Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 11:13
13. These all died in faith They not only lived faithful lives, but in (not by) faith they died. The fact that they saw not the fulfilled promises shook not their final faith. From their dying beds they looked forward to the heavenly country. To the all, here, some commentators note Enoch as an “exception,” who did not die. Others say, all who really died, died in faith. Perhaps the all, however, refers only to Abraham’s descendants, of whom alone 12-16 seems to speak. ... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 11:12
12. Therefore sprang there And now comes the point that renders these events and characters most illustrious to every Hebrew memory. From this miraculous point sprang his chosen race. The Messianic race, like the Messiah himself, had a supernatural birth. Abraham was that Christ might be; and Sarah was the ancestress of the blessed mother of Jesus. Even of one From one fountain head, Abraham, all the diverging streams of the tribes sprang. Dead And so from a divinely energized... read more