What does Romans 11:17 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them,d and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;"
ROMANS 11:17 th/j r`i,zhj th/j pio,thtoj {B} The unexpected asyndeton of the reading th/j r`i,zhj( th/j pio,thtoj th/j evlai,aj, in spite of its rather limited attestation (a* B C Y), appears to exp...
Verse 17. _AND IF SOME OF THE BRANCHES_, c.] If the present nation of the Jews, because of their unbelief, are cut off from the blessings of the Church of God, and the high honour and dignity of being...
IF SOME OF THE BRANCHES - The illustration here is taken from the practice of those who ingraft trees. The useless branches, or those which bear poor fruit, are cut off, and a better kind inserted. “I...
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 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...
THE CALLUS ON THE HEART (Romans 11:1-12)...
BE, &C. = were broken off. Greek. _ekklazo._ Only here and verses: Romans 11:19; Romans 11:20. WILD OLIVE TREE. The oleaster which bears no fruit. Greek. _agrielaios._ Only here and Romans 11:24. GR...
_some of the branches_ A _tender_statement of what, alas, was so great an amount of unbelief. See below again, Romans 11:25; "blindness IN PART." _be broken off_ The reference of time is specially to...
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...
ΈΞΕΚΛΆΣΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΈΚΚΛΆΩ (G1575) ломать. Ind. с ΕΊ (G1487) в _conj._ 1 типа, предполагающем реальность уеловия; _pass._ может быть богосл. ΆΓΡΙΈΛΑΙΟΣ (G65) дикорастущая маслина (DPL,...
DISCOURSE: 1896 NEGLECT OF THE JEWS REPROVED Romans 11:17. _If some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root a...
THOU, BEING A WILD OLIVE-TREE, &C.— This is another way of expressing the justification and election of us Gentiles; and it is also an incontestable proof, that we Gentile Christians are taken into th...
_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...
And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; AND IF - rather, 'But i...
__ 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...
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 ch...
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 tha...
(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;...
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 turne...
A Gentile Christian might feel that the very fact that Jews were rejected and Gentiles accepted qualified the assurance with which Paul had just spoken of the future of Israel. It is the disposition t...
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...
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...
(10) And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in (q) among them, and with them (r) partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; (10) There is...
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...
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...
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...
17._And if some of the branches, etc. _He now refers to the present dignity of the Gentiles, which is no other than to be of the branches; which, being taken from another, are set in some noble tree:...
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...
AND IF SOME OF THE BRANCHES BE BROKEN,.... This is to be understood, not of the exclusion of the Jews from their national church; for the persons designed by the "branches", were the principal members...
And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; Ver. 17. _Were grafted in_...
And their conversion will surely be effected, _For if the first- fruit_ of them, the patriarchs, _be holy_ He alludes to the waved sheaf, which was said to be _holy_, because it was accepted of God, i...
SOME OF THE BRANCHES; the Jews, the natural descendants of Abraham, called on this account, verse Romans 11:21, natural branches. A WILD OLIVE - TREE; one that is uncultivated and bears no valuable f...
A warning to the Gentile Christians:...
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...
I am talking to Gentiles - because I am the apostle to the Gentiles. I am filling my appointed office. 14 If I can provoke some Jews into returning to God and being saved (they are my kinsmen in the...
AMONG THEM: Or, for them...
BUT IF SOME OF THE BRANCHES WERE BROKEN OFF, AND THOU, BEING. WILD OLIVE, WAST GRAFTED IN AMONG THEM, AND DIDST BECOME PARTAKER WITH THEM OF THE ROOT OF THE FATNESS OF THE OLIVE TREE; "SOME OF THE BRA...
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...
In this, and some following verses, the apostle digresses a little, and takes occasion to prevent the insulting of the Gentiles over the Jews; as also to persuade them to take warning by their example...
But if some of the branches were broken off, and thou [O Gentile believer], _being a wild olive, wast grafted in among them, and didst become partaker with them of the root of the fatness of the olive...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V "But thou, being a wild olive-tree," he says, "hast been grafted into the good olive-tree, and been made a partaker of the fatness of the olive-tree.[64] Five Books i...
Romans 11:17 And G1161 some G1536 branches G2798 off G1575 (G5681) and G1161 you G4771 being G5607 (G5752) tree G65 in G1461 (G5681) among G1722 them G846 and G2532 with G4791 them G1096 (G5633) parta...
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 thos...
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...
BRANCHES (κλαδων). From κλαω, to break.WERE BROKEN OFF (εξεκλασθησαν). First aorist passive indicative of εκκλαω. Play on the word κλαδος (branch) and εκκλαω, to break off. Condition of first cla...
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...
SOME OF THE BRANCHES. In the next seven verses, Paul answers an objection which a Gentile Christian might have to his use of the "root and branches" symbolism. The olive tree, of which Abraham is the...
_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...
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. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElem...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 11:15.—The apostle awaits a boundless effect of blessing on the world from the future conversion of the Jews, which will be as life from the dead. Romans 11:16.—FIRSTFRUIT de...
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...
Acts 2:39; Colossians 2:13; Deuteronomy 8:8; Ephesians 2:11; Ephesians 3:6; Ezekiel 15:6; Galatians 2:15; Isaiah 27:11; Isaiah 6:13;...
Branches were broken off [κ λ α δ ω ν ε ξ ε κ λ α σ θ η σ α ν]. See on Matthew 24:32; Mark 11:8. The derivation of kladwn branches, from klaw to break, is exhibited in the word - play between the noun...
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...
Thou — O gentile. Being a wild olive tree — Had the graft been nobler than the stock, yet its dependance on it for life and nourishment would leave it no room to boast against it. How much less, when,...
The design and scope of our apostle in these words, is to exhort the believing Gentiles not to despise and reproach the rejected and unbelieving Jews; and he draws an argument from the condition of th...