Bible Commentary

For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in. 25. For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant ] Same word as Rom … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Romans 11:25”

For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural [branches,] be grafted into their own olive tree? 24. For if thou, &c.] Cp. on this verse notes on Rom … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Romans 11:24”

And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again. 23. graff them in again ] Every Jewish convert from the first age till now has been an example of this statement. St Paul is not yet dealing with the question of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Romans 11:23”

Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in [his] goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. 22. goodness ] See on ch. Rom 2:4. severity ] In the special sense of summary sternness. The word is akin to that rendered “ … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Romans 11:22”

For if God spared not the natural branches, [take heed] lest he also spare not thee. 21. the natural branches ] Persons who were, without any new interposition of mercy, born within the scope of the covenant and the light of revelation. Not that the state of human nature was less fallen in Jew than … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Romans 11:21”

Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: 20. Well ] i.e. Well said. There is, of course, a solemn and earnest irony in the word. In terms, the Gentile Pharisee (if we may use the expression) spoke truth; for in the mysterious adjustments of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Romans 11:20”

Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in. 19. then ] therefore; i.e. in order to meet my reasoning. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Thou wilt say then – Thou who art a Gentile. The branches were broken off … – The Jews were rejected … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Romans 11:19”

Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee. 18. boast not against, &c.] i.e. against the branches that were broken off; as if in a better position than theirs might have been, and as if better in yourself, and so (as regards any virtue of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Romans 11:18”

And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; 17. some of the branches ] A tender statement of what, alas, was so great an amount of unbelief. See below … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Romans 11:17”

For if the firstfruit [be] holy, the lump [is] also [holy]: and if the root [be] holy, so [are] the branches. 16. For ] Lit., and much better, But, or Now. The word marks transition to a new fact in connexion with the “receiving” of Israel; the fact of the peculiar position of Jews with … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Romans 11:16”