Parallel Verses English Standard Version These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. King James Bible These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. American Standard Version These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. Douay-Rheims Bible All these died according to faith, not having received the promises, but beholding them afar off, and saluting them, and confessing that they are pilgrims and strangers on the earth. English Revised Version These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. Webster's Bible Translation These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. Weymouth New Testament All these died in the possession of faith. They had not received the promised blessings, but had seen them from a distance and had greeted them, and had acknowledged themselves to be foreigners and strangers here on earth; Hebrews 11:13 Parallel Commentary Vincent's Word StudiesIn faith (κατὰ πίστιν) See on Hebrews 11:7. Not having received (μὴ κομισάμενοι) See on Hebrews 10:36. They died according to faith, inasmuch as they did not receive. They died under the regimen of faith, and not of sight. For the phrase κομίζειν τὰς ἐπαγγελίας to receive the promises, comp. Hebrews 10:36; Hebrews 11:39. Having seen them afar off (πόρρωθεν αύτὰς ἰδόντες) By faith; from afar. Were persuaded of them and embraced them (ἀσπασάμενοι) The A.V. completely destroys the beauty of this verse. It reads were persuaded, following T.R. πεισθέντες, and translates ἀσπασάμενοι embraced, which is a sort of inferential rendering of the original sense to salute or greet. Rend. "having seen them from afar and greeted them": as seamen wave their greeting to a country seen far off on the horizon, on which they cannot land. Lnemann appropriately quotes Virgil, Aen. iii.:522: "Cum proculi obscuros collis humilemque videmus Italiam. Italiam primus conclamat Achates, Italiam laeto socii clamore salutant." Confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims (ὁμολογήσαντες ὅτι ξένοι καὶ παρεπίδημοι) They admitted and accepted the fact with the resignation of faith, and with the assurance of future rest. Comp. Genesis 23:4; Genesis 24:37; Genesis 28:4; Genesis 47:9; Psalm 39:12; Psalm 119:19, Psalm 119:54. For παρεπίδημοι sojourners, see on 1 Peter 1:1. In the anonymous Epistle to Diognetus, an apologetic letter, probably of the second century, and one of the gems of early Christian literature, occur the following words concerning Christians: "They inhabit their own country, but as sojourners: they take part in all things as citizens, and endure all things as aliens: every foreign country is theirs, and every country is foreign." Treasury of Scripture Knowledge all died. Genesis 27:2-4 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death... Genesis 49:18,28,33 I have waited for your salvation, O LORD... Genesis 50:24 And Joseph said to his brothers, I die: and God will surely visit you... in faith. Gr. according to faith. not. Hebrews 11:39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: but. Job 19:25 For I know that my redeemer lives, and that he shall stand at the latter day on the earth: John 8:56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. John 12:41 These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spoke of him. and were. Romans 4:21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. 1 John 3:19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. *Gr: confessed. Psalm 119:19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not your commandments from me. Cross References Genesis 23:4 "I am a sojourner and foreigner among you; give me property among you for a burying place, that I may bury my dead out of my sight." Genesis 47:9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my sojourning are 130 years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their sojourning." Exodus 2:22 She gave birth to a son, and he called his name Gershom, for he said, "I have been a sojourner in a foreign land." Leviticus 25:23 "The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine. For you are strangers and sojourners with me. 1 Chronicles 29:15 For we are strangers before you and sojourners, as all our fathers were. Our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no abiding. Psalm 39:12 "Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears! For I am a sojourner with you, a guest, like all my fathers. Psalm 119:19 I am a sojourner on the earth; hide not your commandments from me! 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