(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
Ver. 8. The spirit of slumber] So that with those bears in Pliny they cannot be awakened with the sharpest prickles; and with those asses in Etruria, that feeding upon henbane they lie for dead, and awake not till half-hilded. Such a dead lethargy is now befallen Papists.
Verse Romans 11:8. _GOD HATH GIVEN THEM THE SPIRIT OF SLUMBER_] As they had _wilfully_ closed their eyes against the light, so God has, in judgment, given them up to the _spirit of slumber_. The very...
ACCORDING AS IT IS WRITTEN - That is, they are blinded in accordance with what is written. The fact and the manner accord with the ancient declaration. This is recorded in Isaiah 29:10, and in Deutero...
ISRAEL'S RESTORATION. CHAPTER 11 (“The Jewish Question”, by A. C. G., gives a complete exposition of this great chapter.) _ 1. God Hath not Cast Away His People. (Romans 11:1 .)_ 2. Israel's Apost...
THE ELECT REMNANT. Paul comes to the third part of his proof that God's word to Israel has not fallen through, despite the national rejection of Jesus Christ. ROMANS 11:1; ROMANS 11:2_ A._ That God h...
THE CALLUS ON THE HEART (Romans 11:1-12)...
So then, I ask, "Has God repudiated his people?" God forbid! I, too, am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not repudiated his people whom long ago he mar...
HATH GIVEN. gave. SPIRIT. App-101. SLUMBER. stupor. Greek. _katanuxis._ Only here. Quoted from Isaiah 29:10. SEE. App-133....
_according as it is written_ Isaiah 29:10, and Deuteronomy 29:4. (Hebrews, 3.) The two passages combined read thus, from the Heb., "The Lord hath poured out (or spread) over you the spirit of deep sle...
ΚΑΘΆΠΕΡ ΓΈΓΡ. Isaiah 29:10; Deuteronomy 29:4, a free conflation. ΠΝΕΥ͂ΜΑ ΚΑΤΑΝΎΞΕΩΣ, ΚΑΤΑΝ. Isa. _l.c_[214] Psalms 9:3 only. ‘Torpor’ seems to be the meaning of the noun, but is not easily paralleled...
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...
The failure of Israel does not even now constitute a rejection by GOD. As in former times of apostasy there is a faithful remnant in whom the faithfulness and graciousness of GOD is still seen. And in...
ΓΈΓΡΑΠΤΑΙ _perf. ind. pass. от_ ΓΡΆΦΩ (G1125) писать. _Perf._ указывает на непреходящий авторитет документа (ММ), ΈΔΩΚΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать, ΚΑΤΑΝΎΞΕΩΣ _gen. sing. от_ ΚΑΤΆΝΥΞ...
ACCORDING AS IT IS WRITTEN— We need not suppose that the Apostle quotes these passages of Scripture as if they predicted the blindness and obduracy of the Jews in his time. It is sufficient for his pu...
_TEXT_ Romans 11:1-10. I say then, Did God cast off his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. Romans 11:2 God did not cast off his people wh...
(According as it is written God hath given them the spirit of slumber eyes that they should not see and (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should n...
__ Justification-National 18 The proclamation of the gospel of the kingdom, beginning in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, spread to the limits of the land (Act_1:8), and reached beyond it to...
11:8 written, (d-5) See Deuteronomy 29:4 ; Isaiah 6:9 ,Isaiah 6:10 ; Isaiah 29:10 ....
ISRAEL'S REJECTION NOT FINAL. A WARNING TO THE GENTILES In this chapter St. Paul brings to an end his great exposition of God's dealings with the Jews. He has shown in Romans 9 that God is free to cho...
From Deuteronomy 29:4; Isaiah 29:10. THE SPIRIT OF SLUMBER] RV 'a spirit of stupor.' UNTO THIS DAY] part of the quotation from Deuteronomy....
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 11 GOD’S PLAN FOR *ISRAEL’S FUTURE 11:1-32 THE RESULTS OF THE *JEWS’ FAILURE TO OBEY GOD 11:1-12 V1 So, I tell you th...
