Revised Webster's Bible
Hebrews 11:13
13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.1
Hebrews 11:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
- New International Version (NIV)All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.
- English Standard Version (ESV)These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Context of Hebrews 11:13
11Through faith also Sarah herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. 12Therefore there sprang even from one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable. These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. 15And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from which they came, they might have had opportunity to return.
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Κατὰ πίστιν ἀπέθανον οὗτοι πάντες μὴ λαβόντες τὰς ἐπαγγελίας ἀλλὰ πόρρωθεν αὐτὰς ἰδόντες καὶ ἀσπασάμενοι καὶ ὁμολογήσαντες ὅτι ξένοι καὶ παρεπίδημοί εἰσιν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.Read the interlinear
- Theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- allπᾶςpas · allG3956
- diedἀποθνήσκωapothnēskō · to dieG599
- inκατάkata · according toG2596
- faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
- notμήmē · notG3361
- receivedλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
- promisesἐπαγγελίαepaggelia · promiseG1860
- butἀλλάalla · butG235
- seenεἴδωeidō · to perceive: seeG1492
- themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- offπόρρωθενporrhōthen · afar offG4207
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- ofπείθωpeithō · to persuadeG3982
- embracedἀσπάζομαιaspazomai · to pay respects toG782
- confessedὁμολογέωhomologeō · to confess/professG3670
- thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
- wereεἰσίeisi · they areG1526
- strangersξένοςxenos · foreignG3581
- pilgrimsπαρεπίδημοςparepidēmos · strangerG3927
- onἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
- earthγῆgē · earth: planetG1093
Cross-references for Hebrews 11:13
- Genesis 25:8Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years ; and was gathered to his people.
- Genesis 27:2And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
- Genesis 48:21And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
- Genesis 49:18I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
- Genesis 50:24And Joseph said to his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
- Hebrews 11:39And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
- Hebrews 11:27By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
- Genesis 49:10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh shall come; and to him shall be the obedience of the people.
- Numbers 24:17I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not near: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
- Job 19:25For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
- John 8:56Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
- John 12:41These things said Isaiah, when he saw his glory, and spoke of him.
- 1 Peter 1:10Of this salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come to you:
- Romans 4:21And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
- Romans 8:24For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
- 1 John 3:19And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
Commentaries on Hebrews 11:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13These all died in faith - That is, Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, and Jacob, continued to believe, to the end of their lives, that God would fulfill this promise; but they neither saw the numerous seed, nor did they get the promised rest in Canaan. Strangers and pilgrims - Strangers, , persons who are out of their own country, who are in a foreign land: pilgrims, , sojourners only for a time; not intending to take up their abode in that place, nor to get…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13These all died in faith - That is, those who had been just mentioned - Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Sarah. It was true of Abel and Noah also that they died in faith, but they are not included in “this” declaration, for the “promises” were not particularly entrusted to them, and if the word “these” be made to include them it must include Enoch also, who did not die at all. The phrase used here, “these all died in faith,” does not mean that they died in the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-19Verses 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 the way of duty, looking for the performance of God's promises. The trial of Abraham's faith was, that he simply and fully obeyed the call of God. Sarah received the promise as the promise of God; being convinced of that, she truly judged that he both…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13Abraham’s family lived in the promised land as foreigners and wanderers (see Genesis 23:4; compare 1 Chronicles 29:15; Psalm 39:12; 1 Peter 2:11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1613-16. Summary of the characteristic excellencies of the patriarchs' faith died in faith--died as believers, waiting for, not actually seeing as yet their good things promised to them. They were true to this principle of faith even unto, and especially in, their dying hour (compare He 11:20). These all--beginning with "Abraham" (He 11:8), to whom the promises were made (Ga 3:16), and who is alluded to in the end of He 11:13 and in He 11:15 [Bengel and…Read the comment
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- 1. Hebrews 11:13 in faith: Gr. according to faith ↩
Commentaries on Hebrews 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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