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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 11:1

I say then - This expression is to be regarded as conveying the sense of an objection. Paul, in the previous chapters, had declared the doctrine that all the Jews were to be rejected. To this a Jew might naturally reply, Is it to be believed, that God would cast off his people whom he had once chosen; to whom pertained the adoption, and the promises, and the covenant, and the numerous blessings conferred on a favorite people? It was natural for a Jew to make such objections. And it was... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 11:1-3

Romans 11:1-3. I say then, &c. As if he had said, We have just seen how the perverseness of the Jews and the calling of the Gentiles have been foretold; but do I say then that God hath entirely cast off his whole people, so as to have mercy on none of them? God forbid In no wise; for I should then pronounce a sentence of reprobation upon myself; for I also am an Israelite As it is well known; of the seed of Abraham, &c. To whom, through the tribe of Benjamin, I can trace my... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 11:1-24

Salvation sent to the Gentiles (11:1-24)All the above does not mean that God has totally rejected his people Israel. The fact that Paul has received salvation is proof that he has not (11:1). Just as in Elijah’s time there was a minority in Israel who did not turn away from God, so too in Paul’s time there is a minority whom God owns as his (2-5). These are God’s people not because of their good works, but because of God’s grace (6). They are few in number, but they have obtained the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 11:1

Hath = Did. God . App-98 . cast awa y = thrust aside. See Acts 7:27 . people . See Romans 10:21 . God forbid . See Romans 3:4 . also = indeed. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 11:1

This extremely interesting chapter concludes Paul's burden of revelation concerning the Jews. What is called the Jewish problem dominates the entire epistle, especially in its relation to the master theme of God's rectitude; but, beginning with Romans 9, Paul began to lay the ground for the revelation of the mystery concerning Israel which was finally stated formally in Romans 11:25.The key facts which Paul had already established regarding Israel are: (1) they are not all Israel who are of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 11:1

Romans 11:1, &c. I say then, &c.— This chapter is of the prophetic kind. It was by the spirit of prophesy that the Apostle foresaw the rejection of the Jews, which he supposes in the two foregoing chapters; for when he wrote this Epistle, they were not in fact rejected, seeing that their church and polity were then standing: but the event has proved that he was a true prophet; for we know that in about ten or eleven years after the writing of this letter, the temple was destroyed; the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 11:1

1. I say then, Hath—"Did" God cast away his people? God forbid—Our Lord did indeed announce that "the kingdom of God should be taken from Israel" ( :-); and when asked by the Eleven, after His resurrection, if He would at that time "restore the kingdom to Israel," His reply is a virtual admission that Israel was in some sense already out of covenant (Acts 1:9). Yet here the apostle teaches that, in two respects, Israel was not "cast away"; First, Not totally; Second, Not finally. FIRST, Israel... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 11:1

The opening question carries on the diatribe rhetorical style of Romans 10:18-19. God has not rejected the Israelites because they have, on the whole, rejected Him. The proof of this is that Paul himself was a member of the believing remnant, a Christian Jew. Many Jewish Christians today prefer to refer to themselves as Messianic Jews. Paul even came from the small and sometimes despised tribe of Benjamin (cf. Judges 19-21), yet God had saved him. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 11:1-10

1. Israel’s rejection not total 11:1-10The first pericope gives hope for the future by showing that even now some Jews believe. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 11:1-36

Israel’s Rejection not final. A Warning to the GentilesIn this chapter St. Paul brings to an end his great exposition of God’s dealings with the Jews. He has shown in Romans 9 that God is free to choose or reject individuals or nations as the instruments of His purpose; and, in Romans 10, that the Jews have deserved their rejection. Now he declares that, in spite of all this, God has not. cast off His ancient people. He has seen fit, in His mercy, to preserve a portion of them faithful to His... read more