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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 11:4-31

The apostle, having given us a more general account of the grace of faith, now proceeds to set before us some illustrious examples of it in the Old-Testament times, and these may be divided into two classes:?1. Those whose names are mentioned, and the particular exercise and actings of whose faith are specified. 2. Those whose names are barely mentioned, and an account given in general of the exploits of their faith, which it is left to the reader to accommodate, and apply to the particular... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 11:13-16

11:13-16 All these died without obtaining possession of the promises. They only saw them from far away and greeted them from afar, and they admitted that they were strangers and sojourners upon the earth. Now people who speak like that make it quite clear that they are searching for a fatherland. If they were thinking of the land from which they had come out, they would have had time to return. In point of fact they were reaching out after something better, I mean, the heavenly country. It... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 11:14

For they that say such things ,.... That they are strangers and pilgrims on earth: declare plainly that they seek a country ; heaven, so called, for the largeness of it; it is a good land, a land of uprightness; a pleasant land, a land of rest, though a land afar off; here the Father of Christ, and Christ himself, and all his people dwell: the Syriac version renders it, "their own city"; the place of their nativity, of which they were citizens: the act of "seeking" it supposes some... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 11:14

Declare plainly that they seek a country - A man's country is that in which he has constitutional rights and privileges; no stranger or sojourner has any such rights in the country where he sojourns. These, by declaring that they felt themselves strangers and sojourners, professed their faith in a heavenly country and state, and looked beyond the grave for a place of happiness. No intelligent Jew could suppose that Canaan was all the rest which God had promised to his people. 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 11:13-14

The Christian's condition in this world. "These all died in faith, not having received the promises," etc. By "these all" we understand Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Jacob. They died in faith. Their faith, though at times it was sorely tried, continued unto death. And their death was according to or consistent with their faith. They departed this life still believing in the promises, and anticipating their fulfillment in the life beyond. We take what is said of the patriarchs in these two... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 11:13-16

The two fatherlands. I. THAT FROM WHICH THEY HAD COME . The writer of this Epistle has been a student of the recorded experiences and habitual feelings of his devout ancestors. Many of the descendants of Abraham had no devoutness in them. They cared nothing where they lived so long as they could get gain and their fill of the pleasures of life. Such were really not reckoned in the exceeding multitude at all. They that are of faith are the children of faithful Abraham. And few... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 11:14-16

For they that say such things declare plainly (or, make manifest ) that they seek a country ( i.e. a native country, a fatherland, πατρίδα ). And truly if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. But now ( i.e. as it is) they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God (see refs. under Hebrews 11:9 ): for he hath prepared for them a city. In... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:14

For they that say such things ... - That speak of themselves as having come into a land of strangers; and that negotiate for a small piece of land, not to cultivate, but to bury their dead. So we should think of any strange people coming among us now - who lived in tents; who frequently changed their residence; who became the purchasers of no land except to bury their dead, and who never spake of becoming permanent residents. We should think that they were in search of some place as their home,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 11:14-16

Hebrews 11:14-16. For they that say such things That speak of themselves as strangers and pilgrims; declare plainly that they seek a country Different from that in which they dwell. Or rather, that they seek their own, or their father’s country, as πατριδα , the word here used, signifies. They show that they keep in view, and long for, their eternal home. And truly if they had been mindful of that country Ur, of the Chaldees; from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity... read more

Hebrews-11:14,-hebrews-11:16-niv

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 11:4-31

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 11:13-16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 11:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 11:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 11:8-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 11:13-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 11:13-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 11:14-16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 11:14-16

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