360 A. D. 64. HEB. X. 36-39.-xI. 1-5. Ἡμεῖς δὲ οὐκ ἐσμεν ὑποστολῆς εἰς ἀπώλειαν, ἀλλὰ πίστεως εἰς περιποίησιν ψυχῆς. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. a See on John x. ver. 28. CHAP. XI.-VER. 1. Ἐστὶ δὲ πίστις, ἐλπιζομένων ὑπόστασις, πραγμάτων ἔλεγχος οὐ βλεπομένων. a Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. * Or, ground, or, confidence. a See on Rom. v. ver. 2. clause 3. While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen, 2 Cor. iv. 18. Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) v. 6, 7. Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable, and full of glory, 1 Pet. i. 8. VER. 3. A. D. 64. Πίστει νοοῦμεν κατηρτίσθαι τοὺς αἰῶνας ῥήματι Θεοῦ, εἰς τὸ μὴ ἐκ φαινομένων τὰ ἐλεπόμενα γεγονέναι. a Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. a In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth, Gen. i. 1. See also on John i. ver. 3. and Rom. i. ver. 20. clause 2. VER. 4. Πίστει πλείονα θυσίαν ̓Αβελ παρὰ Κάϊν προσήνεγκε τῷ Θεῷ, δι' ἧς ἐμαρτυρήθη εἶναι δίκαιος, μαρτυροῦντος ἐπὶ τοῖς δώροις αὐτ τοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ· καὶ δι' αὐτῆς ἀποθανὼν ἔτι λαλεῖται. aBy faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead * yet speaketh. * Or, is yet spoken of. a And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his fock, and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel, and to his offering: But unto Cain, and to his offering, he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell, Gen. iv. 3-5. For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous, 1 John iii. 11, 12. And VER. 2. b From the blood of the righteous Abel, Matt. xxiii. 35. VER. 5. Πίστει Ενώχ μετετέθη τοῦ μὴ ἰδεῖν θάνατον· καὶ οὐχ εὑρίσκετο, διότι μετέθηκεν αὐτὸν ὁ Θεός· πρὸ γὰς τῆς μεταθέσεως αὐτοῦ μεμαρτύρηται εὐηρεστηκέναι τῷ Ἐν ταύτῃ γὰρ ἐμαρτυρήθησαν οἱ πρεσε Θεῷ. Εύτεροι. a By faith, Enoch was translated that found, because God had translated him: For by it the elders obtained a good he should not see death; and was not report. for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. a And Enoch walked with God, after he begat Methuselah, three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years. And Enoch walked with God: and he was for God took him, Gen. v. 22not; 24. And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, say ing, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints, Jude 14. VER. 6. Xmpic de TiOTENG àdívatov siapeσTσαι· πιστεῦσαι γὰρ δεῖ τὸν προσερχόμενον. τῷ Θεῷ, ὅτι ἐστὶ, καὶ τοῖς ἐκζητοῦσιν αὐτῶν μισθαποδότης γίνεται. a But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. c a See on John. iii. ver 18. clause 2. b See on chap. vii. ver. 25. clause 2. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? Rom. x. 14. .A. D. 64. the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the shalt thou make to the ark, and in a height of it thirty cubits. A window cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof: with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. And, behold I, even I, do bring a destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath flood of waters upon the earth, to of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. But with thee will I establish my covenant and thou shalt come into the wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. ark; thou, and thy sons, and thy And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind; of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind; two of every sort shall come unto thee, to thee of all food that is eaten, and keep them alive. And take thou unto thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he, Gen. vi. 13–22. VER. 7. πίστει χρηματισθεὶς Νῶς περὶ τῶν μη δέπω βλεπομένων, εὐλαβηθεὶς κατεσκεύασε κιβωτὸν εἰς σωτηρίαν τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ· δι ̓ ἧς κατέκρινε τὸν κόσμον, καὶ τῆς κατὰ πίστιν δικαιοσύνης ἐγένετο κληρονόμος. By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of b the righteoutness which is by faith. * Or, being wary. a And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. Make thee an ark of gopher-wood: rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. And this is the fashion which ihou shalt make it of: The length of b See on Rom. i. ver. 17. clause 1. VER. 8. ἐξελθεῖν εἰς τὸν τόπον ὃν ἔμελλε λαμβάνειν Πίστει καλούμενος ̓Αβραὰμ ὑπήκουσεν εἰς κληρονομίαν, καὶ ἐξῆλθε, μὴ ἐπιστάμενος ποῦ ἔρχεται. a By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. a See on Acts vii. ver. 4. clause 3, and ver. 5. clause 2. VER. 9. γελίας, ὡς ἀλλοτρίαν, ἐν σκηναῖς κατοική Πίστει παρᾤκησεν εἰς τὴν γῆν τῆς ἐπαγ σας μετὰ Ἰσαὰκ καὶ Ἰακὼβ τῶν συγκλη govóμlav Tñs éπayyerías rñg autñs• a By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, b dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: 362 A. D. 64. HEB. XI. 9-11. a And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God, Gen xvii. 8. I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight, xxiii. 