11:39-40 What does this mean?
11:39-40 What does this mean?
All the Old Testament saints died in faith without receiving the final promised blessings of the new covenant in Christ (CP V13).
But they were saved by Christ's redeeming sacrifice of Himself on the cross (CP V2 with Ac 17:31; Ro 3:24-26; He 5:9; 9:15). ....that they without us should not be made perfect (KJV), means that both Old Testament and New Testament saints alike are saved by Christ's sacrificial death (CP Jn 1:12-13; Ro 4:4-5, 16; Eph 2:8-9; 2Ti 1:8-10; He 10:14).
See also comments on Ac 17:30, Ro 3:24-26, 4:1-5, He 10:14.