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Romans 11:15

Romans 11:15
For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

For if the casting away of them,.... This argument, as before, in Rom 11:12, is from the lesser to the greater, showing that as the Gentiles received present advantage through the rejection of the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

For if the casting away of them - If their rejection as the special people of God - their exclusion from their national privileges, on account of their unbelief. It is the same as “the fall of them;”…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

But life from the dead - If the rejection of the Jews became the occasion of our receiving the Gospel, so that we can even glory in our tribulations, though they themselves became chief instruments of…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Romans 11:1-32

The apostle proposes here a plausible objection, which might be urged against the divine conduct in casting off the Jewish nation (Rom 11:1): "Hath God cast away his people? Is the rejection total and…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

the casting away Not the cognate word to that in Rom 11:1-2. But there is no practical difference in the words: it is the referencethat differs here. There he denies that Jews as suchwere thrust out…