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Verse 24. _THE OLIVE TREE, WHICH IS WILD BY NATURE_] Which is
κατα φυσιν, _naturally_, wild and barren; for that the _wild
olive_ bore no fruit is sufficiently evident from the testimony of the
autho...
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FOR IF THOU - If you who are Gentiles.
WERT CUT OUT OF - Or, if thou wert of the cutting of the wild
olive-tree.
WHICH IS WILD BY NATURE - Which is uncultivated and unfruitful. That
is, if you were i...
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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...
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THE INGRAFTING OF THE GENTILES. From Romans 9:1 onwards, Paul has
written as a Jew to Jews; here he turns to the other half of the
Church (see Introd. § 3).
ROMANS 11:13. But to you Gentiles I say. P...
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THE CALLUS ON THE HEART (Romans 11:1-12)...
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Now I speak to you Gentiles. You well know that in so far as I am the
apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my office, for somehow I want to
find a way to move my own flesh and blood to envy of the Genti...
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IF. App-118.
OUT OF. App-104.
OLIVE TREE, &C. Read "wild olive tree which is so by (App-104.)
nature".
CONTRARY TO. App-104.
GOOD OLIVE TREE. Greek. _kallielaioa._ Only here. It is only in the
kin...
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The relative positions of Jews and Gentiles, which have just been
described in brief, are now elaborated, to show that they both Stand
or fall on the same principle, of GOD’s grace and man’s faith;
ba...
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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...
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ἘΚ ΤΗ͂Σ ΚΑΤᾺ Φ. ἈΓΡ. From the wild olive to which you
naturally belonged. So ΠΑΡᾺ ΦΎΣΙΝ contrary to your natural
origin, ΟἹ ΚΑΤᾺ ΦΎΣΙΝ those who naturally belong to it....
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ΈΞΕΚΌΠΗΣ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΈΚΚΌΠΤΩ (G1581)
отрезать (_см._ Romans 11:22).
ΚΑΛΛΙΈΛΑΙΟΣ (G2565) садовая маслина как
противопоставление дикорастущей (BAGD).
ΠΌΣΩ ΜΆΛΛΟΝ (G4214; G3123) насколько боль...
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DISCOURSE: 1898
THE DISPENSATIONS OF GOD TOWARDS JEWS AND GENTILES
Romans 11:22. Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on
them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou con...
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THE OLIVE-TREE, WHICH IS WILD BY NATURE—WHICH BE THE NATURAL
BRANCHES— The original in both these places is κατα φυσιν,
and therefore our translators should either have rendered it in the
first clause...
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_TEXT_
Romans 11:11-24. I say then, Did they stumble that they might fall?
God forbid: but by their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, to
provoke them to jealousy. Romans 11:12 Now if their fal...
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For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature,
and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much
more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed in...
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Conciliation-National
22 Nothing shows the blindness of Christendom more than their severe
denunciation of faithless Israel, yet they are following precisely the
same course and have not the slig...
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ST. Paul now addresses the Gentiles. They should hope for the
restoration of Israel, because of the blessing it will bring the
world, and because Israel still bears God's name (Romans 11:13). They
sho...
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HOW MUCH MORE] We may see indications of the purpose of God for the
Jews in the permanence of their race and in their devoted adherence to
the God of their fathers.
25-36. That Israel will be converte...
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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...
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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...
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(17-24) The admission of the Gentile to the privileges of the Jew is
no ground for boasting on his part. It is merely an _admission._ The
Gentile is, as it were, a branch grafted into a stem that was...
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(11-24) In this section the Apostle goes on to consider further the
bearings of the rejection, and here, first (Romans 11:11), he
considers the more hopeful side of it as regards the Jews themselves;...
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CHAPTER 23
ISRAEL'S FALL OVERRULED, FOR THE WORLD'S BLESSING, AND FOR ISRAEL'S
MERCY
Romans 11:11
THE Apostle has been led a few steps backwards in the last previous
verses. His face has been turned...
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God's power to engraft the Jews again into the stock of His people
proved a _fortiori_ by comparison with what He has done for the
Gentiles. To restore His own is more natural, conceivable, and one ma...
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In these verses, which in a sense are a long parenthesis, Paul
anticipates an objection which Gentile readers might take to his use
of the last figure, the root and the branches; and he draws from it...
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OTHERS GRAFTED IN BY FAITH
Romans 11:13
Paul never abandoned the hope that ultimately Israel would come back
to God in Christ. He believed that God's promises pointed in that
direction, and that, tho...
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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...
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For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by (z)
nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a (a) good olive
tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural [branches], be
g...
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There is, in fact, between the Jewish nation and the kingdom of God an
essential affinity, a sort of pre-established harmony, so that when
the hour has come, their restoration will be accomplished sti...
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“ _And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be
grafted in; for God is able to graft them in again. For if thou wert
cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert grafted...
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derive for believers of Gentile origin the practical application of
all they have been reminded of in Romans 11:17-21....
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The apostle proves in this passage the perfect congruity, from the
viewpoint of Israelitish antecedents, of the event which he has just
announced as the consummation of Israel's history. Their future...
