Matthew Poole and continuators on Hebrews 11:39

39 And these all having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise .

The Apostle returns in this Verse to the Proposition laid down in the second Verse, which he had been proving by all these Examples, and with it shuts up the History of them; all these Elders mentioned from v. 2, to this Verse.

[non-Latin text not transcribed] strictly is having been martyred, or made Martyrs, specially witnessing to the Death for Christ, have a Testimony given to them, by way of Eminency, by God himself in his Scripture-Record, that through Faith they pleased him in their glorious Atchievements and Sufferings, and were God's faithful VVitnesses to the VVorld, glorifying him in it, tho reproached and ruined by the VVorld, yet they were too good to live in it, and were fit to live with him in Heaven, as v. 2, 5, 16, 35.

Yet these VVorthies, as Abraham and his believing Seed, did not possess the Land of Canaan, tho they had the Promise of it in their time, v. 13. others did obtain the Grace and good things promised for their time, v. 33. but none of these had fulfilled to them in their day the Manifestation of the Messiah in the Flesh; tho they saw his Day and Coming by Faith, and did rejoice in it, yet none saw him so come as Simeon did, Luke 2.26, 29. tho as to the eternal Benefits by Christ they did as actually receive them, as those since his perfecting the Work of Redemption have received them, even eternal Blessedness and Glory by him, Acts 15.11.