Hebrews 11:10

for he looked for a city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

In Context

9By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

11By faith also Sarah herself received strength for the conception of seed, and brought forth a child when past the time of life, because she counted him faithful who had promised.

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Cross References

John 14:2In 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.

Philippians 3:20But our citizenship is in heaven, whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

Hebrews 12:22But you have come to Mount Zion, and the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels;

Hebrews 13:14For here we have no abiding city, but we seek one to come.

Revelation 21:10And he carried me away in spirit to a mountain, great and high, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 11:5-32

Exemplars of Faith. ( a. d. 62.) 4 By 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. 5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that… Read the whole commentary →

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