<p>11:39 <i>And these all, having had witness borne to them through their faith, did not receive the fulfilment of the promise</i>- That witness, as noted on :11, was before God in the court room of Heaven. Judaism posited that the promises to Abraham and the new covenant had already been fulfilled because Israel were in their land and had the temple system. Paul is arguing that Christians are identified with the Old Testament faithful who did not consider that those things meant that the promises had been fulfilled. Seeing God keeps His promises, there had to come a far fuller fulfilment, of &quot;eternal inheritance&quot;, implying eternal life.</p>