An abiding city (menousan polin). Jerusalem has lost its charm for followers of Christ. Vincent rightly argues that the Epistle must have been written before the destruction of Jerusalem else a reference to that event could hardly have been avoided here. We are now where Abraham was once (Hebrews 11:10).
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Hebrews 13:14:
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