Hebrews 11:39 (WEB)
These all, having been commended for their faith, didn’t receive the promise,
Catechism · 1
“The Old Testament is rich in witnesses to this faith. the Letter to the Hebrews proclaims its eulogy of the exemplary faith of the ancestors who "received divine approval".” — Catechism footnote: Heb 11:2, 39
Fathers and councils · 5
John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X VII.30Conference VII
“…all being approved by the testimony of faith, received not the promise, God providing some better thing for us that they should not be perfected without us.”” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 39, 40.
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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
“And so after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.” ( c. xi. 39, 40.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“13 ) “These all died in faith,” he says, “not having obtained the promises.”” — editor's note: κομισάμενοι. This word is used by St. Chrys. throughout this passage without any variation of reading. The text of the Epistle here has λαβόντες, but in ver.…
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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 · 3
Cited together in Catechism §147.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.30.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.30.