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

Through faith also Sara - Her history, as far as the event here is concerned, may be seen Genesis 17:19 , and Genesis 21:2 . Sarah at first treated the Divine message with ridicule, judging it to be absolutely impossible, not knowing then that it was from God; and this her age and circumstances justified, for, humanly speaking, such an event was impossible: but, when she knew that it was God who said this, it does not appear that she doubted any more, but implicitly believed that what... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 11:8

Verse 8 8.By faith Abraham, etc. He comes now to Abraham, who is the chief father of God’s church on earth, and in whose name the Jews gloried, as though by the distinction of being the holy race of Abraham alone, they were removed from the common order of men. But he now reminds them of what they ought to possess as the main thing, that they might be counted among his children. He therefore calls their attention to faith, for Abraham himself had no excellency which did not proceed from faith. ... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 11:9

Verse 9 9.By faith he sojourned, etc. The second particular is, that having entered into the land, he was hardly received as a stranger and a sojourner. Where was the inheritance which he had expected? It might have indeed occurred instantly to his mind, that he had been deceived by God. Still greater was the disappointment, which the Apostle does not mention, when shortly after a famine drove him from the country, when he was compelled to flee to the land of Gerar; but the Apostle considered... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 11:10

Verse 10 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 thing to cherish in their hearts the assurance given them by God respecting the possession of the land until it was after some ages realized; yet as they did not confine their thoughts, no, not to that land, but penetrated even into heaven, it was still a clearer evidence of their faith. He... read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 11 11.Through faith also, Sarah herself, etc. That women may know that this truth belongs to them as well as to men, he adduces the example of Sarah; which he mentions in preference to that of others, because she was the mother of all the faithful. But it may seem strange that her faith is commended, who was openly charged with unbelief; for she laughed at the word of the angel as though it were a fable; and it was not the laugh of wonder and admiration, for otherwise she would not have... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 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 (literally, when called, obeyed to go out, etc); and he went out, not knowing whither he went. The reference is to the first call of Abraham ( Genesis 12:1 ), his obedience to which is the first instance of the faith which the whole life of the father of the faithful so eminently exemplifies. The fact of the place he was to go to being so far unrevealed (intimated only... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 11:8

The faith of Abraham going forth into the unknown. We have to notice what Abraham's faith rested on. I. ON A DIVINE CALL . It was not an impulse of his own. Not in ambition, not in discontent, not in self-will, did he go forth. Nor was it a suggestion from some other human being. The voice came from above, speaking to what was inmost in him. Jehovah had chosen him for a purpose of his own, and therefore made the authority of the summons indisputably clear. It is the fact of this... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 11:8-10

The faith of Abraham. "By faith Abraham, when he was called, " etc. Abraham was a good and a great man. "He was called the friend of God." Even amongst the heroes of religious faith he is conspicuous as a believer in God. St. Paul speaks of him as "the father of all" the faithful. Let us consider the exhibition of his faith which our text presents. We discover it— I. IN HIS OBEDIENCE TO THE DIVINE CALL . "By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place... 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 11:9-10

By faith he sojourned in (rather, went to sojourn in ) the land of promise, as in a strange country (literally, as one belonging to others ; i.e. not his own; "As in an alien land" (Wickliffe); cf. Genesis 23:4 , "I am a stranger and sojourner with you"), dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: for he looked for a city which hath foundations (literally, the foundations ) whose Builder and Maker is God. Of course, here, "with... read more

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 11:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 11:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 11:10

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 11:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 11:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 11:8-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 11:8-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 11:9-10

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