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Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Hebrews 11:8-12

IIThe example of Abraham and SarahHebrews 11:8-128By faith Abraham, when7 he was called to go out into a place which he should after [was destined to] receive for an inheritance, obeyed [hearkened, ὑπήκουσεν]; and he went out, not knowing whither he went [cometh]. 9By faith he sojourned in the [a]8 land of promise, as in a strange [alien, ὰλλοτρίαν] country, dwelling in tabernacles 10[tents] with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: For he looked for a [was looking for the]... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Hebrews 11:11-22

Seeking the Better Country Hebrews 11:11-22 Faith has the twofold power, first, of making the unseen real; and second, of receiving the grace and strength of God into the heart. Sarah, through faith, received strength to bear Isaac. By faith may come physical as well as spiritual strength. The pilgrim life is possible only for those who have seen the city of God beckoning them from afar. Then they strike their tents and follow the gleam. By faith they so comport themselves that God is not... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:1-40

Then follows a series of illustrations of the power of faith taken from the history of the Hebrew people. The first is that by faith men know that the ages have been fashioned by the Word of God. After this comes the rapid survey of the triumphs of faith. Abel worshiped on the basis of sacrifice. Enoch walked in days of general defection. Noah worked as against all outward appearance. Abraham obeyed the divine call, obtained a son contrary to the course of Nature, and offered him at the... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Hebrews 11:1-16

Far-Flung Visions A New Year's Study Hebrews 11:1-16 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Another New Year has come to us freighted with every possibility of life and service. At such a time as this it is natural for us to look forward to coming things. Often we are interested supremely in the things which are wholly personal and self-centered. This year we believe that the Christian's eye is looking ahead to the things which are about to come to pass upon the earth. In the new year we have not far to look, as... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Hebrews 11:1-26

The Place of Faith Hebrews 11:1-26 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Unbelief is black with the frown of God; faith is regnant with the smile of God. Unbelief closes every channel of blessing; faith opens up the channels and starts the flow of blessings. "All things are possible to him that believeth"; nothing in the realm of the spiritual is possible to unbelief. How great is the depth of the word. "All things!" What riches of grace lie behind the portals of God's great storehouse! All of these are... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Hebrews 11:1-33

The Life of Faith Hebrews 11:1-33 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Faith defined. The eleventh chapter of Hebrews opens with something that is very definite it is a definition of faith. "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Faith takes hold of a promise from God, and turns it into substance. Faith is the substance of things hoped for; it reaches out into coming things, and creates them into present realities. Faith is the evidence of things not seen. Of... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Hebrews 11:8-19

Abraham The Friend of God Hebrews 11:8-19 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Early beginnings. Perhaps, in all history there is none who has ever attained unto the honor and fame of Abraham. Abraham lived half way from Adam to Christ. He lived five hundred years after the flood. When the ark rested on Mount Ararat, the peoples of the earth began to multiply with great rapidity. As families grew under the headship of Noah's four sons, they scattered into various parts of the country. The whole world lay... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 11:7-16

Faith Revealed In Positive Present Action By Those Who Believed The Promises Of God’s Future Reward For His Own In The Light Of The Future Hope (Hebrews 11:7-16 ). The essential of this next section is that faith resulted in positive action in the very circumstances of these people’s lives as they looked forward to the future hope promised by God. They believed God and therefore they acted according to His word in the most unusual ways, the first in order to proclaim judgment while himself... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 11:11-12

‘By faith even Sarah herself received power for the laying down of seed when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised, for which reason also there sprang of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the sand, which is by the seashore, innumerable.’ And we must remember that the women also had their full part. From now on the writer introduces women deliberately into each section. Here it is Sarah. Sarah finally believed God on the... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 11:8-22

Hebrews 11:8-Song of Solomon : . Passing now from the men of the primeval world, the writer comes to the patriarchs, and especially to Abraham, who stands out in the OT as the chief example of faith. Abraham showed his faith by his obedience to God’ s call, and by his refusal to make a permanent settlement in the land of Canaan, even though it had been promised to him. His heart was set on God’ s ultimate promise of an eternal rest in the heavenly city ( Hebrews 11:10). His wife Sarah shared... read more

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Hebrews 11:8-12

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Hebrews 11:11-22

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:1-40

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Hebrews 11:1-16

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Hebrews 11:1-26

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Hebrews 11:1-33

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Hebrews 11:8-19

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 11:7-16

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 11:11-12

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 11:8-22

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