THE SPIRIT OF SLUMBER. — This phrase, again, has a curious history. Etymologically, the word translated “slumber” would seem to agree better with the marginal rendering, “remorse.” It comes from a roo...
CHAPTER 22 ISRAEL, HOWEVER, NOT FORSAKEN Romans 11:1 "A PEOPLE disobeying and contradicting." So the Lord of Israel, through the Prophet, had described the nation. Let us remember as we pass on what...
ff. This hardening (at the present day Romans 11:5) agrees with God's action toward Israel in the past, as exhibited in Scripture. The words from the O.T. can hardly be called a quotation; Deuteronomy...
λέγω οὖν : the οὖν intimates that it is with the conclusion reached in chap. 10 before his mind that Paul puts the following question: the unbelief of Israel naturally suggested it. μὴ ἀπώσατο ὁ θεὸς...
A REMNANT SAVED BY GRACE Romans 11:1 In the worst days of Hebrew apostasy there was always an elect handful that did not go astray after other gods. It was so in the days of Elijah; and it was a comf...
This discussion now gives rise to a new question, "Did God cast off His people?" They were created a nation in order that through them all the nations should be blessed. Failing to realize the divine...
(6) (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of (g) slumber, eyes that they (h) should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. (6) And yet this hardness of hea...
God hath given them, &c. Not by his working, or acting in them; but by his permission, and by withdrawing his grace in punishment of their obstinacy. (Challoner) --- Permitted them (says St. John Chry...
Holy Scripture had already either witnessed to an operation of God in this direction in certain cases, or had raised the foreboding of it in regard to the Jews. So when Moses said to the people after...
“ _What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for_, _while the election hath obtained it; but the rest were hardened. According as it is written, God hath given them a spirit of torpor,...
The _partial_ character of the rejection of God's people is proved, first by the conversion of St. Paul himself (Romans 11:1); then by the existence of a whole Judeo-Christian church (Romans 11:2-6)....
I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. (2) God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not...
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...
_SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS_ ‘As it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear.’ Romans 11:8 The blindness that happened to Is...
8._Given them has God, etc. _There is no doubt, I think, but that the passage quoted here from Isaiah is that which Luke refers to in Acts 28:26, as quoted from him, only the words are somewhat altere...
Hereupon the question is immediately raised, has God then rejected His people? To this Chapter 11 is the answer. The apostle gives three proofs that it is by no means the case. Firstly, he is himself...
ACCORDING AS IT IS WRITTEN,.... In Isaiah 29:10 which passages the apostle seems to refer to, though it is not exactly word for word as here, yet the sense is the same: GOD HATH GIVEN THEM THE SPIRIT...
_What then_ What is the conclusion from the whole? It is this, that _Israel_, in general, _hath not obtained that which he seeketh_ Namely, justification, acceptance with God, and the blessings conseq...
AS IT IS WRITTEN; DEUTERONOMY 29:4; ISAIAH 6:9-10; Isaiah 29:10; MATTHEW 13:14-15;...
(ACCORDING AS IT IS WRITTEN, GOD HATH GIVEN THEM THE SPIRIT OF SLUMBER, EYES THAT THEY SHOULD NOT SEE. AND EARS THAT THEY SHOULD NOT HEAR) UNTO THIS DAY....
The result of refusing God's way of salvation:...
ISRAEL YET TO BE RESTORED We have seen in Romans 9:1 that there is an election according to the grace of God in Israel: in Romans 10:1 this is shown to be on the basis of faith in contrast to law: now...
Israel did not obtain what it sought after - salvation The elect (remnant) did obtain it. The rest were blinded. 8 They have a "spirit of slumber" Eyes - don't see Ears - don't hear Still that wa...
SLUMBER: Or, remorse...
ACCORDING AS IT IS WRITTEN, GOD GAVE THEM. SPIRIT OF STUPOR, EYES THAT THEY SHOULD NOT SEE, AND EARS THAT THEY SHOULD NOT HEAR, UNTO THIS VERY DAY. "AS IT IS WRITTEN" -Combination of Deuteronomy 29:4;...
