1 εστιν δε πιστις ελπιζομενων υποστασις, πραγματων ελεγχος ου βλεπομενων. 2 εν ταυτη γαρ εμαρτυρηθησαν οι πρεσβυτεροι. 3 πιστει νοουμεν κατηρτισθαι τους αιωνας ρηματι θεου, εις το μη εκ φαινομενων τα βλεπομενα γεγονεναι. 4 πιστει πλειονα θυσιαν αβελ παρα καιν προσηνεγκεν τω θεω, δι ης εμαρτυρηθη ειναι δικαιος, μαρτυρουντος επι τοις δωροις αυτου του θεου, και δι αυτης αποθανων ετι λαλειται. 5 πιστει ενωχ μετετεθη του μη ιδειν θανατον, και ουχ ευρισκετο, διοτι μετεθηκεν αυτον ο θεος· προ γαρ της μεταθεσεως αυτου μεμαρτυρηται ευηρεστηκεναι τω θεω· 6 χωρις δε πιστεως αδυνατον ευαρεστησαι· πιστευσαι γαρ δει τον προσερχομενον τω θεω οτι εστιν και τοις εκζητουσιν αυτον μισθαποδοτης γινεται. 7 πιστει χρηματισθεις νωε περι των μηδεπω βλεπομενων, ευλαβηθεις κατεσκευασεν κιβωτον εις σωτηριαν του οικου αυτου, δι ης κατεκρινεν τον κοσμον, και της κατα πιστιν δικαιοσυνης εγενετο κληρονομος. 8 πιστει καλουμενος αβρααμ υπηκουσεν εξελθειν εις τον τοπον ον εμελλεν λαμβανειν εις κληρονομιαν, και εξηλθεν μη επισταμενος που ερχεται. 9 πιστει παρωκησεν εις την γην της επαγγελιας ως αλλοτριαν, εν σκηναις κατοικησας μετα ισαακ και ιακωβ των συγκληρονομων της επαγγελιας της αυτης· 10 εξεδεχετο γαρ την τους θεμελιους εχουσαν πολιν, ης τεχνιτης και δημιουργος ο θεος. 11 πιστει και αυτη σαρρα δυναμιν εις καταβολην σπερματος ελαβεν και παρα καιρον ηλικιας ετεκεν, επει πιστον ηγησατο τον επαγγειλαμενον. 12 διο και αφ ενος εγεννηθησαν, και ταυτα νενεκρωμενου, καθως τα αστρα του ουρανου τω πληθει και ως η αμμος η παρα το χειλος της θαλασσης η αναριθμητος. 13 κατα πιστιν απεθανον ουτοι παντες, μη λαβοντες τας επαγγελιας, αλλα πορρωθεν αυτας ιδοντες και ασπασαμενοι, και ομολογησαντες οτι ξενοι και παρεπιδημοι εισιν επι της γης. 14 οι γαρ τοιαυτα λεγοντες εμφανιζουσιν οτι πατριδα επιζητουσιν. 15 και ει μεν εκεινης εμνημονευον, αφ ης εξηλθον, ειχον αν καιρον ανακαμψαι· 16 νυν δε κρειττονος ορεγονται, τουτ εστιν επουρανιου. διο ουκ επαισχυνεται αυτους ο θεος θεος επικαλεισθαι αυτων· ητοιμασεν γαρ αυτοις πολιν. 17 πιστει προσενηνοχεν αβρααμ τον ισαακ πειραζομενος, και τον μονογενη προσεφερεν ο τας επαγγελιας αναδεξαμενος, 18 προς ον ελαληθη οτι εν ισαακ κληθησεται σοι σπερμα, 19 λογισαμενος οτι και εκ νεκρων εγειρειν δυνατος ο θεος· οθεν αυτον και εν παραβολη εκομισατο. 20 πιστει περι μελλοντων ευλογησεν ισαακ τον ιακωβ και τον ησαυ. 21◆ πιστει ιακωβ αποθνησκων εκαστον των υιων ιωσηφ ευλογησεν, και προσεκυνησεν επι το ακρον της ραβδου αυτου. 22 πιστει ιωσηφ τελευτων περι της εξοδου των υιων ισραηλ εμνημονευσεν και περι των οστεων αυτου ενετειλατο. 23 πιστει μωυσης γεννηθεις εκρυβη τριμηνον υπο των πατερων αυτου, διοτι ειδον αστειον το παιδιον, και ουκ εφοβηθησαν το διαταγμα του βασιλεως. 24 πιστει μωυσης μεγας γενομενος ηρνησατο λεγεσθαι υιος θυγατρος φαραω, 25 μαλλον ελομενος συγκακουχεισθαι τω λαω του θεου η προσκαιρον εχειν αμαρτιας απολαυσιν, 26 μειζονα πλουτον ηγησαμενος των αιγυπτου θησαυρων τον ονειδισμον του χριστου· απεβλεπεν γαρ εις την μισθαποδοσιαν. 27 πιστει κατελιπεν αιγυπτον μη φοβηθεις τον θυμον του βασιλεως· τον γαρ αορατον ως ορων εκαρτερησεν. 28 πιστει πεποιηκεν το πασχα και την προσχυσιν του αιματος, ινα μη ο ολοθρευων τα πρωτοτοκα θιγη αυτων. 29 πιστει διεβησαν την ερυθραν θαλασσαν ως δια ξηρας, ης πειραν λαβοντες οι αιγυπτιοι κατεποθησαν. 30 πιστει τα τειχη ιεριχω επεσεν κυκλωθεντα επι επτα ημερας. 31 πιστει ρααβ η πορνη ου συναπωλετο τοις απειθησασιν, δεξαμενη τους κατασκοπους μετ ειρηνης. 