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Selected Verse: Hebrews 11:14 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Heb 11:14 |
Strong Concordance |
For [1063] they that say [3004] such things [5108] declare plainly [1718] that [3754] they seek [1934] a country [3968]. |
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King James |
For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
For--proof that "faith" (Heb 11:13) was their actuating principle.
declare plainly--make it plainly evident.
seek--Greek, "seek after"; implying the direction towards which their desires ever tend.
a country--rather as Greek, "a fatherland." In confessing themselves strangers here, they evidently imply that they regard not this as their home or fatherland, but seek after another and a better. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| 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, and that they had not yet found it. Such people were the Hebrew patriarchs. They lived and acted just as if they had not yet found a permanent habitation, but were traveling in search of one. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Declare plainly (ἐμφαμίζουσιν)
oP. See on Joh 14:21. Occasionally in lxx. Rend. "make it manifest."
They seek a country (πατρίδα ἐπιζητοῦσιν)
The verb is found in lxx, chiefly in the sense of seeking after God or another deity. See Kg2 1:3, Kg2 1:6; Kg2 3:11; Kg2 8:8; Kg2 22:18; Ch2 18:6. Comp. ἐπιζητουμένη πόλις a city sought after (Zion), Isa 62:12. Πατρίς is a native country; a fatherland. Only here and in Gospels and Acts. Quite often in lxx. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| They who speak thus show plainly that they seek their own country - That they keep in view, and long for, their native home. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| 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. |
13 These [3778] all [3956] died [599] in [2596] faith [4102], not [3361] having received [2983] the promises [1860], but [235] having seen [1492] them [846] afar off [4207], and [2532] were persuaded of [3982] them, and [2532] embraced [782] them, and [2532] confessed [3670] that [3754] they were [1526] strangers [3581] and [2532] pilgrims [3927] on [1909] the earth [1093].
12 And they shall call [07121] them, The holy [06944] people [05971], The redeemed [01350] of the LORD [03068]: and thou shalt be called [07121], Sought out [01875], A city [05892] not forsaken [05800].
6 But Jehoshaphat [03092] said [0559], Is there not here a prophet [05030] of the LORD [03068] besides, that we might enquire [01875] of him?
18 But to the king [04428] of Judah [03063] which sent [07971] you to enquire [01875] of the LORD [03068], thus shall ye say [0559] to him, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], As touching the words [01697] which thou hast heard [08085];
8 And the king [04428] said [0559] unto Hazael [02371], Take [03947] a present [04503] in thine hand [03027], and go [03212], meet [07125] the man [0376] of God [0430], and enquire [01875] of the LORD [03068] by him, saying [0559], Shall I recover [02421] of this disease [02483]?
11 But Jehoshaphat [03092] said [0559], Is there not here a prophet [05030] of the LORD [03068], that we may enquire [01875] of the LORD [03068] by him? And one [0259] of the king [04428] of Israel's [03478] servants [05650] answered [06030] and said [0559], Here is Elisha [0477] the son [01121] of Shaphat [08202], which poured [03332] water [04325] on the hands [03027] of Elijah [0452].
6 And they said [0559] unto him, There came [05927] a man [0376] up [05927] to meet [07125] us, and said [0559] unto us, Go [03212], turn again [07725] unto the king [04428] that sent [07971] you, and say [01696] unto him, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], Is it not because there is not a God [0430] in Israel [03478], that thou sendest [07971] to enquire [01875] of Baalzebub [01176] the god [0430] of Ekron [06138]? therefore thou shalt not come down [03381] from that bed [04296] on which thou art gone up [05927], but shalt surely [04191] die [04191].
3 But the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068] said [01696] to Elijah [0452] the Tishbite [08664], Arise [06965], go up [05927] to meet [07125] the messengers [04397] of the king [04428] of Samaria [08111], and say [01696] unto them, Is it not because there is not a God [0430] in Israel [03478], that ye go [01980] to enquire [01875] of Baalzebub [01176] the god [0430] of Ekron [06138]?
21 He that hath [2192] my [3450] commandments [1785], and [2532] keepeth [5083] them [846], he [1565] it is [2076] that loveth [25] me [3165]: and [1161] he that loveth [25] me [3165] shall be loved [25] of [5259] my [3450] Father [3962], and [2532] I [1473] will love [25] him [846], and [2532] will manifest [1718] myself [1683] to him [846].