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Selected Verse: Romans 11:23 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ro 11:23 |
Strong Concordance |
And [1161] they [1565] also [2532], if [3362] they abide [1961] not [3362] still in unbelief [570], shall be graffed in [1461]: for [1063] God [2316] is [2076] able [1415] to graff [1461] them [846] in [1461] again [3825]. |
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King James |
And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
And they also--"Yea, and they"
if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again--This appeal to the power of God to effect the recovery of His ancient people implies the vast difficulty of it--which all who have ever labored for the conversion of the Jews are made depressingly to feel. That intelligent expositors should think that this was meant of individual Jews, reintroduced from time to time into the family of God on their believing on the Lord Jesus, is surprising; and yet those who deny the national recovery of Israel must and do so interpret the apostle. But this is to confound the two things which the apostle carefully distinguishes. Individual Jews have been at all times admissible, and have been admitted, to the Church through the gate of faith in the Lord Jesus. This is the "remnant, even at this present time, according to the election of grace," of which the apostle, in the first part of the chapter, had cited himself as one. But here he manifestly speaks of something not then existing, but to be looked forward to as a great future event in the economy of God, the reingrafting of the nation as such, when they "abide not in unbelief." And though this is here spoken of merely as a supposition (if their unbelief shall cease)--in order to set it over against the other supposition, of what will happen to the Gentiles if they shall not abide in the faith--the supposition is turned into an explicit prediction in the verses following. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
And they also - The Jews.
If they bide not ... - If they do not continue in willful obstinacy and rejection of the Messiah. As their unbelief was the sole cause of their rejection, so if that be removed, they may be again restored to the divine favor.
For God is able ... - He has,
(1) Power to restore them, to bring them back and replace them in his favor.
(2) he has not bound himself utterly to reject them, and forever to exclude them.
In this way the apostle reaches his purpose, which was to show them that God had not cast away his people or finally rejected the Jewish nation; Rom 11:1-2. That God has this power, the apostle proceeds to show in the next verse. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
abide
See (Jer 3:21-25); (Jer 3:50); (Jer 3:4); (Jer 3:5); (Co2 3:16). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Able (δυνατὸς)
See on Rom 4:21. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
If they abide not in unbelief - So, we find that their rejection took place in consequence of their wilful obstinacy: and, that they may return into the fold, the door of which still stands open.
For God is able to graft them in again - Fallen as they are and degraded, God can, in the course of his providence and mercy, restore them to all their forfeited privileges; and this will take place if they abide not in unbelief: which intimates that God has furnished them with all the power and means necessary for faith, and that they may believe on the Lord Jesus whenever they will. The veil now continues on their heart; but it is not a veil which God has spread there, but a veil occasioned by their own voluntary and obstinate unbelief: and, when they shall turn to the Lord, (Jesus), the veil shall be taken away. See what the apostle has said, Co2 3:6-18. |
1 I say [3004] then [3767], [3361] Hath [683] God [2316] cast away [683] his [846] people [2992]? God forbid [3361] [1096]. For [1063] I [1473] also [2532] am [1510] an Israelite [2475], of [1537] the seed [4690] of Abraham [11], of the tribe [5443] of Benjamin [958].
2 God [2316] hath [683] not [3756] cast away [683] his [846] people [2992] which [3739] he foreknew [4267]. [2228] Wot ye [1492] not [3756] what [5101] the scripture [1124] saith [3004] of [1722] Elias [2243]? how [5613] he maketh intercession [1793] to God [2316] against [2596] Israel [2474], saying [3004],
16 Nevertheless [1161] when [2259] it [302] shall turn [1994] to [4314] the Lord [2962], the vail [2571] shall be taken away [4014].
5 Will he reserve [05201] his anger for ever [05769]? will he keep [08104] it to the end [05331]? Behold, thou hast spoken [01696] and done [06213] evil things [07451] as thou couldest [03201].
4 Wilt thou not from this time cry [07121] unto me, My father [01], thou art the guide [0441] of my youth [05271]?
0 The commentary points to an invalid Bible reference.
21 A voice [06963] was heard [08085] upon the high places [08205], weeping [01065] and supplications [08469] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: for they have perverted [05753] their way [01870], and they have forgotten [07911] the LORD [03068] their God [0430].
