Romans 11:30-32 KJV

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 11:11-32

The Jewish people: their past history and their future prospects. The Jew is the greatest modern miracle. He is an absolutely unique figure in the history of the world. In every nation you find him, an exile and a fugitive, a stranger and a foreigner. Whence came he? how came he hither? He claims our respect, our attention, our pity, our Christian sympathy. These verses are a strong enforcement of the lessons of Israel's history and a stirring appeal on Israel's behalf. I. THEIR ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 11:11-32

Israel's future. In the section now before us we find the apostle passing from the judicial blindness which had come upon his countrymen to its providential purpose. For God can make the wrath of man to praise him, and the remainder of that wrath he can restrain ( Psalms 76:10 ). Hence the blind course pursued by the Jews is made the opportunity for the Gentiles. Paul, when the Jews would not receive the gospel, turned to the Gentiles, and had his success as apostle to the heathen. But... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 11:25-32

The Divine philosophy of history. The apostle has cautioned them not to be high-minded because of any seeming preference shown to them; he now guards against their gross speculations as to the nature of Israel's rejection by setting forth emphatically its true character and intent. And in so doing he takes also a bird's-eye view of the religious history and destinies of the world, especially as regards the mutual relations of Jews and Gentiles. We have here the religious dualism and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 11:30-31

For as ye in times past believed not God , but now have obtained mercy through their unbelief (or, disobedience ): even so have these also now not believed (or, obeyed ) , that through your mercy ( i.e. the mercy shown to you ) they also may obtain mercy. The position of ἵνα after τῷ ὑμετέρῳ ἐλέει has led commentators, ancient and modem, to connect τῷ ὑμετέρῳ ἐλέει with the preceding ἠπείθησαν , and to try to hit upon a meaning in this connection.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 11:32

For God hath concluded them all in (literally, shut them all up into ) unbelief (or, disobedience ) , that he might have mercy upon them all . Chrysostom and other Greek Fathers understood συνέκλεισε to mean only declared them to be unbelieving (or, disobedient ) , or convicted them of being so. Thus Chrysostom, τουτέστιν ἤλεγξεν , ἔπεδειξεν ἀπειθοῦντας . So, it may be said, must the verb he understood where St. Paul elsewhere uses it with a similar... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 11:30

For as ye - You who were Gentiles.In times past - Before the gospel was preached. This refers to the former idolatrous and sinful state of the pagan world; compare Ephesians 2:2; Acts 14:16.Have not believed God - Or have not obeyed God. This was the character of all the pagan nations.Yet have now obtained mercy - Have been pardoned and admitted to the favor of God.Through their unbelief - By means of the unbelief and rejection of the Jews; see the note at Romans 11:11. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 11:31

Even so have these ... - That is, the Jews.That through your mercy ... - The immediate effect of the unbelief of the Jews was to confer salvation on the Gentiles, or to open the way for the preaching of the gospel to them. But its remote effect would be to secure the preaching of the gospel again to the Jews. Through the mercy, that is, the compassion or deep feeling of the converted Gentiles; through the deep and tender pity which they would feel for the blinded and degraded Jews: the gospel... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 11:32

For God hath concluded ... - The word translated here “concluded” sunekleise, is rendered in the margin “shut them all up together.” It is properly used in reference to those who are shut up in prison, or to those in a city who are shut up by a besieging army; 1 Macc. 5:5; 6:18; 11:65; 15:25; Joshua 6:6; Isaiah 45:1. It is used in the New Testament of fish taken in a net; Luke 5:6, “They enclosed a great multitude of fishes;” Galatians 3:22, “But the Scripture hath concluded all under sin, that... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 11:30-32

Romans 11:30-32. For as ye Believing Gentiles; in times past Before Christ was preached to you; have not believed God Did not believe in the living and true God: or rather, as the words ποτε ηπειθησατε τω θεω signify, were once disobedient to God, and were buried in ignorance and superstition; but now have obtained mercy Namely, to be converted and pardoned; through their unbelief τη τουτων απειθεια , through, or on occasion of, their disobedience. The apostle does not mean that... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 11:25-36

Completion of God’s great plan (11:25-36)The Gentiles should not feel self-satisfied, but rather understand the purposes of God that Paul has now revealed to them. God has used the hardening of Israel to give the Gentiles the opportunity to receive the gospel, but neither the hardening of Israel nor the opportunity for the Gentiles will last for ever. God is using the conversion of the Gentiles to bring about the salvation of Israel. When Paul uses the words ‘full number’ and ‘all’ in speaking... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 11:11-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 11:11-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 11:25-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 11:30-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 11:32

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 11:30

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 11:31

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 11:32

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 11:30-32

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 11:25-36

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