Romans 9:33

As it is written - see Isa 8:14; Isa 28:16. The quotation here is made up of both these passages, and contains the substance of both; compare also Psa 118:22; 1Pe 2:6. Behold I lay in Sion - Mount…

As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion - Christ, the Messiah, is become a stone of stumbling to them: and thus what is written in the prophecy of Isaiah is verified in their case, Isa 8:14; Isa 28:16…

The apostle comes here at last to fix the true reason of the reception of the Gentiles, and the rejection of the Jews. There was a difference in the way of their seeking, and therefore there was that…

Behold, &c. The quotation is a combination of Isa 8:14; Isa 28:16, and is closely after the Heb., but widely differs from the LXX. of Rom 8:14. Both passages (q. v.) refer to the great Promise, which…