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Heb_11:8. A proof of believing confidence in God it was that Abraham at God’s command wandered forth without knowing whither. Comp. Gen_12:1; Gen_12:4; also Act_7:2-3.
ὁ καλούμενος ] is not: “he who is called Abraham, whereas, namely, he formerly bore the name of Abram” (Theodoret, Clarius, Zeger, Bisping, Ewald, al.), which would be a very tame addition. It signifies: “Abraham, who was thereto (sc. to the ἑξελθεῖν ) called or summoned by God.” That this sense could have been expressed only by καλούμενος without the article (Bleek, Delitzsch, Reiche, Comm. Crit. p. 108; Maier, Moll, Kurtz), can hardly be maintained. The only difference between the two modes of expression is, that with the article the καλεῖσθαι is merely stated as an historic fact; without the article, on the other hand, is at the same time represented as a cause of the ὑπακούειν . The participle present, moreover (not κληθεἰς ), is chosen in order to accentuate the immediate sequence of the καλεῖσθαι and the ὑπακούειν .
εἰς τὁπον ὃν κ . τ . λ .] namely, to Canaan.
ποῦ ] inexactly used, instead of ποῖ . Comp. Winer, Gramm., 7 Aufl. p. 439.
On the indicative ἔρχεται , see Winer, Gramm., 7 Aufl. p. 279 f.; Buttmann, Gramm. des neutest. Sprachgebr. p. 218.