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The 'Better Thing' Is Christ
Commentators agree that the 'better thing' God provided for Christians is the fulfillment of His promises in Jesus Christ. While Old Testament saints lived by faith in a promise to come, believers today live in the reality of the Messiah who has come. They had the shadows and types; we have the substance and a clearer understanding of God's completed work.
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Hebrews
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Albert Barnes
On Hebrews 11:40
18th Century
Theologian
God having provided some better thing for us. A marginal note says, foreseen. This means, "God having provided, or determined on …
AT Robertson
On Hebrews 11:40
God having provided (του θεου προβλεψαμενου). Genitive absolute with first aorist middle participle of προβλεπω, late compound to …
Charles Ellicott
On Hebrews 11:40
19th Century
Bishop
For us.—Rather, concerning us, that without (or, apart from) us they should not be made perfect. So…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Hebrews 11:40
19th Century
Preacher
God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
Is it not wonderful that we, who bri…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Hebrews 11:40
God’s plan provided for “something better for us.” The precise nature of the blessing is left undefined. The important thing is not exactly what it…
John Gill
On Hebrews 11:40
17th Century
Pastor
God having provided some better thing for us
Not a better state of the church, in such respect, as to be free from suffering r…
Matthew Henry
On Hebrews 11:39–40
17th Century
Minister
The world considers that the righteous are not worthy to live in the world, and God declares the world is not worthy of them. Though the righteous …