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Heb_11:14 ff. That the patriarchs are ξένοι καὶ παρεπίδημοι , they have themselves confessed; that they were so ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς , the author has added by way of more nearly defining. The legitimacy of this exposition of their words he now proves (Heb_11:14 … ἐπουρανίου , Heb_11:16). By those utterances the patriarchs declare that they have not already a country, they are only seeking it. If, now, they had set their hearts upon an earthly country, they would certainly have had time and opportunity enough to have returned to that which they had left, but this they did not; they must thus have longed for a heavenly country.
ἐμφανίζουσιν ] Theodoret: δηλοῦσιν . Oecumenius and Theophylact: δεικνύουσιν .
ἐπιζητεῖν ] ardently to seek or desire something.