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E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hebrews 11:9

sojourned . Greek. paroikeo. Only here and Luke 24:18 . in . Greek. eis. App-104 . land . Greek. ge . App-129 . strange . Greek. allotrios. App-124 . tabernacles = tents. heirs with him . Greek. sunkleronomos. See Romans 8:17 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hebrews 11:8

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.Lockyer noted that:Abraham's place in the Bible portrait gallery is altogether unique and unapproachable. He stands out as a landmark in the spiritual history of the world. Chosen of God to become the father of a new spiritual race, the file leader of a mighty host, the revelation of God found in him one of its most important... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hebrews 11:9

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.Sojourner in the land of promise was the only status Abraham ever had in Canaan. Although God had indeed promised it to him, he never pretended to possess it. When beloved Sarah died, he insisted on weighing out 400 shekels of silver to Ephron the Hittite of the children of Heth for the purchase of the cave of Machpelah as a burial... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 11:8

Hebrews 11:8. By faith Abraham, &c.— Abraham was called to go into a land which God promised to shew him. What land that was, did not appear till after he had travelled to Canaan; when God assured him that that was the land which he designed to give him; so that he went out from his father's house, purely upon the principle of faith in God, not knowing whither he went. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 11:9

Hebrews 11:9. By faith he sojourned, &c.— Abraham went from Mesopotamia, at the command of God, and came to Haran, where he dwelt: thence he removed to the land of Canaan, and travelled to the south-west parts of it, where he lived in tents. The phrase, Παροικειν εις την γην, is not the same as the phrase εν τη γη; but implies his sojourning all along, before he got to Canaan, even till he came to it, as well as in it: so that this expression shews a continued act of trust in God, from his... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:8

8. From the antediluvian saints he passes to the patriarchs of Israel, to whom "the promises" belonged. called—by God ( :-). The oldest manuscripts and Vulgate read, "He that was called Abraham," his name being changed from Abram to Abraham, on the occasion of God's making with him and his seed a covenant sealed by circumcision, many years after his call out of Ur. "By faith, he who was (afterwards) called Abraham (father of nations, Genesis 17:5, in order to become which was the design of... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:9

9. sojourned—as a "stranger and pilgrim." in—Greek, "into," that is, he went into it and sojourned there. as in a strange country—a country not belonging to him, but to others (so the Greek), Acts 7:5; Acts 7:6. dwelling in tabernacles—tents: as strangers and sojourners do: moving from place to place, as having no fixed possession of their own. In contrast to the abiding "city" (Acts 7:6- :). with—Their kind of dwelling being the same is a proof that their faith was the same. They all alike... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 11:1-13

IV. THE PROPER RESPONSE 11:1-12:13"In chapter Hebrews 10:22-25 there were three exhortations, respectively to Faith, Hope and Love. These are elaborated in turn: chapter 11 dealing with Faith; chapter 12 with Hope; chapter 13 with Love." [Note: Thomas, p. 140.] In this fourth major section of the epistle, the writer concentrated on motivating his readers to persevere in their faith with steadfast endurance. He continued the idea that he introduced in Hebrews 10:35-39. Some writers do not... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 11:8-10

Like Abraham we should look forward to our inheritance in the coming world and should live as strangers and pilgrims in this world (1 Peter 1:1). [Note: See Daniel J. Estes, "Looking for Abraham’s City," Bibliotheca Sacra 147:588 (October-December 1990):399-413, for evidence of Abraham’s pilgrim character in Genesis.] Abraham demonstrated faith in three phases: when God called him to leave Mesopotamia (Hebrews 11:8), when he reached the Promised Land but still had to live in it as a foreigner... read more

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