Hebrews 11:13

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

11By faith even Sarah herself received ability to conceive when she was barren and past the age, since she considered the One who had made the promise to be faithful. 12So from one—and him as good as dead—were fathered offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven, and as uncountable as the sand on the seashore. These all died in faith without receiving the things promised—but they saw them and welcomed them from afar, and they confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth. 14For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. 15If indeed they had been thinking about where they had come from, they would have had opportunity to return.

Hebrews 11:13 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• diedἀποθνήσκωapothnēskō · to dieG599
• inκατάkata · according toG2596
• faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
• notμήmē · notG3361
• having receivedλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
• the promisesὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the promisesἐπαγγελίαepaggelia · promiseG1860
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• having seenὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• afar offπόρρωθενporrhōthen · afar offG4207
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• were persuaded ofπείθωpeithō · to persuadeG3982
• embracedἀσπάζομαιaspazomai · to pay respects toG782
• confessedὁμολογέωhomologeō · to confess/professG3670
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• they wereεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• strangersξένοςxenos · foreignG3581
• pilgrimsπαρεπίδημοςparepidēmos · strangerG3927
• onἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• the earthγῆgē · earth: planetG1093

Cross-references for Hebrews 11:13

• Genesis 25:8So Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, old and satisfied. Then he was gathered to his peoples.
• Genesis 27:2“Look, I’m old,” he said. “I don’t know the day of my death.
• Genesis 48:21Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die. But God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.
• Genesis 49:18For your salvation I wait, Adonai!
• Genesis 50:24Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I’m about to die. But God will surely take notice of you and will bring you up from this land to the land that He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”
• Hebrews 11:39And all these, though commended for their faith, did not receive what was promised—
• Hebrews 11:27By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger—for he persevered as if seeing the One who is invisible.
• Genesis 49:10The scepter will not pass from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he to whom it belongs will come. To him will be the obedience of the peoples.
• Numbers 24:17‘I see him, yet not at this moment. I behold him, yet not in this location. For a star will come from Jacob, a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the foreheads of Moab and the skulls of all the sons of Seth.
• Job 19:25“Yet I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end, He will stand on earth.
• John 8:56Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day; he saw it and was thrilled.”
• John 12:41Isaiah said these things because he saw His glory and spoke of Him.
• 1 Peter 1:10The prophets, who spoke about the grace that was to be yours, searched for this salvation and investigated carefully.
• Romans 4:21He was fully convinced that what God has promised, He also is able to do.
• Romans 8:24For in hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?
• 1 John 3:19By this we shall know that we are of the truth, and set our heart at rest 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

Topics related to Hebrews 11:13

• Death
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• Immortality
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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