Hebrews 11:14 (WEB)
For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own.
Fathers and councils · 4
Augustine of Hippo
“…and another in another; according to which Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and Moses, and David, and all those commended by the mouth of God were righteous, but were judged unrighteous by foolish men, judging out of man’s judgment, and gauging by the petty standard of their own manners the manners of the whole…” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 8–40.
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John Chrysostom
“Hebrews xi. 13–16” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“For when he is speaking of those noble and great men, hear how he saith, “They that say these things, show plainly that they seek a country; and truly if they had been mindful of that from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned: but now they desire another, a better country.”” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 14, 15.
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Basil the Great
“One form of this silence is the obscurity employed in Scripture, which makes the meaning of “dogmas” difficult to be understood for the very advantage of the reader: Thus we all look to the East at our prayers, but few of us know that we are seeking our own old country, Paradise, which God planted in Eden in the East.” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 14, R.V.
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