Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
I say then (legw oun). As in verse Romans 11:11. Oun looks back to Rom. 9:16-33 and Romans 10:19-21.
Did God cast off? (mh apwsato o qeos). An indignant negative answer is called for by mh and emphasized by mh genoito (God forbid). Paul refers to the promise in the O.T. made three times: 1 Samuel 12:22; Psalms 94:14 ( 93:14 LXX); Psalms 94:4. First aorist middle indicative (without augment) of apwqew, to push away, to repel, middle, to push away from one as in Acts 7:27.
For I also (kai gar egw). Proof that not all the Jews have rejected Christ. See Philippians 3:5 for more of Paul's pedigree.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Acts 7:27
Romans 11:7
Romans 11:11
1 Timothy 1:19
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