へブル人への手紙 11:8-9 JCB

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 11:9-10

The tent and the city. I. OBSERVE THE CONTRAST UNDERLYING THESE VERSES . The tent is in one place in the morning, and may be miles away at night. The city always remains in the same place. Thus there is forcibly indicated an altogether different kind of occupation and interest for the dweller in tents from that for the dweller in cities. As the one class of men increases the other must decrease. The fathers dwell in tents; the children in cities. He who dwells in a tent can... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:8

By faith Abraham - There is no difficulty in determining that Abraham was influenced by faith in God. The case is even stronger than that of Noah, for it is expressly declared, Genesis 15:6, “And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.” Compare notes, Romans 4:1-5. In the illustrations of the power of faith in this chapter, the apostle appeals to two instances in which it was exhibited by Abraham, “the father of the faithful.” Each of these required confidence in... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:9

By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country - The land of Canaan that had been promised to him and his posterity. He resided there as if he were a stranger and sojourner. He had no possessions there which he did not procure by honest purchase; he owned no land in fee-simple except the small piece which he bought for a burial-place; see Genesis 23:7-20. In all respects he lived there as if he had no special right in the soil; as if he never expected to own it; as if he... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 11:8

Hebrews 11:8. By faith In the divine promises; Abraham when he was called The call here intended is referred to Genesis 12:1; to go out From his father’s house and native land; into a place far distant, which God promised he should afterward receive for an inheritance Without disputing or murmuring, obeyed; and Relying on the power and veracity of God; went out, not knowing whither he went Although he did not know the country to which he was going, nor whether it was a good or... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 11:9-10

Hebrews 11:9-10. 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 sojourned in the land of promise as in a strange country Αλλοτιαν , a country belonging to others, dwelling in tents, as a sojourner; with Isaac and Jacob Who by the same manner of living showed the same faith. Jacob was born fifteen years before the death of Abraham, as... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hebrews 11:1-22

Examples of true faith (11:1-22)In the previous chapter the writer asserted that people must join faith to perseverance if they are to enjoy the thing hoped for. He now supports this statement with illustrations from the Old Testament. If people have faith, it means they believe that things hoped for according to God’s promises will be achieved and that unseen powers of God are real. Those with faith look beyond what they see. They know that they cannot explain the existence of the world solely... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hebrews 11:8

Abraham . In Abraham we see the obedience of faith (compare Romans 4:3-22 ), and in Sarah faith's reckoning, or judging. should after = was about to. knowing . Greek. epistamai. App-132 . See App-50 . Part I. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 11:8-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 11:8-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 11:9-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 11:9-10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:9

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 11:8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 11:9-10

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hebrews 11:1-22

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hebrews 11:8

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