Romans 11:1-36 BSB

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 11:24

Romans 11:24. 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, The natural wild-olive tree, or in the latter, Which are branches by nature. See Heylin. read more

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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 11:25

Romans 11:25. The fulness of the Gentiles— The fulness of the Jews, Rom 11:12 is the whole body of the Jewish nation professing Christianity, and therefore the fulness of the Gentiles here must be the whole body of the Gentiles professing Christianity. It is well remarked by Dr. Harris, that as this Epistle was written about the year 57, that is, long after the most remarkable conversion of the Jews by the first preaching of the Apostles, and after St. Paul had been about thirty years engaged... read more

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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 11:26-27

Romans 11:26-27. And so— That is, by that means: so the word ουτως signifies, John 8:59. The reference in this and the next verse to the Old Testament, is commonly supposed to point at Isaiah 59:20. But whether the Apostle directs to any particular prophesy, or to the current sense of all the prophets, is uncertain; though the latter opinion seems most probable. The restoration of the Jewish commonwealth, in a higher degree than seems to be yet accomplished, is, as we have before observed,... read more

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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 11:28

Romans 11:28. They are enemies for your sakes— Enemies signify strangers, or aliens; that is to say, such as are no longer to be the peculiar people of God: for they are called enemies, in opposition to beloved in this verse; and the reason given why they are enemies, makes it plain that this is the sense; namely, for the Gentiles' sake: that is, "they are rejected from being the peculiar people of God, that you Gentiles may be taken in to be the people of God in their room," Romans 11:30.... read more

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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 11:29

Romans 11:29. For the gifts and calling of God, &c.— "For the favours which God shewed to those their fathers in calling them and their posterity to be his people, he does not repent of; but his promise, that they shall be his people, shall stand good." So God's repenting is explained, Numbers 23:19. See Elsner. read more

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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 11:30-31

Romans 11:30-31. For as ye in times past, &c.— When the promise was made to Abraham, the calling of the Gentiles was not a secondary design,to take effect in case the Jew rejected the Gospel, but an absolute purpose, to be accomplished whether the Jews complied or refused. The refusal of the Jew was no way necessary to the calling of the Gentile; nor did the Apostles preach to the Gentiles only because the Jews had refused to accept the Gospel. Had the Jews embraced the faith of Christ, the... read more

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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 11:32

Romans 11:32. For God hath concluded them all, &c.— Them is not in the original, and should not be in the translation. Concluded is no English word in this place; the sense of the Greek verb συνεκλεισε is, he hath locked, or shut up together, which may be properly rendered by the Latin word concludo; but we never in English use the word conclude to signify to lock or shut up. The word in the original is found but in three places besides this, viz. Luk 5:6 where it is well rendered inclosed;... read more

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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 11:33

Romans 11:33. O the depth, &c.— This emphatical conclusion seems in an especial manner to regard the Jews, whom the Apostle would hereby teach modesty and submission to the over-ruling hand of the all-wise God, unfit as they are to call him to account for his dealing so favourably with the Gentiles. "His wisdom and ways are infinitely above their comprehension; and will they take upon them to advise him what to do? Or is God in their debt?—Let them say for what, and he shall repay it to... read more

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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 11:35

Romans 11:35. Or who hath first given to him, &c.— This has a manifest respect to the Jews, who claimed a right to be the people of God so far, that St. Paul (chap. Romans 9:14.) finds it necessary to vindicate the justice of God in the case; and here also, in this question, he exposes and silences the folly of any such pretence. See Locke. read more

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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 11:36

Romans 11:36. For of him, &c.— Of him, as the original author; through him, as the gracious preserver; and to or for him, as the ultimate end,—are all things: For his pleasure all things were created; by his providence all things are preserved; to his gloryall things terminate. Antoninus, speaking of nature (by which he evidently means God), has an expression which one would imagine he had borrowed from this of St. Paul, Εξ σου παντα, εν σοι παντα, εις σε παντα,— "All things are of thee, in... read more

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 11:24

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 11:25

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 11:26-27

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 11:28

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 11:29

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 11:30-31

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 11:32

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 11:33

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 11:35

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 11:36

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