32 και τι ετι λεγω; επιλειψει γαρ με διηγουμενον ο χρονος περι γεδεων, βαρακ τε και σαμψων και ιεφθαε, δαυιδ τε και σαμουηλ και των προφητων, 33 οι δια πιστεως κατηγωνισαντο βασιλειας, ειργασαντο δικαιοσυνην, επετυχον επαγγελιων, εφραξαν στοματα λεοντων, 34 εσβεσαν δυναμιν πυρος, εφυγον στοματα μαχαιρας, ενεδυναμωθησαν απο ασθενειας, εγενηθησαν ισχυροι εν πολεμω, παρεμβολας εκλιναν αλλοτριων· 35 ελαβον γυναικες εξ αναστασεως τους νεκρους αυτων· αλλοι δε ετυμπανισθησαν, ου προσδεξαμενοι την απολυτρωσιν, ινα κρειττονος αναστασεως τυχωσιν· 36 ετεροι δε εμπαιγμων και μαστιγων πειραν ελαβον, ετι δε δεσμων και φυλακης· 37 ελιθασθησαν, επρισθησαν, επειρασθησαν, εν φονω μαχαιρας απεθανον, περιηλθον εν μηλωταις, εν αιγειοις δερμασιν, υστερουμενοι, θλιβομενοι, κακουχουμενοι, 38 ων ουκ ην αξιος ο κοσμος, εν ερημιαις πλανωμενοι και ορεσιν και σπηλαιοις και ταις οπαις της γης. 39 και ουτοι παντες μαρτυρηθεντες δια της πιστεως ουκ εκομισαντο την επαγγελιαν, 40 του θεου περι ημων κρειττον τι προβλεψαμενου, ινα μη χωρις ημων τελειωθωσιν.
Hebrews · Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
Hebrews 11 Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
Notes on this text (3)
- The digital source has no accents or capitals (as Robinson distributes it); 1912 base text, movable nu regularised.
- Double square brackets [[ ]] are marks in the digital source; at 1 John 5:7–8 they enclose the words the 1904 edition prints in smaller type.
- Credit: Maurice A. Robinson & Jussi Ala-Konni (byztxt).
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abel
A shepherd whose faithful offering pleased God, murdered by his own brother.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 4; Hebrews 11:4
Enoch
He walked with God, and was not, for God took him — he did not die.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 5:21–24; Hebrews 11:5
Rahab
The woman of Jericho who hid the spies and became mother of Boaz.
Cited in the guide: Joshua 2, 6; Matthew 1:5; Hebrews 11:31
Cross references (40)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Corinthians 5:7; 2 Corinthians 4:18; Romans 8:24–25; Hebrews 11:7; Hebrews 10:22
- 2 Hebrews 11:39; Hebrews 11:4
- 3 Psalm 33:6; 2 Peter 3:5; John 1:3; Romans 4:17; Acts 17:24
- 4 Genesis 4:3–5; 1 John 3:11–12; Hebrews 12:24; Proverbs 15:8; Genesis 4:10
- 5 Genesis 5:21–24; Jude 14; Hebrews 11:6; 2 Kings 2:11; Revelation 11:9–12
- 6 Proverbs 8:17; Jeremiah 29:13–14; Matthew 6:33; 1 Chronicles 28:9; Psalm 105:3–4
- 7 Genesis 6:13–7:1; 1 Peter 3:20; Ezekiel 14:14; Luke 17:26; Romans 4:13
- 8 Genesis 12:1–4; Acts 7:2–4; Matthew 7:24–25; Genesis 15:7–8; Genesis 22:18
- 9 Genesis 12:8; Genesis 13:18; Genesis 13:3; Acts 7:5–6; Hebrews 6:17
- 10 Hebrews 13:14; Philippians 3:20; 2 Corinthians 5:1; Hebrews 12:22; John 14:2
- 11 Hebrews 10:23; Romans 4:20–21; Genesis 18:11–14; Genesis 21:1–2; Luke 1:36
- 12 Genesis 22:17; Genesis 32:12; Hosea 1:10; Genesis 15:5; Jeremiah 33:22
- 13 Genesis 23:4; Psalm 39:12; Hebrews 11:27; Romans 8:24; Hebrews 11:39
- 14 2 Corinthians 4:18–5:7; Romans 8:23–25; Hebrews 13:14; Hebrews 11:16; Philippians 1:23
- 15 Genesis 24:6–8; Genesis 12:10
- 16 Hebrews 13:14; Philippians 3:20; Hebrews 11:10; Matthew 25:34; John 14:2
- 17 Genesis 22:16; James 2:21–24; Genesis 22:1–12; James 5:11; 1 Peter 1:6–7
- 18 Genesis 21:12; Romans 9:7; Genesis 17:19
- 19 Romans 4:17–21; Matthew 9:28; Ephesians 3:20; Genesis 22:13; Genesis 22:4–5
- 20 Genesis 27:27–40; Genesis 28:2–3
- 21 Genesis 47:31–48:1; Genesis 48:5–22
- 22 Exodus 13:19; Genesis 50:24–25; Joshua 24:32; Acts 7:16
- 23 Exodus 1:22; Exodus 1:16; Hebrews 13:6; Exodus 2:2–10; Matthew 10:28
