Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Hebrews 11:10
He looked for a city which hath foundations — Whereas a tent has none. Whose builder and former is God — Of which God is the sole contriver, former, and finisher.
He looked for a city which hath foundations — Whereas a tent has none. Whose builder and former is God — Of which God is the sole contriver, former, and finisher.
Verse Hebrews 11:10. _FOR HE LOOKED FOR A CITY WHICH HATH FOUNDATIONS_] He knew that earth could afford no permanent residence for an immortal mind, and he looked for that heavenly building of which...
FOR HE LOOKED FOR A CITY WHICH HATH FOUNDATIONS - It has been doubted to what the apostle here refers. Grotius and some others suppose, that he refers to Jerusalem, as a permanent dwelling for his pos...
IV. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS AND EXHORTATIONS CHAPTER 11 _ 1. Faith in regard to creation and salvation (Hebrews 11:1)_ 2. The patience of faith (Hebrews 11:8) 3. The energy of faith (Hebrews 11:23
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 o...
It was by faith that Abraham, when he was caned, showed his obedience by going out to a place which he was going to receive as an inheritance, and he went out not knowing where he was to go. It was by...
THE CHRISTIAN HOPE (Hebrews 11:1-3)...
LOOKED. Greek. _ekdechomai._ See Hebrews 10:13. A. the. FOUNDATIONS. the foundations. Greek. _themelios._ Revelation 21:14. See App-146. BUILDER. Greek. _technites_. Architect or Designer. See...
_a city which hath foundations_ Rather, "the city which hath the foundations," namely, "the Jerusalem above" (Galatians 4:26; Hebrews 12:22; Hebrews 13:14;...
ΤῊΝ ΤΟῪΣ ΘΕΜΕΛΊΟΥΣ ἜΧΟΥΣΑΝ. “_The city which hath the foundations_,” namely, “the Jerusalem above” (Galatians 4:26; Hebrews 12:22; Hebrews 13:14;...
CH. 11. THE HEROES OF FAITH The main task of the writer has now been performed, but the remainder of the Epistle had also a very important purpose. It would have been fatal to the peace of mind of a J...
_SOME WHO LIVED BY FAITH -- HEBREWS 11:4-31:_ The writer of Hebrews has now set forth what faith is and how faith works. He proceeds to list a "Hall of fame" of Old Testament characters who lived 'by...
ΈΞΕΔΈΧΕΤΟ _impf. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΈΚΔΈΧΟΜΑΙ (G1551) ждать с нетерпением. Предложное сочетание означает быть готовым, быть подготовленным к ситуации (EGT). ΘΕΜΈΛΙΟΣ (G2310) основание, ΈΧΟΥΣΑΝ _pr...
DISCOURSE: 2322 ABRAHAM’S LIFE A PATTERN FOR OURS Hebrews 11:8. By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, n...
FOR HE LOOKED FOR A CITY, &C.— "He had dwelt in Canaan, I say, as in a strange country; for he expected, according to God's promise, to dwell in the city of the heavenly Jerusalem, which is not remove...
B. _The patriarchal: faith in God plus faith in His promises. Hebrews 11:8-27_. _TEXT_ Hebrews 11:8-27 Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place
THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM (Hebrews 11:9, Hebrews 11:10) In the preceding article we considered the appearing of the Lord unto idolatrous Abraham in Chaldea, the call which he then received to make a comple...
For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. LOOKED FOR, [ exedecheto (G1551)] - 'he was expecting;' waiting for with eager expectation (Romans 8:19). A - Gree...
1 Faith is neither "substance" nor "evidence", as is the usual rendering of this passage. The word "substance" is changed to "confidence" in most later translations, as this word seems to agree with i...
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 necessary co...
HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN? HEBREWS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 11 5 THE BETTER WAY 11:1-13:25 THE WAY OF TRUST AND HOPE 11:1-40 THE MEANING OF *FAITH (TRUST IN GOD) 11:1-3 V1 *Faith, that is, trust...
A CITY WHICH HATH FOUNDATIONS. — Rather, _the city which hath the foundations._ The general thought is that which we find expressed in Hebrews 11:14. There, the strangers and pilgrims are seeking for...
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 fai...
FAITH'S TRIUMPHS FROM ABEL TO ABRAHAM Hebrews 11:1 Faith is the _sixth_ sense. It makes us as sure of unseen or future things, which we know about only through the divine Word, as we are of things wh...
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. Afte...
THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM Like Noah, Abraham displayed actions of faith when he received the call from God (Genesis 12:1-3), even though he was to leave the safety of his homeland and go to a place unknown...
For he looked for a city which hath (e) foundations, whose builder and maker [is] God. (e) This foundation is contrasted with their tabernacle....
The Patriarchs, who lived to a great age, dwelt not in fixed dwellings, but in moveable tents, as pilgrims; whereas their descendants, the period of whose existence is greatly curtailed, pass their ti...
(8) By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. (9) By faith he sojourned in the...
The apostle now resumes his great theme, Christ called a Priest of God for ever after the order of Melchisedec. He alludes, in the beginning of our chapter, to the historical facts of Genesis. We must...
10._For he looked for, etc. _He gives a reason why he ascribes their patience to faith, even because they looked forward to heaven. This was indeed to see things invisible. It was no doubt a great thi...
It is not a definition of this principle, that the epistle gives us at the commencement of Chapter 11, but a declaration of its powers and action. Faith realises (gives substance to) that which we hop...
