Hebrews 11:38 (WEB)
of whom the world was not worthy—wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.
Fathers and councils · 18
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus VII.7Book VII
“…being destitute, afflicted, tormented; they wandered in deserts and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth, of whom the world was not worthy:” for they looked always to God and to His blessings, which, being invisible, and not to be perceived by the senses, are eternal.” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 37, 38.
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“Indeed, the prophets themselves, who for the purity of their lives received the Divine Spirit, “wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented: they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.”” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 37, 38.
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John Damascene
“…being destitute, afflicted, tormented; they wandered in deserts and in mountains and in dens and caves of the earth, of whom the world was not worthy.” — editor's note: Hebr. xi. 37, 38.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.6Conference XVIII
“I watched and am become like a sparrow alone upon the house-top.”” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 37, 38; Job xxxix. 5–8; Ps. cvi. (cvii.) 2, 4–6; Lam. iii. 27, 28; Ps. ci (cii.) 7, 8.
Read the whole comment - John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.4Conference XXI
“…were oppressed, afflicted, in want, of whom the world was not worthy, they wandered about in deserts and in mountains, and in caves and in dens of the earth.”” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 37, 38.
Read the whole comment “…being in want, distressed, afflicted; of whom the world was not worthy; wandering in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens, and in caves of the earth.”” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 37, 38.
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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
“For when he had matched it against one or two hundred persons, and then saw the smallness of the number, he afterwards says, “by whom the world was outweighed in worth.” ( c. xi. 38.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“…did, of whom he says, “They wandered about in sheepskins, and in goat-skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented: of whom the world was not worthy.” ( c. xi. 37, 38.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Hebrews xi. 37, 38” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“If he who was equal to, or rather greater than, all the world, (for saith Paul, “the world was not worthy” of them— Heb. xi. 38 ,) declares himself not worthy to be reckoned even among the meanest of those who should minister unto Him, what shall we say, who are full of ten…” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“And thou therefore, if thou despise the things of the world, shalt become more honorable than all the world; like those holy men, “of whom the world was not worthy.”” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 38.
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Basil the Great
“Here are the teachers and prophets “wandering in deserts and in mountains and in dens and caves of the earth.”” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 38.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“Of them the divine apostle says “they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain by the sword; they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented, of whom the world was not worthy; they wandered in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.”” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 37, 38
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Men of whom the world was not worthy.” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 38.
Read the whole comment“…order, or shepherd, or bounds, with neither right to pasturage, nor the defence of a fold, wandering upon the mountains and in caves and dens of the earth, scattered and dispersed hither and thither as each one could find shelter or pasture, or could gratefully secure its own safety; like that flock which was…” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 38.
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Aphrahat
“David also was persecuted at the hands of Saul, and he walked in the mountains and in dens, and in caves.” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 38.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Wherefore also, having encompassing us such a cloud,” holy and transparent, “of witnesses, laying aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, let us run with patience the race set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.”” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 36–40, xii. 1, 2.
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Cross-references · 37
Cited together in Against Celsus VII.7.
Cited together in Against Celsus VII.7.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.4.
Cited together in Against Celsus VII.18.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.6.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.6.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.6.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.6.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.6.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.6.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.6.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.6.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.6.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.6.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in Against Celsus VII.7.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.4.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.4.
Cited together in Against Celsus VII.7.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.