Hebrews 11:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. ”

Hebrews 11:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And truly if they had been mindful of that country ... - If they had remembered it with sufficient interest and affection to have made them desirous to return. They might have had opportunity...
Hebrews 11:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Hebrews 11:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

truly if . if indeed. if . Greek. ei . App-118. returned . Greek. anakampto. See Acts 18:21 .
Hebrews 11:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

15. And truly if they had been mindful, etc. He anticipates an objection that might have been made, — that they were strangers because they had left their own country. The apostle meets t...
Hebrews 11:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. If they had been mindful of that country - They considered their rig...
Hebrews 11:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. As Abraham, had he desired to leave his pilgrim life in Canaan,...
Hebrews 11:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Hebrews 11:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They might have had. — Rather, they would have had opportunity to return. All their life long they would have been able to claim again their earlier fatherland, by returning whence they came.
Hebrews 11:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Hebrews 11:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Hebrews 11:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hebrews 11:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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...
Hebrews 11:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And truly if they had been mindful of that country ,.... Chaldea, which was Abraham's country: from whence they came out ; as Abraham and Sarah did, in person, and their posterity in them: they...
Hebrews 11:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. Ver. 15. If they had been mindful ] But to that they had no mind...
Hebrews 11:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Hebrews 11:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Hebrews 11:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exemplars of Faith. A. D. 62. 4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cai...
Hebrews 11:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Though they were strangers in Canaan, yet they might seek an earthly country, even Ur of the Chaldees, from whence they came forth, and which was their native country, and so might be dearer to them...
Hebrews 11:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Hebrews 11:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 11:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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...
Hebrews 11:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 11:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Hebrews 11:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Hebrews 11:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

An application of the truths here offered:
Hebrews 11:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 11:31 ; Genesis 12:10 ; Genesis 24:6-8 ; Genesis 31:18 ; Genesis 32:9-11
Hebrews 11:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

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...
Hebrews 11:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

If they had been mindful of — Their earthly country, Ur of the Chaldeans, they might have easily returned.

Hebrews 11:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hebrews 11:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 11:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hebrews 11:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 11:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hebrews 11:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hebrews 11:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 11:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hebrews 11:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hebrews 11:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hebrews 11:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hebrews 11:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hebrews 11:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hebrews 11:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hebrews 11:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hebrews 11:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 11:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hebrews 11:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hebrews 11:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 11:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Hebrews 11:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Hebrews 11:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Hebrews 11:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hebrews 11:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Hebrews 11:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hebrews 11:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hebrews 11:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Hebrews 11:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes