Hebrews 11:39

11:39 And these all were commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.

Hebrews 10:36

10:36 For you need endurance in order to do God’s will and so receive what is promised.

Hebrews 9:15

9:15 And so he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance he has promised, since he died to set them free from the violations committed under the first covenant.


sn The expression these all were commended forms an inclusio with Heb 11:2: The chapter begins and ends with references to commendation for faith.

tn Grk “the promise,” referring to the thing God promised, not to the pledge itself.

tn Grk “the promise,” referring to the thing God promised, not to the pledge itself.

tn The Greek word μεσίτης (mesith", “mediator”) in this context does not imply that Jesus was a mediator in the contemporary sense of the word, i.e., he worked for compromise between opposing parties. Here the term describes his function as the one who was used by God to enact a new covenant which established a new relationship between God and his people, but entirely on God’s terms.

tn Grk “the promise of the eternal inheritance.”

tn Grk “a death having occurred.”