4. And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child, Acts vii. 5. bAnd be removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD, Gen. xii. 8. Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD, xiii. 18. Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee: for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries; and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father: And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries: and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, Gen. xxvi. 3, 4. VER. 10. Ἐξεδέχετο γὰρ τὴν τοὺς θεμελίους ἔχουσαν πόλιν, ἧς τεχνίτης καὶ δημιουργός ὁ Θεός. For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker b is God. a 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. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. But now they desire A. D. 64. a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for he hath prepared for them a city, ver. 13-16. But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, xii. 22. Wherefore, we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear, 28. For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come, xiii. 14. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you, John xiv. 2. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband, Rev. xxi. 2. And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, 10. b For we know, that, if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eterial in the heavens, 2 Cor. v. 1. VER. 11. Πίστει καὶ αὐτὴ Σάῤῥα δύναμιν εἰς και ταβολὴν σπέρματος ἔλαβε, καὶ παρὰ καὶ ρὸν ἡλικίας ἔτεκεν, ἐπεὶ πιστὸν ἡγήσατο τὸν ἐπαγγειλάμενον. a Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past b because she judged him faithful who had promised. age, a And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her. Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! And God said, Sarah thy wife shall a See ver. 39. A. D. 64. b Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad, John viii. 56. Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the Gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into, 1 Pet. i. 10-12. C I am a stranger and a sojourner with you, Gen. xxiii. 4. And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their pilgrimage, xlvii. 9. Hear my prayer, Ο LORD, and give ear unto my cry ; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were, Psal. xxxix. 12. A. D. 64. HEB. XI. 11-16. bear thee a son indeed; and thou VER. 12. Διὸ καὶ ἀφ' ἑνὸς ἐγεννήθησαν, καὶ ταῦτα νενεκρωμένου, καθὼς τὰ ἄστρα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τῷ πλήθει, καὶ ὡσεὶ ἄμμος ἡ παρὰ τὸ χεῖλος τῆς θαλάσσης ἡ ἀναρίθμητος. Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, b so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable. a And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb, Rom. iv. 19. b See on Rom. iv. ver. 18. VER. 13. Κατὰ πίστιν ἀπέθανον οὗτοι πάντες, μὴ λαβόντες τὰς ἐπαγγελίας, ἀλλὰ πόρο ῥωθεν αὐτὰς ἰδόντες, καὶ πεισθέντες, καὶ ἀσπασάμενοι, καὶ ὁμολογήσαντες ὅτι ξένοι καὶ παρεπίδημοι εἰσιν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· These all died in faith, not having a 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. * Gr. according to faith. VER. 14. Οἱ γὰρ τοιαῦτα λέγοντες, ἐμφανίζουσιν ὅτι πατρίδα ἐπιζητοῦσε. a For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. a See on ver. 10. VER. 15. Καὶ εἰ μὲν ἐκείνης ἐμνημόνευον ἀφ ̓ ἧς ἐξῆλθον, εἶχον ἂν καιρὸν ἀνακάμψαι· And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. VER. 16 Νυνὶ δὲ κρείττονος ὀρέγονται, τουτέστιν, ἐπουρανίου· διὸ οὐκ ἐπαισχύνεται αὐτοὺς ὁ Θεός, Θεὸς ἐπικαλεῖσθαι αὐτῶν· ητοίμασε yàp autos món. a But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God 364 A. D. 64. HEB. XI. 16-20. is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. a See on ver. 10. b See on Matt. xxii. ver. 32. A. D. 64. ham. And he said, Here am I. And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest * See on Matt. xxv. ver. 34. clause 4. God, seeing thou hast not withheld By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac; and he that had received the promises offered up his only-begotten son, thy son, thine only son, from me, Gen. xxii. 1-12. Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? And the Scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only, Jam. ii. 21—24. a And it came to pass after these b See on chap. vii. ver. 6. clause 2. Πρὸς ὃν ἐλαλήθη· Ὅτι ἐν Ἰσαὰκ κληθή. σraí σ cégua *Of whom it was said, a That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: · Or, to. a See on Rom. ix. ver. 7. VER. 19. Λογισάμενος ὅτι καὶ ἐκ νεκρῶν ἐγείρειν δυνατὸς ὁ Θεὸς, ὅθεν αὐτὸν καὶ ἐν παραβολῇ inquisato. Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. VER. 20. Πίστει περὶ μελλόντων εὐλόγησεν Ἰσαὰκ τὸν Ἰακὼβ καὶ τὸν Ἠσαῦ. By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. a And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son. And he came near and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed: Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee. And it came |