Verses 1-2
1, 2. Sought of them that asked not The first verse refers to the Gentiles; the second to the Jews. So St. Paul in Romans 10:20-21. The rendering of Delitzsch is: “I was discernible to those who did not inquire.” They had the ability to apprehend God from natural reason, and from pervasive influence of the ever-revealing Logos.
Found of them that sought me not “The grace of God, that bringeth salvation,” Which “hath appeared to all men,” (Titus 2:10,) was a gift to heathen consciences, and when Messianic light first dawned on the world very many heathen welcomed it. But the Jew, with light, promise, and entreaty, during all his history, was still wont to walk in his own light, and withhold himself from God. He was of a rebellious nature, as a whole, to the last.
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