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whole city was founded and completed by Him alone : He not only made it, but also found it [ch. ix. 12, tupd/tmf].
11. Ka/ uvrr) even herself, the weaker vessel. — air^aro^ seed) by her aged husband. — •-«/?« xaipbv 7i\ixfag, past age, past the time of life) Paul has a similar passage, Rom. iv. 19. — ^/<rrov r^^aro, she judged Him faithful) Otherwise she would not have laughed. The laughter argued a mixture of distrust ; but yet more of faith, especially after the reproof.
12. *A<p SYOS, from one) from Abraham, by Sarah. — s^fwjjtfjjrfav) sprung, namely, sons.
13. Kara viffnv, according to or in faith) He does not say here, triffru, by faith, for xara KiGnv, in faith, accords better with the word, dTstfavoi/-, they died. Comp. xarec, Matt. i. 20. — av'sQavov, died) Faith becomes very strong at the hour of death ; ver. 20, etc. : and at that period hope with respect to things invisible and future is most resplendent. — euro/, these) The pronoun is to be referred to the persons who are mentioned from ver. 8, being those who obtained more distinct promises. — r«c JwayyfX/ag, the promises) Le. .the things which had been promised, ver. 39 : good, nay, heavenly things, ver. 13, at the end. — Idovrss xa,} affvaffd^svoi, having seen and embraced them) This expression makes an Oxy moron with KoppuOev, afar off, in which Paul delights ; for Eusta- thius explains atirdfya&ai, to clasp or draw a person to one's self by grasping his hand, and to embrace him ; and this is the custom of friends when they meet. The faith of the ancients is thus ex quisitely described ; and the passage seems plainly to refer to John viii. 56, Abraham saw Christ's day, and was glad. — 6/^0X0- y?j (fat/re $, having confessed) willingly. The confession of being strangers arises from their embracing heavenly things. — pi/o/ xai KapsKidyifAoi) Gen. xxiii. 4, Kapoixog nat xaptvidri/Aos lyw tipi : ibid, xlvii. 9, «/ qfAspai dg KapoinSj — a$ qpepag ftuputxriffav : vapa in wapi- Kidy/Mji, diminishes the signification. Worldly men hold fast the world ; believers scarcely cling to it in any part, either in deed, or at least with their heart. — Icr/ r%g yyg, upon the earth) An an tithesis to sKovpaviou, heavenly, ver. 16.
14. ' 'Epupavifyvaiv, show) A remarkable word. Is. iii. 9, Yl!"Q X?) they did not deny, they declared. — JCT/^T-OUO'/V, they seek) Citizens of the world (Cosmopolite) do not call themselves strangers in the world (Cosmoxeni).