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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 11:25

Mystery] Among the Greeks, a'mystery' meant a secret of religion revealed only to the initiated. St. Paul uses the word to express a truth once hidden, but now revealed by God: cp. Romans 16:25; 1 Corinthians 2:7; 1 Corinthians 2:10; Ephesians 1:9; Ephesians 3:4. Blindness] RV 'a hardening': cp. Romans 11:7. In part] i.e. not affecting the 'remnant' who have accepted Christ.

Fulness] i.e. the full number: cp. Romans 11:12.

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