Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
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Gill's Exposition
Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect,.... Or "it is not possible indeed that the word of God should fall"; see Sa1 3:10; This the apostle says, partly to relieve his own mind pressed…
Barnes' Notes
Whose are the fathers - Who have been honored with so illustrious an ancestry. Who are descended from Abraham, Isaac, etc. On this they highly valued themselves, and in a certain sense not unjustly;…
Adam Clarke
Whose are the fathers - Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, the twelve patriarchs, Moses, Joshua, Samuel, David, etc., etc., without controversy, the greatest and most eminent men that ever flourished…
Cambridge Bible
the fathers Cp. Rom 11:28. The reference is probably specially to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But David is also "the patriarchDavid;" Act 2:29. These sacred Persons are now mentioned, after the…
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