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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Romans 9:5

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Qui est super omnes Deus benedictus in sæcula. Amen. Greek: o on ep ponton theos eulogetos eis tous aionas, Amen.

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  • A Textual Commentary On The Greek New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger

    ROMANS 9:5 sa,rka( o` w'n evpi. pa,ntwn qeo.j euvloghto.j eivj tou.j aivw/naj Since the earliest manuscripts of the New Testament are without systematic punctuation, editors and translators of the te...

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Romans 9:5. _WHOSE_ ARE _THE FATHERS_] Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, the twelve patriarchs, Moses, Joshua, Samuel, David, c., c., without controversy, the greatest and most eminent men that ev...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WHOSE ARE THE FATHERS - Who have been honored with so illustrious an ancestry. Who are descended from Abraham, Isaac, etc. On this they highly valued themselves, and in a certain sense not unjustly; c...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    II. DISPENSATIONAL. GOD'S DEALINGS WITH ISRAEL. Chapter s 9-11. 1. Israel and God's Sovereignty. CHAPTER 9 _ 1. Paul's Yearning over Israel. (Romans 9:1 .)_ 2. What Israel Possesseth. (Romans 9:...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    SORROW OVER THE REPROBATION OF THE JEWS. Paul's rapture passes into anguish at the exclusion of his kinsmen from this blessedness. So the second theme of the epistle comes into view; see Introd. § 5....

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    I tell you the truth as one who is united to Christ is bound to do. I do not lie. My conscience bears witness with me in the Holy Spirit when I say that my grief is great and there is unceasing anguis...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE PROBLEM OF THE JEWS (Romans 9:1-6) In Romans 9:1-33; Romans 10:1-21; Romans 11:1-36 Paul tries to deal with one of the m

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    AS, &C. Read "is the Christ as to the flesh". AS CONCERNING. Same as according to, Romans 9:3. ALL. Compare John 17:2. 1Co 15:27, 1 Corinthians 15:28;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the fathers_ Cp. Romans 11:28. The reference is probably specially to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But David is also "the _patriarch_David;" Acts 2:29. These sacred Persons are now mentioned, after the...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    E. Romans 9:1 to Romans 11:36. THE REJECTION OF THE GOSPEL BY ISRAEL The theme of Romans 1:16-17 has been worked out; it has been shown that the Gospel is a power of GOD unto salvation for them that b...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΟἹ ΠΑΤΈΡΕΣ. Cf. Romans 11:28; Romans 15:8; 1 Corinthians 10:1; Hebrews 1:1;...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΠΑΤΉΡ (G3962) отец, ΤΌ ΚΑΤΆ ΣΆΡΚΑ (G2596; G4561) артикль в роли _adv. асс._ сильно подчеркивает ограничение: "насколько касается физической сферы" (BD, 139). Физически Мессия был потомком Давида (_см...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 1883 OUR DUTY TOWARDS THE JEWS Romans 9:1. I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, that I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    WHOSE ARE THE FATHERS, &C.— See Exodus 3:6. Acts 7:32. How ingenious soever the conjecture of Dr. Taylor may be thought, by which he would read Ων ο Θεος ο επι παντων, to answer to ων οι πατερες, _who...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _TEXT_ Romans 9:1-13. I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit, Romans 9:2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart. Romans 9:3 For...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. WHOSE ARE THE FATHERS - here probably the three great fathers of the covenant-Ab...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    __ God's Sovereignty-Individual 37 God's love never lets us go. The trials and tribulations we endure are not tokens of His displeasure. They are all tempered by His loving heart. A sense of His lov...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    9:5 all, (e-18) 'Who is over all' is emphatic. he exists and subsists as such. It may be translated also 'is' or 'exists God over all.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE REJECTION OF ISRAEL NO DISPARAGEMENT OR DISPROOF OF THE GOSPEL The Apostle sorrows over the exclusion of Israel (Romans 9:1), but their exclusion does not involve any breach of God's promises, for...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    OF WHOM, etc.] RV 'of whom is Christ as concerning the flesh.' GOD] cp. John 1:1; John 10:30; Colossians 2:9. 6-13. Jewish opponents argued that the privileges enumerated in the last section were guar...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 9 GOD’S *BLESSINGS FOR THE *JEWS 9:1-5 V1 I speak the truth in *Christ. I am not lying. The *Holy Spirit guides my con...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE FATHERS. — The patriarchs — Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. WHO IS OVER ALL, GOD BLESSED FOR EVER. — These words are a well-known subject for controversy. Trinitarian and English interpreters, as a rul...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (1-5) My heart bleeds for Israel, my country, that highly-privileged people. I could fain have changed places with them, and been myself cut off from Christ, if only they might have been saved....

