“ For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. ”
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...
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...
declare plainly . Greek. emphanizo. See Hebrews 9:24 . App-106. country . a (true) home. Greek. patris . Only here and seven times in the Gospels.
For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. Declare plainly that they seek a country - A man's country is that in which he has constitutional rights and privileges; no str...
Declare plainly that they seek a country.— This translation by no means comes up to the spirit and beauty of the original. The word πατριδα (derived from πατερ, a father, ) does not signify a cou...
For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. For - Proof that "faith" ( Hebrews 11:13 ) actuated them. Declare plainly , х emfanizousin ( G1718 )] - make it...
Heroes of Faith The Achievements of Faith, illustrated from the annals of Israel, beginning with the patriarchs and coming down to the martyrs. The writer has already mentioned faith as a necessar...
Such things. — “I am a stranger and a sojourner with you” ( Genesis 23:4 ). “The days of the years of my pilgrimage.... the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage” ( Genesis 47:9 ). D...
CHAPTER XI. THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM. "By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By...
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...
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. Af...
(13) These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on th...
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...
For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. Ver. 14. That they seek a country ] Fugiendure est ad clarissimam patriam; ibi pater, ibi omnia. Away, home to our countr...
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...
This chapter in itself forms a complete division of the book of Hebrews. If previously the doctrine has been thoroughly laid down that faith is the principle of all actual relationship with God, now...
Exemplars of Faith. A. D. 62. 4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cai...
The reason of faith's effect in their dying, is the bringing in view a better life, state, and place than any earthly one. For these believers, by word and life professing themselves to be strangers...
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 sect...
MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Hebrews 11:13-16 Living and Dying in Faith.—This rhetorical chapter, reviewing rapidly the stories of the other saints, could not fail to interest the Jewish C...
Hebrews 11:8-22 The Patriarchs. I. The period of the patriarchs has a very peaceful and lovely character. God appeared and spoke to them. There was as yet no law. What is the real peculiarity of...
This is the Arc de Triomphe erected to the memory of the heroes of faith, whose names are here recorded by the apostle's inspired pen, with a brief mention of some of their most memorable actions. If...
Hebrews 11:1 . Now faith is the substance of things hoped for. Paul uses here the same Greek word as in Hebrews 1:3 , that the Son is the express image of the Father's hypostasis, or person. Th...
EXPOSITION Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. On the senses in which the word ὑπόστασις (translated "substance") may be...
An application of the truths here offered:
2 Corinthians 4:18 ; 2 Corinthians 5:1-7 ; Hebrews 11:16 ; Hebrews 13:14 ; Philippians 1:23 ; Romans 8:23-25
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 na...
They who speak thus show plainly that they seek their own country — That they keep in view, and long for, their native home.