Romans 11 - Introduction
1:1 called (f-7) 'A called apostle,' i.e. an apostle by (divine) calling. Cf. ver. 7 'called saints,' and see note there.... [ Continue Reading ]
1:1 called (f-7) 'A called apostle,' i.e. an apostle by (divine) calling. Cf. ver. 7 'called saints,' and see note there.... [ Continue Reading ]
11:2 Israel? (r-29) See 1 Kings 19:14-18 .... [ Continue Reading ]
11:4 Baal. (a-23) 'Baal' has the feminine article. It was adored in Syria in masculine and feminine characters.... [ Continue Reading ]
11:6 since (b-9) See Note, Matthew 18:32 .... [ Continue Reading ]
11:7 blinded, (c-24) Or 'hardened,' 'made obdurate in heart.'... [ Continue Reading ]
11:8 written, (d-5) See Deuteronomy 29:4 ; Isaiah 6:9 ,Isaiah 6:10 ; Isaiah 29:10 .... [ Continue Reading ]
11:9 says, (e-3) See Psalms 69:22-23 .... [ Continue Reading ]
11:21 either. (f-18) This is another case where the grammatical structure is not complete. It may well be taken, 'fear ... lest he spare not thee;' the beginning of ver. 21 adding a supplementary thought, of which the apostle's mind was full; still it is a broken phrase.... [ Continue Reading ]
11:22 abide (g-23) The subjunctive, 'if thou shouldest abide,' or 'abidest.' There are three degrees of condition in Greek. indicative, if the fact arrives; subjunctive, doubtful if it will; and conditional, of uncertain probability.... [ Continue Reading ]
11:25 blindness (a-25) Or 'obdurateness,' as ver. 7.... [ Continue Reading ]
11:26 written, (b-12) See Isaiah 59:20-21 .... [ Continue Reading ]
11:29 repentance. (c-13) i.e. 'irrevocable.' The Greek only occurs here and 2 Corinthians 7:10 , 'never to be regretted.'... [ Continue Reading ]
11:30 believed (d-9) See Note q, ch. 10.21.... [ Continue Reading ]
11:31 mercy. (e-20) This means that the Jews would not believe in the mercy shown to the Gentiles, and thus lost the glad tidings of the grace of God for themselves; and thus, their right to the promises being gone, they come in at the end as objects of mere mercy, as any poor Gentile might be, thou... [ Continue Reading ]
11:33 God! (f-12) Or 'O depth of God's riches, and wisdom, and knowledge.'... [ Continue Reading ]
11:35 him? (g-14) See Isaiah 40:13 ; Job 41:11 .... [ Continue Reading ]
11:36 of (h-2) 'Of,' _ ek_ ; 'through,' _ dia_ ; 'for,' _ eis_ .... [ Continue Reading ]