Fragments from Peter of Alexandria
But after the destruction of the city it was mocked at by some hardening of heart, which we observing, according to the law, with sincerity have received; and in this, according to the Word, when he speaks of the day of our holy festivity, which the election bath attained: but the rest have become hardened,[20]
Verse Romans 11:7. _WHAT THEN?_] What is the real state of the case before us? _Israel_-the body of the Jewish people, have not obtained that which they so earnestly desire, i.e. to be continued, as...
WHAT THEN? - What is the proper conclusion from this argument? “Israel hath not obtained.” That is, the Jews as a people have not obtained what they sought. They sought the favor of God by their own m...
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. Omit. OBTAINED. Greek. _epitunchano._ Only here, Hebrews 6:15; Hebrews 11:33.James 4:2. REST. See Romans 1:13. App-124.
_What then?_ A phrase of resumption after the digression. _Israel_ Here, obviously, the nation. Cp. Romans 9:6. _hath not obtained_ Lit. DID NOT OBTAIN. The _crisis_of the offer of the Gospel to the...
ΤΊ ΟΥ̓͂Ν; sums up the argument: Israel missed its aim; but not all Israel; the select remnant gained it; the rest were blinded; cf. Romans 9:31. ἘΠΩΡΏΘΗΣΑΝ were ‘dulled’ or ‘blinded’; they failed to p...
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...
ΕΠΙΖΗΤΕΊ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΈΠΙΖΗΤΈΩ (G1934) искать, ΈΠΈΤΥΧΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΕΠΙΤΥΓΧΆΝΩ (G2013) приобретать, достигать, нацеливаться на что-л. ΈΠΩΡΏΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΠΩΡΌΩ (G4455) уж...
THAT WHICH HE SEEKETH FOR— Namely, that righteousness, whereby he was to continue the people of God. See ch. Romans 9:31. It may be observed, that St. Paul's discourse being concerning the national pr...
_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...
What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded WHAT THEN? - How stands the case? ISRAEL HATH NOT OBTAINED THAT WHICH H...
__ 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...
11:7 blinded, (c-24) Or 'hardened,' 'made obdurate in heart.'...
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...
ELECTION] i.e. the chosen remnant who have believed in Christ. BLINDED] RV 'hardened,' i.e. by God, in punishment: see next v. Those who will not, at last cannot....
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...
What is the result? Not only did Israel fail to obtain the salvation which it sought, and which the select few succeeded in obtaining, but it was consigned to a state of complete spiritual apathy and...
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...
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...
τί οὖν; What then? How are we to describe the present situation, if not in the painful language of Romans 11:1 ? Thus: ὃ ἐπιζητεῖ Ἰσραὴλ κ. τ. λ. What Israel is in quest of is δικαιοσύνη : the present...
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...
What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were (f) blinded (f) See (Mark 3:5)....
“ _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...
7._What then? What Israel seeks, etc. _As he is here engaged on a difficult subject, he asks a question, as though he was in doubt. He intended, however, by expressing this doubt, to render the answer...
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...
WHAT THEN?.... What can be said to the point the apostle is upon? it is as clear as the sun, out of all question, that God has not cast away all the people of the Jews, nor any whom he foreknew, any a...
What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded Ver. 7. _Israel_] _i.e._ The carnal Israelite. _ He seeketh for_] viz. Rig...
_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...
WHAT THEN? what is the conclusion to which we come? ISRAEL; the great body of the Jewish nation. THAT WHICH HE SEEKETH FOR; righteousness and acceptance with God. THE ELECTION; those whom God graciou...
The result of refusing God's way of salvation:...
WHAT THEN? ISRAEL HATH NOT OBTAINED THAT WHICH HE SEEKETH FOR. St. Paul quotes a Scripture-passage from Elijah, from the section of the Old Testament which treats mainly of the life and deeds of Elija...
An example from history:...
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...
BLINDED: Or, hardened...
WHAT THEN? THAT WHICH ISRAEL SEEKETH FOR, THAT HE OBTAINED NOT; BUT THE ELECTION OBTAINED IT, AND THE REST WERE HARDENED: "WHAT THEN" -'How are we to describe the present situation, if not in the pain...
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...
WHAT THEN? q. d. My discourse comes to this, or this is the sum of it. ISRAEL HATH NOT OBTAINED THAT WHICH HE SEEKETH FOR; i.e. the body of the Jewish nation, seeking righteousness and life by the wor...
What then? [What results from the facts just stated? If God only acknowledges covenant relations with a remnant, and with them only by grace, surely you expect me to make some statement as to the stat...
Romans 11:7 What G5101 then G3767 Israel G2474 has G2013 not G3756 obtained G2013 (G5627) what G5127...
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...
‘What then? What Israel seeks for, that he did not obtain, but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened,' What then are we to conclude from this? The conclusion must be that Israel as a wh...
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 11:7. WHAT THEN? The inference from Romans 11:5-6, is introduced by this question. THAT WHICH ISRAEL (as a mass) IS SEEKING FOR, now as formerly; chaps. Romans 9:31;...
WHAT THEN? (τ ουν?). Since God did not push Israel away (verse Romans 11:1), what is true?THE ELECTION (η εκλογη). Abstract for concrete (the elect).OBTAINED (επετυχεν). Second aorist active ind...
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...
WHAT THEN? "How will we describe the present situation, if not in the painful language of Romans 11:1_?"_ IT WAS THE SMALL GROUP. See Romans 11:5. THE REST GREW DEAF TO GOD'S CALL. [EPOROSETHAN is 3 p...
_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...
1 Corinthians 10:19; 1 Peter 1:2; 2 Corinthians 3:14; 2 Corinthians 4:4;...
Obtained [ε π ε τ υ χ ε ν]. The simple verb tugcanw means originally to hit the mark; hence to fall in with, light upon, attain. The election [η ε κ λ ο γ η]. Abstract for concrete. Those elected; lik...
What then — What is the conclusion from the whole? It is this: that Israel in general hath not obtained justification; but those of them only who believe. And the rest were blinded — By their own wilf...
Observe here, 1. What the apostle affirms concerning the main body of the Jewish nation, they obtained not what they sought after; that is, deliverance by the Messiah, justification and righteousness...