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Heb 11:39. Καὶ οὗτοι πάντες, and all these) A pathetic Symperasma (Summary. See Append.)-μαρτυρηθέντες, having obtained a good report) Heb 11:2, note.-τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν, the promise) i.e. the promise of the heavenly inheritance, ch. Heb 10:36, note. Flacius says: “It is probable, that some degree, so to speak, or accumulation of blessedness was added to holy souls, when Christ came and fulfilled all things; even as at His burial the evangelists testify that many rose from the dead, who beyond all doubt ascended into heaven with Him.” Even Christ Himself was altogether made perfect in the death of Christ, ch. Heb 2:10; and the living and the dead have obtained this perfection, ch. Heb 10:14, and the perfecting of individual believers takes place at their death, ch. Heb 12:23; but the universal and final perfecting of believers will take place at the coming of the Lord, of which the passage here speaks.