11:13 having seen them . . . afar. Abraham saw from afar the day that Jesus the Messiah would come, and rejoiced (John 8:56).

strangers and exiles on the earth. All the heirs of salvation are homeless refugees on the earth (v. 38) because, until Christ’s return, we are in exile from the home we are waiting to inherit (1 Pet. 1:1, 4, 5, 17; 2:11).