the Week of Proper 16 / Ordinary 21
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Hebrews 11:14
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Now those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.
For they that say such things, declare plainly that they seeke a countrey.
For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.
For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own.
When people say such things, they show they are looking for a country that will be their own.
For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own.
For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own.
Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own.
When people talk this way, it is clear that they are looking for a place to call their own.
For people who speak this way make it clear that they are looking for a fatherland.
For they who say such things shew clearly that they seek [their] country.
When people accept something like that, they show they are waiting for a country that will be their own.
For they yt say such things, declare plainely, that they seeke a countrey.
For they who speak so, declare plainly that they seek a country for themselves.
Those who say such things make it clear that they are looking for a country of their own.
For those who say such things make clear that they are seeking a homeland.
Now those who say such things make it clear that they are looking for a country of their own.
For they that say such things make it manifest that they are seeking after a country of their own.
For those who say such things make it clear that they are searching for a country for themselves.
For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking after a country of their own.
For people who say such things make it clear that they are looking for a country of their own.Hebrews 13:14;">[xr]
For they who these things say, make manifest that their city they are seeking.
Now they who say thus, show that they seek a city.
For they that saye suche thynges, declare that they seke a countrey.
For they that say such things make it manifest that they are seeking after a country of their own.
For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking after a country of their own.
For they who speak thus, shew plainly, that they seek their own country.
for men who acknowledge this make it manifest that they are seeking elsewhere a country of their own.
And thei that sayn these thingis, signifien that thei sechen a cuntre.
For those that say such things make it manifest that they are seeking after a country of their own.
For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
For those who speak in such a way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.
For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland.
Obviously people who say such things are looking forward to a country they can call their own.
People who say these things show they are looking for a country of their own.
for people who speak in this way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.
For, they who such things as these are saying, make it clear that, of a paternal home they are in quest;
For they that say these things do signify that they seek a country.
For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.
They that saye soche thinges declare that they seke a coutre.
for those saying such things make manifest that they seek a country;
For they that saye soch thinges, declare, that they seke a naturall countre.
for they. that make such a declaration, show plainly that they seek some other country.
It's obvious these day hands were looking forward to a ranch they could call their own.
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they seek: Hebrews 11:16, Hebrews 13:14, Romans 8:23-25, 2 Corinthians 4:18, 2 Corinthians 5:1-7, Philippians 1:23
Reciprocal: Genesis 12:9 - going on still Exodus 2:22 - for he said John 14:2 - my Romans 3:25 - remission Revelation 5:9 - and hast
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For they that say such things,.... That they are strangers and pilgrims on earth:
declare plainly that they seek a country; heaven, so called, for the largeness of it; it is a good land, a land of uprightness; a pleasant land, a land of rest, though a land afar off; here the Father of Christ, and Christ himself, and all his people dwell: the Syriac version renders it, "their own city"; the place of their nativity, of which they were citizens: the act of "seeking" it supposes some things, with respect to the place where they were, as that they were in a strange land, had no settlement there, nor satisfaction in it, and that they sat loose to the world, and the things of it; and some things respecting the country sought after, as that they were not in it; that it was at a distance from them; that they had some knowledge of it, and of the way to it; that their desires were after it, and that they had a strong affection and value for it: the right way to this country is not mere civility and morality, nor legal righteousness, nor birth privileges, nor submission to outward ordinances, nor a mere profession of religion, but the Lord Jesus Christ; he is the true way to eternal life; it is his righteousness which gives a title to it, and on account of which believers expect it, though not without holiness, nor without trouble. The right manner of seeking it is, in the first place, above all things else, with the whole heart, by faith, and by patient continuance in well doing. Many are the reasons which may induce believers to seek it; it is their own, and their Father's country; it is a better one than that in which they are; and because of the company they shall there enjoy, and the work they shall be employed in; and because of the happiness they will be possessed of; and because their inheritance, riches, and treasures, lie here.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For they that say such things ... - That speak of themselves as having come into a land of strangers; and that negotiate for a small piece of land, not to cultivate, but to bury their dead. So we should think of any strange people coming among us now - who lived in tents; who frequently changed their residence; who became the purchasers of no land except to bury their dead, and who never spake of becoming permanent residents. We should think that they were in search of some place as their home, and that they had not yet found it. Such people were the Hebrew patriarchs. They lived and acted just as if they had not yet found a permanent habitation, but were traveling in search of one.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 14. Declare plainly that they seek a country. — A man's country is that in which he has constitutional rights and privileges; no stranger or sojourner has any such rights in the country where he sojourns. These, by declaring that they felt themselves strangers and sojourners, professed their faith in a heavenly country and state, and looked beyond the grave for a place of happiness. No intelligent Jew could suppose that Canaan was all the rest which God had promised to his people.