- 24 Exodus 2:10–11; Acts 7:21–24
- 25 Psalm 84:10; 2 Timothy 2:3–10; Job 36:21; 1 Peter 4:12–16; 2 Corinthians 5:17
- 26 Hebrews 10:35; Hebrews 11:6; 1 Peter 4:14; Matthew 5:12; 2 Corinthians 6:10
- 27 2 Corinthians 4:18; Hebrews 11:13; Exodus 2:14–15; Hebrews 11:1; Exodus 4:19
- 28 Exodus 12:21–30; Hebrews 9:19; 1 Peter 1:2; Hebrews 12:24; Exodus 12:3–14
- 29 Exodus 14:13–15:21; Psalm 106:9–11; Psalm 78:13; Habakkuk 3:8–10; Isaiah 63:11–16
- 30 Joshua 6:3–20; 2 Corinthians 10:4–5
- 31 James 2:25; Joshua 6:22–25; Matthew 1:5; Joshua 2:1–24; Matthew 1:1
- 32 1 Samuel 16:1; 1 Samuel 1:20; 1 Samuel 16:13; Judges 13:1–16; Judges 11:1–12
- 33 Hebrews 6:12–15; Psalm 144:1–2; 2 Timothy 4:17; Hebrews 10:36; Hebrews 11:4–8
- 34 1 Samuel 17:51–52; 2 Kings 6:16–18; Psalm 144:10; Judges 15:8; 2 Chronicles 32:20–22
- 35 2 Kings 4:27–37; 1 Kings 17:22–24; Philippians 3:11; Acts 9:41; 1 Corinthians 15:54
- 36 Jeremiah 20:2; Genesis 39:20; Jeremiah 37:15–21; 2 Chronicles 30:10; 2 Chronicles 16:10
- 37 2 Chronicles 24:21; Jeremiah 26:23; 1 Kings 19:10; 1 Kings 21:13–15; 2 Kings 1:8
- 38 1 Kings 18:4; 1 Samuel 22:1; 1 Kings 19:9; Isaiah 57:1; 1 Samuel 24:1–3
- 39 Luke 10:23–24; Hebrews 11:13; Hebrews 11:2; 1 Peter 1:12
- 40 Revelation 6:11; Hebrews 8:6; Hebrews 10:11–14; Hebrews 5:9; Hebrews 7:19
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Why does my Bible say something different?
- Hebrews 11:21 and Genesis 47:31: Jacob’s staff or Jacob’s bed?
In the Hebrew text of Genesis 47:31 Israel bows “upon the bed’s head.” In the Septuagint he bows “on the top of his staff,” and Hebrews 11:21 quotes the Greek. The Hebrew consonants can be read either way; only the later vowel marks decide. The Orthodox Church reads “staff,” and St John of Damascus used the verse in defending the veneration of holy things.
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Faith needs a generous and vigorous soul, and one rising above all things of sense, and passing beyond the weakness of human reasonings. For it is not possible to become a believer, otherwise than by raising one's self above the common customs [of the world].
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 14 (1889)
Let us take (for instance) Enoch, who, being found righteous in obedience, was translated, and death was never known to happen to him. Noah, being found faithful, preached regeneration to the world through his ministry; and the Lord saved by him the animals which, with one accord, entered into the ark.
… those places and times--being itself the while the same always and everywhere, not one thing in one place, and another in another; according to which Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and Moses, and David, and all those commended by the mouth of God were righteous, but were judged unrighteous by foolish men, judging out of man's judgment, and gauging by …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… how he saith, "They that say these things, show plainly that they seek a country; and truly if they had been mindful of that from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned: but now they desire another, a better country." And again, "These all died in faith, not having obtained the promises, but having seen …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
The lesson also which was read to-day invites you to the true faith, by setting before you the way in which you also must please God: for it affirms that without faith it is impossible to please Him.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)