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Declare plainly (ἐμφαμίζουσιν)
oP. See on Joh 14:21. Occasionally in lxx. Rend. “make it manifest.”
They seek a country (πατρίδα ἐπιζητοῦσιν)
The verb is found in lxx, chiefly in the sense of seeking after God or another deity. See 2Ki 1:3, 2Ki 1:6; 2Ki 3:11; 2Ki 8:8; 2Ki 22:18; 2Ch 18:6. Comp. ἐπιζητουμένη πόλις a city sought after (Zion), Isa 62:12. Πατρίς is a native country; a fatherland. Only here and in Gospels and Acts. Quite often in lxx.