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In faith (kata pistin). Here a break in the routine pistei (by faith), “according to faith,” either for literary variety “or to suggest pistis as the sphere and standard of their characters” (Moffatt).
These all (houtoi pantes). Those in Heb 11:9-12 (Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob).
Not having the promises (mē komisamenoi tas epaggelias). First aorist middle participle of komizō, to obtain, as in Heb 10:36; Heb 11:39. And yet the author mentions Abraham (Heb 6:15) as having obtained the promise. He received the promise of the Messiah, but did not live to see the Messiah come as we have done. It is in this sense that we have “better promises.”
Greeted them (aspasamenoi). First aorist middle participle of aspazomai, to salute (Mat 5:47). Abraham rejoiced to see Christ’s day in the dim distance (Joh 8:56).
Strangers (zenoi). Foreigners. “To reside abroad carried with it a certain stigma” (Moffatt). But they “confessed” it (Gen 23:4; Gen 47:9).
Pilgrims (parepidēmoi). Late double compound (para, epi, dēmos), a sojourner from another land, in N.T. only here and 1Pe 1:1; 1Pe 2:11.