1-10 There was a chosen remnant of believing Jews, who had righteousness and life by faith in Jesus Christ. These were kept according to the election of grace. If then this election was of grace, it...
IT IS WRITTEN; viz. in ISAIAH 6:9, ISAIAH 29:10. THE SPIRIT OF SLUMBER; the word signifieth, such a dead sleep, as those have, who are pricked or stung with venomous beasts, out of which they hardly o...
according as it is written [Isaiah 29:10; Ezekiel 12:2; Deuteronomy 29:4], _God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, unto this very day_. [A...
Romans 11:8 as G2531 written G1125 (G5769) God G2316 given G1325 (G5656) them G846 spirit G4151 stupor...
GOD'S PURPOSE FOR ISRAEL IS BEING FULFILLED THROUGH A REMNANT (11:1-10). Paul now deals with the question as to whether Israel has been ‘cast off'. And his reply is ‘certainly not', and this reply is...
GOD'S PURPOSE WITH REGARD BOTH TO THE JEWS AND THE GENTILES (11:1-36). Paul now carries forward the doctrine of the Israel within Israel, and evidences it again from Scripture, making clear that those...
‘According as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor (Isaiah 29:10), eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day (Deuteronomy 29:4).' Paul then provid...
1. _The Rejection of Israel is not Total._ This section opens with the question (‘Did God cast off His people?'), which the whole chapter answers in the negative, and which Paul discusses with a feeli...
Romans 11:8. ACCORDING AS IT IS WRITTEN. The Scripture passages are cited here, because they set forth the principle of divine action, underlying the statement of Romans 11:7: ‘the rest were hardened,...
A SPIRIT OF STUPOR (πνευμα κατανυξεως). The quotation is a combination of Deuteronomy 19:4; Isaiah 29:10; Isaiah 6:9. This phrase is from Isai...
GOD Jehovah. (Isaiah 29:10)....
CONTENTS: A spiritual Israel finding salvation. National Israel blinded. Warning to Gentiles. Israel yet to be saved nationally. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul, Elijah, David, Abraham. CONCLUSION: The...
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...
AS THE SCRIPTURE SAYS. The quotation is a paraphrase _of_ Deuteronomy 29:4; Isaiah 29:10; Isaiah 6:9-10. GOD MADE THEM DULL. It is God who sends this spirit of dullness - not arbitrarily or at random,...
_God hath not cast away His people._ GOD HATH NOT CAST OFF HIS PEOPLE This is proved by-- I. The known facts of their history--Paul and his companions in the faith. II. The secret operations of th...
_And if by grace, then is it no more of works; otherwise grace is no more grace._ THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE OF DIVINE GRACE I. Man is the object of grace. 1. The present dispensation is only the perfec...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 11:7 Paul links Isaiah 29:10 and Deuteronomy 29:4 to clarify that God has...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 11:6.—εἰ δὲ χάριτι, by grace, thus not of works. Salvation must be either by one or the other. Romans 11:7. THE ELECTION.—The faithful remnant which has profited by the free g...
EXPOSITION ROMANS 11:1 (4) _The_ _Jews are not finally rejected, but, through the calling of the Gentiles, will be brought into the Church at last. _St. Paul, painfully recognizing the fact of the pr...
Shall we turn in our Bibles to Romans, chapter 11. In Chapter s 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...
2 Corinthians 3:14; 2 Corinthians 3:15; 2 Kings 17:34; 2 Kings 17:41;...
It is written. Three quotations follow, two of which we blended in this verse : Isaiah 29:10; Deuteronomy 29:3; Deuteronomy 29:55 Hath given [ο δ ω κ ε ν]. Heb., poured out. Sept., given to drink. Slu...
God hath at length withdrawn his Spirit, and so given them up to a spirit of slumber; which is fulfilled unto this day. Isaiah 29:10...