Hebrews 11:14

Now they who say thus, show that they seek a city.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.

In Context

13All these died in faith, and received not their promise; but they saw it afar off, and rejoiced in it; and they confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

15But if they had been seeking that city from which they came out, they had opportunity to return again and go to it.

Read all of Hebrews 11

Cross References

Romans 8:23And not only they, but we also in whom are the first fruits of the Spirit, we groan within ourselves, and look anxiously for the adoption of sons, the redemption of our bodies.

Philippians 1:23For the two press upon me: I desire to be liberated, that I may be with the Messiah; and this would be very advantageous to me.

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

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Hebrews 11:14