Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Romans 11:11
Have they stumbled that they should fall? Shall we conclude that
Israel has fallen forever? The apostle now proceeds to the second
branch of his argument, and shows that God, for wise reasons, has cast
off Israel for a time, but that finally the nation will be converted.
Through their fall salvation [is come] to the Gentiles. Christ
said, "I, if I be lifted up, will draw all men unto me" (John 12:32).
He referred to the cross. Rejected by the Jewish nation, and sent to
the cross, he became the Savior of all mankind, Gentiles as well as
Jews. So, too, the rejection of the gospel by the Jews, accelerated the
preaching among the Gentiles. See Acts 8:4; 13:46. So, too, when the
Jews crucified Christ, "the handwriting of ordinances was nailed to the
cross" (Colossians 2:14), the "partition wall" (Ephesians 2:14) between Jews
and Gentiles was broken down. So the result of the Jews hardening
themselves and rejecting Christ was, under the providence of God, that
the Gentiles should be saved.
To provoke them to jealousy. The elder brother, in the parable of
the Prodigal Son, was filled with jealousy when he saw the younger son
accepted by the father (Luke 15:28).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Romans 11:11
Romans 11:28
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