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God has not then, absolutely speaking, rejected His people; but it is
perfectly true that He has hardened and rejected a portion of them.
Yet there are two restrictions to be noted here: This chastise...
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I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but
rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to
provoke them to jealousy. (12) Now if the fall of them be th...
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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...
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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...
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FOR IF THOU WERT CUT OUT OF THE OLIVE TREE,.... As the apostle argues
the possibility of bringing the Jews into a Gospel church state, from
the power of God; so here the probability of it, or the easi...
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For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature,
and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much
more shall these, which be the natural _branches_, be graffed i...
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_For_, &c. As if he had said, And it appears that he will do it,
because he has done that which was more unlikely, as being contrary to
nature: _if thou wert cut out of the tree wild by nature_, &c. I...
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FOR IF THOU WERT CUT OUT OF THE OLIVE-TREE WHICH IS WILD BY NATURE,
AND WERT GRAFTED CONTRARY TO NATURE INTO A GOOD OLIVE-TREE, HOW MUCH
MORE SHALL THESE, WHICH BE THE NATURAL BRANCHES, BE GRAFTED INT...
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A warning to the Gentile Christians:...
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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...
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What about the Jews? Is ther hope for them? YES! If they do not remain
in unbelief, they can be grafted back into the tree. God can do that.
24 All of this illustration is contrary to nature. In natu...
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FOR IF THOU WAST CUT OUT OF THAT WHICH IS BY NATURE. WILD OLIVE TREE,
AND WAST GRAFTED CONTRARY TO NATURE INTO. GOOD OLIVE TREE; HOW MUCH
MORE SHALL THESE, WHICH ARE THE NATURAL BRANCHES, BE GRAFTED I...
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22-32 Of all judgments, spiritual judgments are the sorest; of these
the apostle is here speaking. The restoration of the Jews is, in the
course of things, far less improbable than the call of the Ge...
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He here shows the probability, as well as possibility, of the Jews
conversion, because God hath done that which is more unlikely: q.d. If
the Gentiles, which were a kind of wild olive branches, were g...
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For if thou wast cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree,
and wast grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree; how much
more shall these, which are the natural branches, be grafted...
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Romans 11:24 For G1063 if G1487 you G4771 cut G1581 (G5648) of G1537
wild G65 by G2596 nature...
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‘For if you were cut out of what is by nature a wild olive tree, and
were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more
will these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into t...
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THE GENTILE CHRISTIANS ARE TO RECOGNISE BOTH THE GOODNESS AND SEVERITY
OF GOD (11:22-32).
So the Gentile Christians are to recognise both the goodness and the
severity of God. Towards the unbelieving...
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THE ILLUSTRATION OF THE OLIVE TREE (11:13-24).
‘The Olive Tree' is the name of Israel specifically given to it by
God. In Jeremiah we are told “YHWH called your name ‘a green olive
tree', fair, with g...
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GOD HAS ESTABLISHED A TRUE ISRAEL BASED ON THE REMNANT WHO HAVE
RESPONDED TO THE MESSIAH, WITH THE FALSE ISRAEL BEING AT LEAST
TEMPORARILY CAST OFF, TO BE RESTORED IF THEY TURN TO THE MESSIAH AND
REJO...
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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...
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2. _The Rejection of Israel is not Final._
In this section is presented the prospective solution of the great
historical problem, discussed in this part of the Epistle. Here Paul
becomes a prophet; r...
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Romans 11:24. FOR introduces the entire verse as a proof of the
probability that the Jews will ultimately be grafted in again, not of
the statement that God is able to graft them in (against Godet). I...
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CONTRARY TO NATURE
(παρα φυσιν). This is the gist of the argument, the power of
God to do what is contrary to natural processes. He put the wild olive
(Gentile) into the good olive tree (the spirit...
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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...
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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...
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YOU GENTILES. If God saves the Gentile, this is proof he will also
save the Jew! If the Gentile can be joined to the free of Abraham by
faith, how much easier will it be to re-join the Jew who believe...
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_And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild
olive-tree, wert grafted in._
THE OLIVE-TREE
I. Why it is a symbol.
1. Of God’s faithful witnesses (Zechariah 4:5; Revelation 11:3...
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 11:22 The Gentile readers must contemplate
both God’s KINDNESS and his SEVERITY toward them and the Jews who
have not believed. They must continue in faith. Otherwise, they too
w...
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 11:11 God’s saving righteousness is seen in
the salvation of Israel at the end of history, and in his saving plan
for both Jews and Gentiles.
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Romans 11:25.—πλήρωμα is a word specially applied to ships.
The full complement of the Gentile world shall enter the sacred vessel
of the Church, the ark of salvation.
_MAIN HOMILET...
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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...
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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...
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Romans 11:17; Romans 11:18; Romans 11:30...
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Contrary to nature. See remarks on ver. 17....
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MISSIONS IN THE EPISTLES
Romans 10:11; _Romans 11:15_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
This study as a whole will give some idea of the missionary vision as
set forth in Paul's Epistles.
1. THE SCOPE OF MISSIONA...
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Contrary to nature — For according to nature, we graft the fruitful
branch into the wild stock; but here the wild branch is grafted into
the fruitful stock....