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 20 THE SORROWFUL PROBLEM: JEWISH UNBELIEF; DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY Romans 9:1 WE may well think that again there was silence awhile in that Corinthian chamber, when Tertius had duly inscribed the...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    The intense pain with which Paul contemplates the unbelief of his countrymen....

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    LONGING FOR HIS KINSMEN Romans 9:1 Our consciences should be continually bathed in the light and warmth of the Holy Spirit, Romans 9:1, that the inward witness may be maintained in its integrity. We...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The connection between this very remarkable passage and the preceding climax is close. The great certainty of "no separation" is the experience of one in close communion with the Lord experimentally....

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Whose [are] the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ [came], (2) who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. (2) Or, "who is God over all, blessed for ever." A most manifest testimony...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    Paul expresses all the intensity of his grief on account of his people (Romans 9:1-3), and he justifies it by the magnificent prerogatives wherewith this unique people had been honored (Romans 9:4-5)....

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    TWENTY-FIRST PASSAGE (9:1-29). THE LIBERTY OF GOD IN REGARD TO THE ELECTION OF ISRAEL. The apostle opens this passage with a preface expressing the profound grief he feels in view of the mysterious fa...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    _ VV._ 4 and 5 are intended to justify the wish expressed in Romans 9:3, by declaring the glorious prerogatives which are fitted to render this people supremely precious to a truly Israelitish heart....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, (2) That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. (3) For I could wish that myself were a...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    5._Whose are the fathers, etc. _It is indeed of some importance to be descended from saints and men beloved of God, since God promised to the godly fathers mercy with regard to their children, even to...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    There remained one important question to be considered, namely, how this salvation, common to Jew and Gentile, both alienated from God this doctrine that there was no difference was to be reconciled w...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    WHOSE ARE THE FATHERS,.... Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; for, according to the a Jewish writers, "they call none in Israel אבות, "fathers", but three, and they are Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and they ca...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Whose _are_ the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ _came_, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. Ver. 5. _Of whom is Christ_] This is as great an honour to all mankind (how mu...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Whose_, &c. To the preceding the apostle now adds two more prerogatives: theirs _are the fathers_ They are the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the ancient patriarchs, and other holy men, wh...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    WHOSE ARE THE FATHERS; the patriarchs, priests, and prophets, a most illustrious ancestry. OF WHOM AS CONCERNING THE FLESH; from whom, as to his human nature, Christ descended. WHO IS OVER ALL, GOD...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TRUE AND THE FALSE ISRAEL. 9:1-13 The rejection of the Jews a matter of sorrow:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    WHOSE ARE THE FATHERS, AND OF WHOM, AS CONCERNING THE FLESH, CHRIST CAME, WHO IS OVER ALL, GOD BLESSED FOREVER. AMEN. The apostle has closed the first part of his letter the positive exposition of his...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    WHAT OF GOD'S PROMISES TO ISRAEL? Now, such being the case - that God had purposed in eternal counsel the blessing of Gentiles on an equal basis with Jews, as it is this day - what is to become of the...

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    Paul has sorrow for fellow Jews. Heavy heart. 3 Willing to be lost for others. Would you? 4 Special blessings of the Jews: 1. Adopted as God's special people. 2. Were given a special law. 3. Unde...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    WHOSE ARE THE FATHERS, AND OF WHOM IS CHRIST AS CONCERNING THE FLESH, WHO IS OVER ALL, GOD BLESSED FOR EVER. AMEN. 'fathers' -the three pre-eminent 'fathers', were Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. (Exodus 2...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-5 Being about to discuss the rejection of the Jews and the calling of the Gentiles, and to show that the whole agrees with the sovereign electing love of God, the apostle expresses strongly his aff...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    WHOSE ARE THE FATHERS; who are lineally descended of the holy patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, with other holy fathers and prophets, and of the same blood. This was also a great privilege, of wh...

  • McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

    whose are the fathers [At Hebrews 11 we have the list of the chief of these fathers. They were Israel's pride and inspiration. "The heroes of a people," says Godet, "are regarded as its most precious...

  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

    1 Clement have sprung the priests and all the Levites who minister at the altar of God. From him also [was descended] our Lord Jesus Christ according to the flesh.[131] Irenaeus Against Heresies Boo...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Romans 9:5 whom G3739 fathers G3962 and G2532 from G1537 whom G3739 according G2596 flesh G4561 Christ G5547 who...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    PAUL IS CONCERNED FOR ISRAEL BECAUSE IN SPITE OF THEIR MANY ADVANTAGES A LARGE PROPORTION OF THEM HAVE REJECTED THE MESSIAH WHO HAS COME FROM AMONG THEM (9:1-5). We find in Paul's introductory comment...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘Who are Israelites; whose is the adoption as sons, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises, whose are the fathers, and of whom is the Mes...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE MESSSIAH HAS COME AND IS FOR ALL. GOD HAS NOT FAILED IN HIS PROMISES TO THE TRUE ISRAEL. SALVATION FOR ALL IS THROUGH FAITH IN THE MESSIAH (9:1-11:36) Paul now expands on Chapter s 1-8, in which h...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Romans 9:5. WHOSE ARE THE FATHERS. Persons are now introduced: the whole line of patriarchs and prophets were types of Christ, who is next named, as the crowning glory and privilege of Paul's nation....

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    1. _Deep Sorrow of the Apostle for the Unbelief of the Jews, his Brethren_, _and God's Covenant People, from whom the Messiah came_. The pathos of the partially apologetic opening of this division of...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    OF WHOM (εξ ων). Fourth relative clause and here with εξ and the ablative.CHRIST (ο Χριστος). The Messiah.AS CONCERNING THE FLESH (το κατα σαρκα). Accusative of general reference, "as to the ac...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Paul begins by expressing his great sorrow because the Jews had rejected Christ. Romans 9:1. _I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, That I hav...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    The Jews thought that God must certainly save them. They thought they had a birth claim. Were they not the children of Abraham? Surely they had some right to it. This chapter battles the question of r...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Romans 9:1. _I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that myself w...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Covenants of Israel not set aside by Gospel. The seven-fold privilege of Israel. The blinding of Israel and God's mercy to the Gentiles. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Abraham, Sarah...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Romans 9:1. _I say the truth in Christ, I lie not._ These forms of speech are equivalent to a solemn oath, and emanate from a heart deeply imbued with the sentiments of the Saviour, who often wept ove...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    FROM THE PATRIARCHS. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The sons of such fathers were forfeiting everything for which their ancestors had been chosen! AND CHRIST. As a human being, Jesus belonged to their rac...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 9:5 The PATRIARCHS (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob) come from Israel. Most important, Jesus the Christ is a man from the Jewish people. He is also fully GOD, and to be praised as such...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 9:1 God’s Righteousness to Israel and to the Gentiles. Paul has made it clear that God’s saving promises have been fulfilled for the Gentiles. He now asks whether the promises Go...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 9:1. I SPEAK IN CHRIST THE TRUTH.—Not to be rendered, “I speak the truth in Christ.” The apostle, not as a man merely, but as a member of Christ, in His name, as His apostle....

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ROMANS 11:1 2. _The present position and prospects of the Jewish nation con-sidereal._ ROMANS 9:1 (1) _Deep regret expressed for the present exclusion of the Jewish nation from inheritan...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Paul has just closed the eighth chapter of Romans in which he has taken us into the very peaks of the spiritual experiences that are ours in Christ Jesus. Showing us that we have this glorious place i...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 16:36; 1 Corinthians 14:16; 1 John 5:20; 1 Kings 1:36;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Of whom [ε ξ ω ν]. From the midst of whom. But in order to guard the point that the reference is only to Christ's human origin, he adds, as concerning the flesh. Who is over all, God blessed for ever...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    HATH GOD CAST AWAY HIS PEOPLE? Romans 9:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. We have the depths of the heart of Paul toward the Jews. How the heart of the Apostle must have throbbed as he wrote, "I say the truth...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    To the preceding, St. Paul now adds two more prerogatives. Theirs are the fathers — The patriarchs and holy men of old, yea, the Messiah himself. Who is over all, God blessed for ever — The original w...

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