ejn rJomfaiva/ . Jer. 36:23 (33:23) (Urijah).
The exact phrase ejn fovnw/ macaivra" occurs in the LXX. as a rendering
of .br<jâ;Aypil] , Ex. 17:13 & c.
The enumeration of sufferings of death is followed by references to sufferings in life.
perih'lqon ejn mhl.
...]
They went about
from place to place with no sure
abode. Compare Clem. R. 1:17. (Clem. Alex.
Strom.
4.17 § 107
oJ ajpovstolo"
Klhvmh" .) Mhlwthv is used in the LXX. for tr<D&<a' , H168, the characteristic
prophet's dress: 1 Kings 19:13, 19; 2 Kings 2:8, 13, 14. This was of sheep (or
goat) skin (compare r[`;ce tr<Dà<a' Zech. 13:4; Gen. 25:25); and was afterwards
adopted as a monastic dress. See Suicer s. v. uJst. qlib. Kakouc. ] in want of the ordinary means of life (Ecclus. 11:11; Luke 15:14; Phil. 4:12; 2 Cor. 11:9), afflicted by pressure (Vulg. angustiati ) from without (2 Thess. 1:6 f.), in evil plight generally (Heb. 13:3; 11:25).
11:38. w|n oujk h\n a[x. oJ k. ] They were men worth more than the whole world, and they lacked all. This appears to be the meaning, and not that the world in all its beauty was not fit to be their home. Comp. Prov. 8:11 kreivsswn ga;r sofiva livqwn polutelw'n, pa'n de; tivmion oujk a[xion aujth'" ejstiv .
Eij pa'" oJ kovsmo" , Theophylact asks, oujk e[stin a[xio" eJno;" aJgivou, tiv mevro" zhtei'" ;
From this thought the last clause follows naturally. The best thing men can give is the sympathy of fellowship: the last thing which they withdraw is simple intercourse. But the prophets had no place among their fellow-men; and even the deserts offered them no safe resting-place (Theophlct).
ejpi; ejrhmivai" planwvm.
...] Compare 1 Kings 18:4, 13 (
ejn sphlaivw/
); 19:9
(
eij" to; sphvlaion
); 1 Macc. 2:31; 2 Macc. 5:27; 6:11; 10:6.
The clause tai'" ojpai'" th'" gh'" the holes of the land seems to be a quotation from some familiar description. The word ojphv occurs again James 3:11 with a reference to another feature of the limestone rocks of Palestine.
(6) Heb. 11:39, 40. General conclusion. The whole record of past divine history shews us that the trial of faith depended on the will of God, who looked forward to the end. Here then lies our patience.
39 And these all, having had witness borne to them through their faith, received not the promise ,
40 God having foreseen some better thing in our case, that they, apart from us, should not be made perfect.
11:39.
ou|toi pavnte"
]
These all
from the beginning of human discipline to the fulfilment of man's destiny in Christ.
marturhqevnte" dia; th'" p
....] Latt.
testimonio fidei probati
... These old
heroes, though they received the witness of divine approval given in what they were enabled to do and to suffer through their faith, died before the end was reached to which they looked from first to last.
dia; th'" pivstew"
]
through their faith.
The faith by which they welcomed the divine promises became the power through which the fellowship of God with them was made evident. For
diav
compare 11:33
dia; pivstew"
.
With oujk ejkomivs. th;n ejpagg. compare v. 13 mh; komis. ta;" ejpagg. Heb. 10:36; 1 Pet. 1:9; 5:4; and for the relation of hJ ejpagg. and aiJ ejpagg. see v. 33.
Heb. 11:40. The reason of this failure of the fathers to receive the