 11:8-19

Faith of the Hebrew Pilgrim Fathers. What Anglo-Saxon could look without emotion on the granite boulder at New Plymouth—"the corner-stone of a nation"—upon which the Pilgrim Fathers of New England stepped ashore from the Mayflower? And, in like manner, what Jew can think but with enthusiasm of those three glorious names—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? The verses before us were well fitted to stir the hearts' blood of the Hebrews to whom this treatise was addressed. And they should stir ours... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 11:9-10

By faith he sojourned in (rather, went to sojourn in ) the land of promise, as in a strange country (literally, as one belonging to others ; i.e. not his own; "As in an alien land" (Wickliffe); cf. Genesis 23:4 , "I am a stranger and sojourner with you"), dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: for he looked for a city which hath foundations (literally, the foundations ) whose Builder and Maker is God. Of course, here, "with... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 11:9-10

The tent and the city. I. OBSERVE THE CONTRAST UNDERLYING THESE VERSES . The tent is in one place in the morning, and may be miles away at night. The city always remains in the same place. Thus there is forcibly indicated an altogether different kind of occupation and interest for the dweller in tents from that for the dweller in cities. As the one class of men increases the other must decrease. The fathers dwell in tents; the children in cities. He who dwells in a tent can... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:8

By faith Abraham - There is no difficulty in determining that Abraham was influenced by faith in God. The case is even stronger than that of Noah, for it is expressly declared, Genesis 15:6, “And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.” Compare notes, Romans 4:1-5. In the illustrations of the power of faith in this chapter, the apostle appeals to two instances in which it was exhibited by Abraham, “the father of the faithful.” Each of these required confidence in... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:9

By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country - The land of Canaan that had been promised to him and his posterity. He resided there as if he were a stranger and sojourner. He had no possessions there which he did not procure by honest purchase; he owned no land in fee-simple except the small piece which he bought for a burial-place; see Genesis 23:7-20. In all respects he lived there as if he had no special right in the soil; as if he never expected to own it; as if he... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:10

For he looked for a city which hath foundations - It has been doubted to what the apostle here refers. Grotius and some others suppose, that he refers to Jerusalem, as a permanent dwelling for his posterity, in contradistinction from the unsettled mode of life which Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob led. But there is no evidence that Abraham looked forward to the building of such a city, for no promise was made to him of this kind; and this interpretation falls evidently below the whole drift of the... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 11:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 11:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 11:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 11:8-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 11:8-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 11:9-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 11:9-10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:10

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