For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. Hebrews 11:14
What does such things refer to? How and where did they say such things?
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Sign up to join this communityFor they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. Hebrews 11:14
What does such things refer to? How and where did they say such things?
In the phrase «οἱ γὰρ τοιαῦτα λέγοντες»—“For those who say such things,” the word τοιαῦτα refers to the confessions (cf. 11:13) of all those who died in faith that “they are strangers and pilgrims on earth.”