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Heb_11:16. Νῦν δέ ] the logical: but now. Comp. Heb_8:6.
ὀρέγεσθαί τινος ] elsewhere in the N. T. only 1Ti_3:1; 1Ti_6:10.
διό ] wherefore, sc. on account of their seeking after the heavenly country.
θεὸς ἐπικαλεῖσθαι αὐτῶν ] Epexegesis to αὐτούς : God is not ashamed of them, namely, to be called their God. Reference to Exo_3:6 : καὶ εἶπεν · ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ θεὸς τοῦ πατρός σου , θεὸς Ἀβραὰμ καὶ θεὸς Ἰσαὰκ καὶ θεὸς Ἰακώβ . Comp. ibid. Heb_11:15-16.
The οὐκ ἐπαισχύνεται κ . τ . λ . presupposes the idea of an intimate communion of God with the patriarchs. Comp. also Mat_22:31 f.; Mar_12:26 f.; Luk_20:37 f. The fact instanced in proof of this communion is added in the concluding words: ἡτοίμασεν γὰρ αὐτοῖς πόλιν ] for He has prepared for them a city. By the πόλις is again meant, as Heb_11:10, the heavenly Jerusalem. ἡτοίμασεν , however, may equally well signify: He has prepared it for them, that they may one day possess the same as a dwelling (Schlichting, Grotius, Owen, Calov, Böhme, de Wette, Delitzsch, Hofmann), as: He has already conferred it upon them as a possession (so Braun and Bleek).