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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 11:34

hath known = knew. App-132 . hath been = became. counsellor = fellow-counsellor. Greek. sumboulos. Only here. read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 11:32

For God hath shut up all unto disobedience, that he might have mercy upon all.This is the summary Paul made of the preceding explanation; and this shows that the subject of God's intrinsic righteousness was principally in view.Shut up all unto disobedience ... means that with the hardening of Israel, God has thus hardened or "shut up" the whole world unto disobedience, the Gentiles in pre-Christian ages, the Jews now, in order that his mercy might be extended to all, equally, and without... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 11:33

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!The magnificent doxology, here and to the end of the chapter, is an exclamation of adoration and praise to God, with which doxology Paul concluded his tremendous dissertation upon the Father's attribute of righteousness. Paul traced the divine record of God's dealings with humanity throughout all previous history and spelled out in the most concise and logical... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 11:34

For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counselor?These words resemble this from the Old Testament:Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counselor, hath taught him? (Isaiah 40:13).God's ways are higher than man's. His wisdom does not need human acceptance or approval. God's actions derive from considerations resident in himself and have no reference to men's acceptance or rejection of them, and they are determined apart from and beyond any human factor... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 11:32

Romans 11:32. For God hath concluded them all, &c.— Them is not in the original, and should not be in the translation. Concluded is no English word in this place; the sense of the Greek verb συνεκλεισε is, he hath locked, or shut up together, which may be properly rendered by the Latin word concludo; but we never in English use the word conclude to signify to lock or shut up. The word in the original is found but in three places besides this, viz. Luk 5:6 where it is well rendered inclosed;... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 11:33

Romans 11:33. O the depth, &c.— This emphatical conclusion seems in an especial manner to regard the Jews, whom the Apostle would hereby teach modesty and submission to the over-ruling hand of the all-wise God, unfit as they are to call him to account for his dealing so favourably with the Gentiles. "His wisdom and ways are infinitely above their comprehension; and will they take upon them to advise him what to do? Or is God in their debt?—Let them say for what, and he shall repay it to... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 11:32

32. For God hath concluded them all in unbelief—"hath shut them all up to unbelief" that he might have mercy upon all—that is, those "all" of whom he had been discoursing; the Gentiles first, and after them the Jews [FRITZSCHE, THOLUCK, OLSHAUSEN, DE WETTE, PHILIPPI, STUART, HODGE]. Certainly it is not "all mankind individually" [MEYER, ALFORD]; for the apostle is not here dealing with individuals, but with those great divisions of mankind, Jew and Gentile. And what he here says is that God's... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 11:33

33. Oh, the depth, c.—The apostle now yields himself up to the admiring contemplation of the grandeur of that divine plan which he had sketched out. of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God—Many able expositors render this, "of the riches and wisdom and knowledge," &c. [ERASMUS, GROTIUS, BENGEL, MEYER, DE WETTE, THOLUCK, OLSHAUSEN, FRITZSCHE, PHILIPPI, ALFORD, Revised Version]. The words will certainly bear this sense, "the depth of God's riches." But "the riches of God" is a... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 11:34

34, 35. For who hath known the mind of the Lord?—See Job 15:8; Jeremiah 23:18. or who hath been his counsellor—See Isaiah 40:13; Isaiah 40:14. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 11:25-32

3. Israel’s restoration assured 11:25-32Paul previously laid the groundwork for this section. His point so far was that God is able to restore Israel. That is, He can restore the nation of Israel, which now has many natural branches (unbelieving Jews) broken off, to its former condition as a fruitful nation in the world. Now we learn that He is not only able to do it, but He will do it. This section is the climax of everything Paul wrote in chapters 9-11."The same mercy that has overtaken the... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 11:34

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 11:32

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 11:33

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 11:34

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 11:32

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 11:33

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 11:32

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 11:33

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 11:34

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 11:25-32

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