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Romans 11:11

Did they fall to their ruin? "Have they been irrevocably doomed to hell, with no chance at all for salvation?" By no means! [God forbid is not in the Greek.] God has no desire to see anyone be lost eternally (Matthew 18:14). Because they sinned. God did not decree that they should sin, but he used their sin to bless the Gentiles. Compare Acts 13:46-48; Acts 18:6; Acts 28:25-28. Lipscomb says: "Much of the dealing of God with the Jews and much of the teaching of the prophets was intended to affect the Gentiles fully as much as the Jews. Pharaoh was raised up that God might show to the Egyptians and other nations the power of God. David, the shepherd lad, slew Goliath, a skilled giant, "that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel." (1 Samuel 17:46)" To make the Jews jealous. As God used the sin of the Jews to bless the Gentiles, he would use the faith of the Gentiles to bless the Jews. Compare Deuteronomy 32:21.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Romans 11:11. _HAVE THEY STUMBLED THAT THEY SHOULD FALL?_] Have the Jews, now for their disobedience and unbelief rejected, so sinned against God as to be for ever put out of the reach of his me...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    HAVE THEY STUMBLED THAT THEY SHOULD FALL? - This is to be regarded as an objection, which the apostle proceeds to answer. The meaning is, is it the design of God that the Jews should totally and irrec...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE CALLUS ON THE HEART (Romans 11:1-12)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HAVE, &C. = Did they not (Greek. _me)_ stumble (Greek. _ptaio_. Only here, James 2:10; James 3:2; 2 Peter 1:10)? THAT. in order that. Greek. _hina._ SHOULD. might. THROUGH. by (Dat.)...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Moreover, the rejection is not final: it has a providential purpose to serve; but a great reversal of it is in store 11. _I say then_ Same word as Romans 11:1. Here begins a new section of the discuss...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΛΈΓΩ ΟΥ̓͂Ν. The moral of the situation is drawn; it does not end in the ruin of the Jews; it has for its first result the offer of salvation to Gentiles, and that gives a hope of a still wider purpose...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    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...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    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...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΜΉ (G3361) отр. вводит вопрос, на который ожидается отрицательный ответ, ΈΠΤΑΙΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΤΑΊΩ (G4417) спотыкаться, ΠΈΣΩΣΙΝ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΠΊΠΤΩ (G4098) падать. Человек, который с...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 1895 THE RESTORATION OF THE JEWS A BLESSING TO THE GENTILES Romans 11:11. I say then, Have they [the Jews] stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvatio...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    HAVE THEY STUMBLED—? &C.— The English reader may imagine that as the same word _fall_ is used in the translation, so it is in the same word in the Greek. But _their fall,_ and _the fall of them,_ is π...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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. I SAY THEN, HAVE THEY STUMBLED...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    __ 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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    STUMBLED] cp. Romans 9:32. FALL] i.e. so as not to rise again. _Come_ UNTO THE GENTILES] It was only when the Jews rejected the gospel that the Apostle turned to the Gentiles: cp. Acts 13:45.; Acts 28...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (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;...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    The Jews did, indeed, stumble at the stumbling-block mentioned in Romans 9:32. Many were offended at Christ. But did their stumbling involve their utter and final ruin? It had a far more beneficent pu...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    λέγω οὖν : I say then, taking up the problem again. μὴ ἔπταισαν ἵνα πέσωσιν; surely they did not stumble so as to fall? The subject is the mass of the Jewish nation, all but the elect remnant. The con...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (7) 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. (7) God appointed this cas...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Have they so stumbled, that they should fall? God forbid. That is, their fall is not irreparable, or so as never to rise again: but by their offending, salvation (through the liberal mercy of God) is...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    “ _I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? Let it not be! But by their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. Now, if the fall of them be the riches o...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _CHRISTIANITY AND THE JEWS_ ‘Through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.’ Romans 11:11 Would that the Gentiles had borne more in heart this short senten...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    11._Have they stumbled, etc. _You will be greatly hindered in understanding this argument, except you take notice, that the Apostle speaks sometimes of the whole nation of the Jews, and sometimes of s...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    I SAY THEN, HAVE THEY STUMBLED THAT THEY SHOULD FALL?.... This is an objection, which the apostle takes from the mouth of an adversary; and the purport of it is, you say that the people of the Jews be...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 11. _Have they stumbled_...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Have they stumbled that_, as a nation, _they should fall_ Totally and finally? No: though they have taken such offence at Christ and the gospel that they are rejected by God at present, yet they are...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    HAVE THEY STUMBLED THAT THEY SHOULD FALL? irrecoverably fall? Will the great body of the Jews always continue in unbelief, and all for ever perish? Certainly not. SALVATION IS COME UNTO THE GENTILES;...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AN ADMONITION AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO GENTILES AND JEWS. The result of Israel's defection for the Gentiles:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    Have they stumbled and fallen? NO! Why then? Answer: Through their fall salvation is come to the Gentiles - This in turn provoked Israel to jealousy. NOTE: Jealousy is good (sometimes). God is a jeal...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    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. "DID THEY STUMBLE THAT THEY MIGHT FALL?" -'Have they st...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    11-21 The gospel is the greatest riches of every place where it is. As therefore the righteous rejection of the unbelieving Jews, was the occasion of so large a multitude of the Gentiles being reconc...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Hitherto he hath showed that the rejection of the Jews is not total. Now he comes to prove that it is not final; that before the end of the world they shall be generally called and converted; that the...

  • McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

    I say then, Did they stumble that they might fall? [Fall (piptoo) is a much stronger word than stumble, and the contrast between the two words makes the former emphatic. To fall means to be killed, an...

  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

    Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book II For the apostle says, "But through their transgression salvation is come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy"[100] Tertullian On Modesty permitted the...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Romans 11:11 say G3004 (G5719) then G3767 G3361 stumbled G4417 (G5656) that G2443 fall G4098 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    UNBELIEVING ISRAEL'S FALL IS NOT NECESSARILY PERMANENT (11:11-12). Paul now makes clear that the fall of unbelieving Israel is not necessarily permanent. As he will point out, they can be regrafted on...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘I say then, Did they stumble that they might fall? Certainly not, but by their false step salvation is come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.' ‘I say then --', followed by a question, is...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Romans 11:11. I SAY THEN. Comp. Romans 11:1. This introduces a possible, but incorrect, inference from Romans 11:7 (‘the rest were hardened'). DID THEY STUMBLE THAT THEY SHOULD FALL _._ The form of t...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    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...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    DID THEY STUMBLE THAT THEY MIGHT FALL? (μη επταισαν ινα πεσωσιν?). Negative answer expected by μη as in verse Romans 11:1. First aorist active indicative of πταιω, old verb, to stumble, only here in...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall?_ THE REJECTION OF ISRAEL I. How occasioned. 1. They stumbled at Christ. 2. Were rejected because of their unbelief. II. How overruled. 1. F...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 13:42; Acts 13:46; Acts 18:6; Acts 22:18; Acts 28:24;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Have they stumbled so as to fall — Totally and finally? No But by their fall — Or slip: it is a very soft word in the original. Salvation is come to the gentiles — See an instance of this, Acts 13:46....

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    Our apostle had in the preceding verses proved the rejection of the Jews not to have been total; here he proves, that it shall not be final, but that they shall be generally called before the end of t...

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