Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
I say then, Have they stumbled--"Did they stumble"
that they should fall? God forbid; but--the supplement "rather" is better omitted.
through their fall--literally, "trespass," but here best rendered "false step" [DE WETTE]; not "fall," as in our version.
salvation is come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy--Here, as also in Romans 10:19 (quoted from Deuteronomy 32:21), we see that emulation is a legitimate stimulus to what is good.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Isaiah 29:24
Isaiah 65:2
Romans 11:14
Romans 11:28-29
Romans 11:30-31
James 2:10
2 Peter 1:10
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