1 Vera je, pak, tvrdo čekanje onog čemu se nadamo, i dokazivanje onog što ne vidimo. 2 Jer u njoj stari dobiše svedočanstvo. 3 Verom poznajemo da je svet rečju Božjom svršen, da je sve što vidimo iz ništa postalo. 4 Verom prinese Avelj Bogu veću žrtvu nego Kain, kroz koju dobi svedočanstvo da je pravednik, kad Bog posvedoči za dare njegove; i kroz nju on mrtav još govori. 5 Verom bi Enoh prenesen da ne vidi smrt; i ne nađe se, jer ga Bog premesti, jer pre nego ga premesti, dobi svedočanstvo da ugodi Bogu. 6 A bez vere nije moguće ugoditi Bogu; jer onaj koji hoće da dođe k Bogu, valja da veruje da ima Bog i da plaća onima koji Ga traže. 7 Verom Noje primivši zapovest i pobojavši se onog što još ne vide, načini kovčeg za spasenje doma svog, kojim osudi sav svet, i posta naslednik pravde po veri. 8 Verom posluša Avraam kad bi pozvan da iziđe u zemlju koju htede da primi u nasledstvo, i iziđe ne znajući kuda ide. 9 Verom dođe Avraam u zemlju obećanu, kao u tuđu, i u kolibama življaše s Isakom i s Jakovom, sunaslednicima obećanja tog. 10 Jer čekaše grad koji ima temelje, kome je zidar i Tvorac Bog. 11 Verom i sama Sara nerotkinja primi silu da zatrudni i rodi preko vremena starosti; jer držaše za vernog Onog koji obeća. 12 Zato se i rodiše od jednog, još gotovo mrtvog, kao zvezde nebeske mnoštvom, i kao nebrojeni pesak pokraj mora. 13 U veri pomreše svi ovi ne primivši obećanja, nego ga videvši izdaleka, i poklonivši mu se, i priznavši da su gosti i došljaci na zemlji. 14 Jer koji tako govore pokazuju da traže otačanstvo. 15 I da bi se oni opomenuli onog iz kog iziđoše, imali bi vreme da se vrate. 16 Ali sad bolje žele, to jest nebesko. Zato se Bog ne stidi njih nazvati se Bog njihov; jer im pripravi grad. 17 Verom privede Avraam Isaka kad bi kušan, i jedinorodnoga prinošaše, pošto beše primio obećanje, 18 u kome beše kazano: U Isaku nazvaće ti se seme; 19 pomislivši da je Bog kadar i iz mrtvih vaskrsnuti; zato ga i uze za priliku. 20 Verom blagoslovi Isak Jakova i Isava u stvarima koje će doći. 21◆ Verom blagoslovi Jakov umirući svakog sina Josifovog, i pokloni se vrhu palice njegove. 22 Verom se opominja Josif umirući izlaska sinova Izrailjevih, i zapoveda za kosti svoje. 23 Verom Mojsija, pošto se rodi, kriše tri meseca roditelji njegovi, jer videše krasno dete, i pobojaše se zapovesti careve. 24 Verom Mojsije, kad bi veliki, ne htede da se naziva sin kćeri Faraonove; 25 i volje stradati s narodom Božijim, negoli imati zemaljsku sladost greha: 26 Državši sramotu Hristovu za veće bogatstvo od svega blaga misirskog; jer gledaše na platu. 27 Verom ostavi Misir, ne pobojavši se ljutine careve; jer se držaše Onog koji se ne vidi, kao da Ga viđaše. 28 Verom učini pashu i proliv krvi, da se onaj koji gubljaše prvorođene ne dotakne do njih. 29 Verom pređoše Crveno More kao po suvoj zemlji; koje i Misirci okušavši potopiše se. 30 Verom padoše zidovi jerihonski, kad se obilazi oko njih sedam dana. 31 Verom Raav kurva ne pogibe s nevernicima, primivši uhode s mirom, i izvedavši ih drugim putem. 32 I šta ću još da kažem? Jer mi ne bi dostalo vremena kad bih stao pripovedati o Gedeonu, i o Varaku i Samsonu i Jeftaju, o Davidu i Samuilu, i o drugim prorocima, 33 koji verom pobediše carstva, učiniše pravdu, dobiše obećanja, zatvoriše usta lavovima, 34 ugasiše silu ognjenu, pobegoše od oštrica mača, ojačaše od nemoći, postaše jaki u bitkama, rasteraše vojske tuđe; 35 žene primiše svoje mrtve iz vaskrsenja; a drugi biše pobijeni, ne primivši izbavljenje, da dobiju bolje vaskrsenje; 36 a drugi ruganje i boj podnesoše, pa još i okove i tamnice; 37 kamenjem pobijeni biše, pretrveni biše, iskušani biše, od mača pomreše; idoše u kožusima i u kozjim kožama, u sirotinji, u nevolji, u sramoti; 38 kojih ne beše dostojan svet, po pustinjama potucaše se, i po gorama i po pećinama i po rupama zemaljskim. 39 I ovi svi dobivši svedočanstvo verom ne primiše obećanja; 40 jer Bog nešto bolje za nas odredi, da ne prime bez nas savršenstva.
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Notes on this text (3)
- eBible.org's Latin-script edition, ekavian pronunciation (e.g. svet, greh).
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Chapter divisions follow the Hebrew Bible in Job 39–41, Ezekiel 20–21, Hosea 11–12 and Jonah 1–2 (verse numbers there differ from English Bibles).
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)