Why did not these ancient worthies receive the promise?

Answer

"And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided
some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect." Heb. 11: 39,40.

What reply did the Lord immediately make?
In order to baptize the eunuch, where did Philip take him?
To another whose sight He had restored, what did Christ say?
How universal is the worship of this power to become?
When Elijah was about to take a forty days journey, how was he strengthened for it?
What reason did Paul give for glorying in tribulations?
What is promised to the willing and obedient?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle