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Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Romans 11:19-20

Ver. 19,20. Here he brings in the Gentiles, alleging a reason for their insulting over the Jews; because the Jews were broken off, that they might give place, or make way, for them; and the less worthy do always give place to the more worthy. To this he answers, first, by way of concession: Well, (saith he), it is true, and I do not deny it, that the Jews were broken off, that the Gentiles might be grafted in. But then he further adds, by way of correction or negation, that the worthiness of... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Romans 11:13-22

CRITICAL NOTESRomans 11:15.—The apostle awaits a boundless effect of blessing on the world from the future conversion of the Jews, which will be as life from the dead.Romans 11:16.—Firstfruit denotes the representative offerings by which the whole mass is consecrated to God.MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Romans 11:13-22The right method of magnifying.—St. Paul was no empty boaster. No vain words fell from his lips. He was humble, and yet his humility did not prevent him asserting rightful... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Romans 11:17-21

DISCOURSE: 1896NEGLECT OF THE JEWS REPROVEDRomans 11:17-21. If some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee. Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in. Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not high-minded,... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Romans 11:1-36

Shall we turn in our Bibles to Romans, chapter 11.In chapters 9-11 Paul is dealing with a couple of subjects; one the sovereignty of God, but it is the sovereignty of God in setting aside the nation Israel as God's primary target, you might say for work, and beginning to pour out His Spirit and work among the Gentiles. Because Paul is a Jew through and through, his heart, his prayer for Israel is that they might be saved, and yet, he can see in the scriptures those prophecies of God's move... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Romans 11:1-36

Romans 11:1 . Hath God cast away his people? The jews would say, what else can we infer? If the gentiles are now become the Israel of God, and if we are rejected for not embracing what Paul calls the righteousness of God? St. Paul denies this, for he himself, and the thousands which believed in Judea, as well as the thousands dispersed on Stephen’s persecution, were all jews, and afforded proof to the contrary. Though God had denationalized them, and sentenced them to dispersion; and though... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 11:11-22

Romans 11:11-22I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall?The rejection of IsraelI. How occasioned.1. They stumbled at Christ.2. Were rejected because of their unbelief.II. How overruled.1. For the benefit of the Gentiles.2. Indirectly for their own.III. How finally compensated.1. By their fulness.2. By enlarged blessing upon the world. (J. Lyth, D.D.)The fall of Israel isI. Temporary (verses 11-16).1. It was overruled for the benefit of the world, because in consequence of their... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 11:17-24

Romans 11:17-24And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive-tree, wert grafted in.The olive-treeI. Why it is a symbol.1. Of God’s faithful witnesses (Zechariah 4:5; Revelation 11:3).2. Of the Church, as the channel of grace to men.II. Why it was chosen by Paul. Because of1. The holy anointing oil produced by it (Exodus 25:6).2. Its beauty (Hosea 14:6).3. Its constant greenness (Psalms 52:8).4. Its fruitfulness.5. Its usefulness.6. Its long duration: (T. Robinson,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Romans 11:19

19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in. Ver. 19. Thou wilt say ] Carnal reason will have ever somewhat to say, and is not easily set down. (Greg. Moral.) read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Romans 11:19

that: Romans 11:11, Romans 11:12, Romans 11:17, Romans 11:23, Romans 11:24 Reciprocal: Isaiah 29:17 - the fruitful Romans 11:21 - if God read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 11:16-24

16-24. The image of the olive tree It is from its beauty and richness that the apostle selects the olive tree as an emblem of the Church of God. Some of the branches (the apostate Jews) are broken off, and from a wild tree new branches (the believing Gentiles) are grafted into the parent trunk. But, amid their bloom and flourish, let the new grafts beware of forgetting their parasite position and proudly exulting over the severed branches. The latter were cut off for unbelief, the former... read more

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