For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
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Gill's Exposition
Through faith also Sarah herself,.... Some copies add "being barren"; and so read the Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions; which is a circumstance which makes her faith appear the greater:…
Barnes' Notes
For he looked for a city which hath foundations - It has been doubted to what the apostle here refers. Grotius and some others suppose, that he refers to Jerusalem, as a permanent dwelling for his…
Adam Clarke
For he looked for a city which hath foundations - He knew that earth could afford no permanent residence for an immortal mind, and he looked for that heavenly building of which God is the architect…
The apostle, having given us a more general account of the grace of faith, now proceeds to set before us some illustrious examples of it in the Old Testament times, and these may be divided into two…
Cambridge Bible
a city which hath foundations Rather, "the city which hath the foundations," namely, "the Jerusalem above" (Gal 4:26; Heb 12:22; Heb 13:14; Rev 21:2; Rev 21:14). The same thought is frequently found…
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