FOR HE LOOKED FOR A CITY WHICH HATH FOUNDATIONS,.... Not the city of Jerusalem, nor the Gospel church state; but either the city of the new Jerusalem, said to have twelve foundations, Revelation 21:1...
The apostle gives a full indication in this discourse that Abraham was very well satisfied with the state and condition of a stranger and pilgrim in the world, without possession, without inheritance,...
For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker _is_ God. Ver. 10. _Which hath foundations_] Heaven hath a foundation, earth hath none; but is hanged upon nothing, as Job spe...
HEB. 11:9-10. BY FAITH HE SOJOURNED IN THE LAND OF PROMISE, AS (IN) A STRANGE COUNTRY, DWELLING IN TABERNACLES WITH ISAAC AND JACOB, THE HEIRS WITH HIM OF THE SAME PROMISE: FOR HE LOOKED FOR A CITY W...
_By faith_, &c. Believing that Canaan was promised to him and his seed only as a type of a better country, he acquired no possessions therein except a burying-place, and built no houses there; but _so...
A CITY WHICH HATH FOUNDATIONS; which hath everlasting foundations; that heavenly city which God himself has built for those who love him. Chap Hebrews 12:22; Hebrews 13:14. Old Testament saints had kn...
FOR HE LOOKED FOR A CITY WHICH HATH FOUNDATIONS, WHOSE BUILDER AND MAKER IS GOD....
The example of Abraham and Sarah:...
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 C...
8-19 We are often called to leave worldly connexions, interests, and comforts. If heirs of Abraham's faith, we shall obey and go forth, though not knowing what may befall us; and we shall be found in...
OLBGrk; The reason of this contented pilgrimage was the excellent end of it, the place and state to which it brought him; he did really discern by the Spirit's work in him, and promise to him, his tit...
Alexander Epistles on the Arian Heresy Who hath induced them to say, that for our sakes He was made; although Paul says, "for whom are all things, and by whom are all things? "[58] Methodius Discour...
Hebrews 11:10 for G1063 for G1551 (G5711) city G4172 has G2192 (G5723) foundations G2310 whose G3739 builder...
‘By faith he became a sojourner in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise, for he looked for the city which has...
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). The essential of this next section is th...
Hebrews 11:10. FOR (the reason of his being a sojourner only) he looked, or waited, FOR A CITY WHICH HATH FOUNDATIONS, WHOSE BUILDER (the word implies the skill employed in building the skill of the a...
Hebrews 11:8-22. From the elders of the antediluvian world the writer now appeals to the elders of Israel, the great men who, under God, founded the Jewish state. Theirs also was a condition of patien...
HE LOOKED FOR (εξεδεχετο). Imperfect middle of εκδεχομα (see on Hebrews 10:13) picturesque progressive imperfect, his steady and patient waiting in spite of disappointment.THE FOUNDATIONS (τους θε...
Hebrews 11:8 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 the pat...
This is the triumphal arch of faith. Here we find the names of many of the heroes of faith, and a brief record of some of the battles in which they fought and conquered. May you and I possess «like pr...
Hebrews 11:1. _Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report._ The names of those who lived in old time are handed down...
This is a very familiar chapter, but it is none the less precious. It is the roll of the heroes of faith. Here you have a list of the men who believed in God, and who therefore did great things. Hebr...
These men, of whom we are now briefly to read, are a company of God's witnesses; and the apostle calls them, in the next chapter, «a cloud of witnesses,» who, from their lofty seats above, are watchin...
In this chapter we read of the wonders of faith; but I have never read a chapter setting forth the wonders of unbelief. Unbelief is barren impotent, a mere negation, a dead and accursed thing; but fai...
First, a definition of faith. Hebrews 11:1. _Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. Through faith we understand...
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, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elder obtained a good report._ So it was written, in the olden time, that believers «obta...
CONTENTS: Superiority of the way of faith. Instances of faith. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Abel, Cain, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Sara, Joseph, Moses, Pharaoh's daughter, Rahab, Gideon, Barak,...
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. Then fa...
WAS WAITING FOR THE CITY. Abraham and the Patriarchs understood that their real blessing was their relationship with God, and that their earthly wealth was not very important (although it did come fro...
_Abraham_ THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM I. THE FAITH EXHIBITED BY ABRAHAM IN HIS OBEDIENCE TO THE DIVINE CALL. It was neither poverty, nor restless discontent with the monotony of daily toil, that sent him ou...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 11:7. RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS BY FAITH.—Which is according to faith. “Faith in this writer never becomes the same as mystic oneness with Christ, but means genera...
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 used, see unde...
Hebrews, chapter 11: Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1). This is not so much a definition of faith as it is the declaration of what faith d...
2 Corinthians 5:1; Hebrews 12:22; Hebrews 12:28; Hebrews 13:14;...
For he looked for a city which hath foundations [ε ξ ε δ ε χ ε τ ο γ α ρ τ η ν τ ο υ ς θ ε μ ε λ ι ο υ ς ε ξ ο υ σ α ν π ο λ ι ν]. The sense is impaired in A. V. by the omission of the articles, the c...
FAR-FLUNG VISIONS A New Year's Study Hebrews 11:1 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 u...
THE PLACE OF FAITH Hebrews 11:1 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 cha...
THE LIFE OF FAITH Hebrews 11:1 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 substan...
ABRAHAM THE FRIEND OF GOD Hebrews 11:8 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...