22 Return [07725], ye backsliding [07726] children [01121], and I will heal [07495] your backslidings [04878]. Behold, we come [0857] unto thee; for thou art the LORD [03068] our God [0430].
23 Truly [0403] in vain [08267] is salvation hoped for from the hills [01389], and from the multitude [01995] of mountains [02022]: truly [0403] in the LORD [03068] our God [0430] is the salvation [08668] of Israel [03478].
24 For shame [01322] hath devoured [0398] the labour [03018] of our fathers [01] from our youth [05271]; their flocks [06629] and their herds [01241], their sons [01121] and their daughters [01323].
25 We lie down [07901] in our shame [01322], and our confusion [03639] covereth [03680] us: for we have sinned [02398] against the LORD [03068] our God [0430], we and our fathers [01], from our youth [05271] even unto this day [03117], and have not obeyed [08085] the voice [06963] of the LORD [03068] our God [0430].
21 And [2532] being fully persuaded [4135] that [3754], what [3739] he had promised [1861], he was [2076] able [1415] also [2532] to perform [4160].
6 Who [3739] also [2532] hath made [2427] us [2248] able [2427] ministers [1249] of the new [2537] testament [1242]; not [3756] of the letter [1121], but [235] of the spirit [4151]: for [1063] the letter [1121] killeth [615], but [1161] the spirit [4151] giveth life [2227].
7 But [1161] if [1487] the ministration [1248] of death [2288], written [1722] [1121] and engraven [1795] in [1722] stones [3037], was [1096] glorious [1722] [1391], so [5620] that the children [5207] of Israel [2474] could [1410] not [3361] stedfastly behold [816] the face [1519] [4383] of Moses [3475] for [1223] the glory [1391] of his [846] countenance [4383]; which [3588] glory was to be done away [2673]:
8 How [4459] shall [1248] not [3780] the ministration [1248] of the spirit [4151] be [2071] rather [3123] [1722] glorious [1391]?
9 For [1063] if [1487] the ministration [1248] of condemnation [2633] be glory [1391], much [4183] more [3123] doth the ministration [1248] of righteousness [1343] exceed [4052] in [1722] glory [1391].
10 For [1063] even [2532] that which was made glorious [1392] had no [3761] glory [1392] in [1722] this [5129] respect [3313], by reason [1752] of the glory [1391] that excelleth [5235].
11 For [1063] if [1487] that which is done away [2673] was glorious [1223] [1391], much [4183] more [3123] that which remaineth [3306] is glorious [1722] [1391].
12 Seeing then [3767] that we have [2192] such [5108] hope [1680], we use [5530] great [4183] plainness of speech [3954]:
13 And [2532] not [3756] as [2509] Moses [3475], which put [5087] a vail [2571] over [1909] his [1438] face [4383], that [4314] the children [5207] of Israel [2474] could [816] not [3361] stedfastly look [816] to [1519] the end [5056] of that which is abolished [2673]:
14 But [235] their [846] minds [3540] were blinded [4456]: for [1063] until [891] this day [4594] remaineth [3306] the same [846] vail [2571] untaken [3361] away [343] in [1909] the reading [320] of the old [3820] testament [1242]; which [3748] vail is done away [2673] in [1722] Christ [5547].
15 But [235] even [2193] unto this day [4594], when [2259] Moses [3475] is read [314], the vail [2571] is upon [2749] [1909] their [846] heart [2588].
16 Nevertheless [1161] when [2259] it [302] shall turn [1994] to [4314] the Lord [2962], the vail [2571] shall be taken away [4014].
17 Now [1161] the Lord [2962] is [2076] that Spirit [4151]: and [1161] where [3757] the Spirit [4151] of the Lord [2962] is, there [1563] is liberty [1657].
18 But [1161] we [2249] all [3956], with open [343] face [4383] beholding as in a glass [2734] the glory [1391] of the Lord [2962], are changed [3339] into the same [846] image [1504] from [575] glory [1391] to [1519] glory [1391], even as [2509] by [575] the Spirit [4151] of the Lord [2962].