Bible Commentary

Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. 5. at this present time ] In which the mournful phenomenon of Jewish unbelief occasioned this whole discussion. there is ] Lit. there hath been: it was and still is. a remnant ] a reserve, a leaving. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Romans 11:5”

But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to [the image of] Baal. 4. the answer of God ] Lit. the oracular answer. The words “ of God ” are an explanatory addition. I have reserved, &c.] 1Ki 19:18. The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Romans 11:4”

Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. 3. Lord, they have killed, &c.] 1Ki 19:10. The quotation is not precisely with either LXX. or Heb.; but substantially exact. The Gr. past verbs here are aorists. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Romans 11:3”

God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the Scripture saith of Elijah? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, 2. God hath not cast away his people ] Lit. did not cast, &c. These words are verbatim (save only the change of tense) with LXX. of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Romans 11:2”

I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, [of] the tribe of Benjamin. Ch. Rom 11:1-10. Meanwhile the rejection of Israel never was, nor is, total: a remnant believes, and so abides in covenant 1. I say then ] I say … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Romans 11:1”

But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people. 21. to Israel ] Better, with respect to Israel. All day long, &c.] Isa 65:2; verbatim with LXX., but with slight variation of order of words. The phrase is parallel to “rising up early and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Romans 10:21”

But Isaiah is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me. 20. But Esaias is very bold ] Moses had not specified how the heathen should be the cause of jealousy and anger to Israel. But Isaiah says, in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Romans 10:20”

But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by [them that are] no people, [and] by a foolish nation I will anger you. 19. But I say, &c.] Another objection is anticipated and met, (as indeed it has been already met, less explicitly,) viz., that Israel had … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Romans 10:19”

But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. 18. But I say ] Here the connexion recurs to Rom 10:16, after the parenthetic inference from the quotation there made. Isaiah had said “Who hath believed?” St Paul now … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Romans 10:18”

So then faith [cometh] by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. 17. So then faith, &c.] In this verse, which forms a parenthesis of thought, St Paul uses the quotation just made in a new reference; not now to the fact of unbelief, but to the means of faith. Isaiah’s words imply that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Romans 10:17”