Hebrews 11:10

for he anticipated a city having foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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 a strange country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow-heirs of the same promise:

11And by faith Sarah herself received power unto the conception of seed, even past the time of age, since she considered him faithful who had promised.

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Cross References

John 14:2Many mansions are in the house of my Father; but if it were not so, I would have told you; because I go to prepare a place for you.

Philippians 3:20For our citizenship is in the heavens; whence we are indeed looking for our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

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

Hebrews 13:14for we have here no continuing city, but we are seeking unto one which is to come.

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