Hebrews 11:10

For he looked for the city that hath a foundation, of which the builder and maker is God.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 became a resident in the land that was promised him, as in a foreign land; and abode in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.

11By faith, Sarah also, who was barren, acquired energy to receive seed; and, out of the time of her years, she brought forth; because she firmly believed, that he was faithful who had promised her.

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Cross References

John 14:2There are many mansions in the house of my Father: and if not, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.

Philippians 3:20But our concern is with heaven; and from thence we expect our Vivifier, our Lord, Jesus the Messiah;

Hebrews 12:22But ye have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the Jerusalem that is in heaven; and to the assemblies of myriads of angels;

Hebrews 13:14(for we have here no abiding city; but we expect one that is future:)

Revelation 21:10And he bore me away in the spirit, to a mountain great and high, and he showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, descending 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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