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The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:1-5

The honour of Israel. These verses open up to us the great problem discussed in the three following chapters, "the rejection of the elect people" (Godet). God had chosen his people; he now repudiates them. And as the apostle in the previous chapter has been transported into an ecstasy of exultation in contemplating the final victory of God's true people, he is now brought back to sorrow and pain of heart by a thought of the contrasted lot of Israel. "Who shall separate us from the love of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:1-5

Christian patriotism. We saw in last chapter how a "Paradise" may really be experimentally " regained, " and how Christian experience culminates in a triumphant assurance. But the apostle could not contemplate this as a mere personal matter. He could not rejoice in personal salvation and be indifferent to the salvation of his brethren. The case of his countrymen accordingly comes forward for review, and in the review of it the apostle is seen as the Christian patriot. Though the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:2-3

That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart . He does not say what for, leaving it to appear in what follows. The broken sentence is significant of emotion. For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh . None of the ways that have been suggested for evading the obvious meaning of this assertion are tenable. One such way is to take the imperfect ηὐχόμην as expressing what he once wished, viz. before his... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 9:2

Great heaviness - Great grief.Continual sorrow - The word rendered “continual” here must be taken in a popular sense. Not that he was literally all the time pressed down with this sorrow, but that whenever he thought on this subject, he had great grief; as we say of a painful subject, it is a source of constant pain. The cause of this grief, Paul does not expressly mention, though it is implied in what he immediately says. It was the fact that so large a part of the nation would be rejected,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 9:3

For I could wish ... - This passage has been greatly controverted. Some have proposed to translate it, “I did wish,” as referring to a former state, when he renounced Christ, and sought to advance the interests of the nation by opposing and defying him. But to this interpretation there are insuperable objections.(1) The object of the apostle is not to state his former feelings, but his present attachment to his countrymen, and willingness to suffer for them.(2) The proper grammatical... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 9:1-2

Romans 9:1-2. The apostle having insinuated, Romans 3:3, that God would cast off the Jews for their unbelief, a Jew is there supposed to object, that their rejection would destroy the faithfulness of God. To this the apostle answered, that the faithfulness of God would be established rather than destroyed, by the rejection of the Jews for their unbelief; because God had expressly declared, Genesis 18:19, that Abraham’s children were to keep the way of the Lord, in order to their obtaining... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 9:3

Romans 9:3. For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ ( The word αναθεμα , here rendered accursed, answers to the Hebrew word חרם , cherem, which signifies what is devoted to destruction. And, as the Jewish nation was now an anathema, destined to destruction, Mr. Locke supposes that Paul, to express his affection for them, here says that he could wish, provided he could thereby save them from it, to become an anathema, or to be devoted to destruction himself, in their... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 9:1-5

9:1-11:36 A PROBLEM CONCERNING ISRAELThe problem stated (9:1-5)As Paul thinks about the greatness of the salvation God has provided, he is filled with sorrow, because his own people, the Jews, have rejected it. He would do anything to see them repent and believe (9:1-3). God chose Israel to be his own special people and prepared them in many ways to receive the gospel. He gave them, among other things, the privileges of sonship, the security of the covenant, a form of worship, a law-code to... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 9:2

heaviness = sorrow. continual . Greek. adialeiptos. Only here and 2 Timothy 1:3 . sorrow = pangs. Greek. odune. Only here and 1 Timothy 6:10 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 9:3

could = used to. Figure of speech Anamnesis. App-6 . wish . App-134 . accursed . See Acts 23:14 . Christ = the Christ. See Romans 9:1 . The words in Romans 9:3 "For I" to "Christ" are in a parenthesis. Figure of speech Epitrechon. App-6 . according to . Greek. kata. App-104 . The sorrow was on behalf of his brethren. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:2-3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 9:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 9:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 9:1-2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 9:3

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 9:1-5

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 9:2

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 9:3

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