Hebrews 11:10

For he was awaiting the city having foundations, whose architect and builder is, God.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 foreign land, in tents, dwelling, along with Isaac and Jacob, the joint-heirs of the same promise;

11By faith, even Sarah herself, received power for founding a seed, even beyond the season of life’s prime,—seeing that, faithful, she reckoned, him that had promised;

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Cross References

John 14:2In the house of my Father, are, many dwellings; or else I would have told you, I go to prepare a place for you.

Philippians 3:20For, our citizenship, in the heavens, hath its rise; wherefore, a Saviour also, do we ardently await,—The Lord Jesus Christ,—

Hebrews 12:22But ye have approached—unto Zion’s mountain, and unto the city of a Living God, a heavenly Jerusalem,—and unto myriads of messengers,

Hebrews 13:14For we have not here an abiding city, but, unto that which is to be, are we seeking our way.

Revelation 21:10And he carried me away, in spirit, unto a mountain great and high, and pointed out to 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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