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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Hebrews 11:10 - 11:10
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looked for - Greek, “he was expecting”; waiting for with eager expectation (Rom 8:19).
a city - Greek, “the city,” already alluded to. Worldly Enoch, son of the murderer Cain, was the first to build his city here: the godly patriarchs waited for their city hereafter (Heb 11:16; Heb 12:22; Heb 13:14).
foundations - Greek, “the foundations” which the tents had not, nor even men’s present cities have.
whose builder and maker - Greek, “designer [Eph 1:4, Eph 1:11] and master-builder,” or executor of the design. The city is worthy of its Framer and Builder (compare Heb 11:16; Heb 8:2). Compare Note, see on Heb 9:12, on “found.”