And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
KJV
Parallel translations
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd if indeed they had been mindful of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return.
If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.
and if, indeed, they had been mindful of that from which they came forth, they might have had an opportunity to return,
And if they had called to mind that from whence they went out, they had had opportunity to have returned;
About this book
New Testament▾
About this book
New TestamentHebrews — The NT's most sustained Old-Testament argument — an extended demonstration that Jesus is ‘better than’ every institution Judaism knew. Priesthood, covenant, tabernacle, sacrifice: all fulfilled in one great high priest.
- Author
- Unknown — the book itself does not name its author. Traditional attribution is Pauline (Clement of Alexandria, Origen, much of the Eastern church); Luther proposed Apollos; Tertullian preferred Barnabas; Harnack proposed Priscilla. Site does not adjudicate
- Date
- Mid-to-late 1st century AD, almost certainly before AD 70 (the book argues against the ongoing Temple liturgy as if the Temple still stands)