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Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Romans 11:16
For if the firstfruit [be] holy. See Numbers 15:18-21. Some explain
the first fruits by Abraham and the patriarchs. It probably refers,
rather, to the Jewish Christians, "the election by grace" (Romans 11:5).
If a portion of the nation has been saved, it is an assurance that the
whole nation can be saved.
And if the root [be] holy. The root may refer to Abraham. The figure
is that of a tree, with the patriarchs for the root. "Holy" is used in
the sense of acceptable to God, a common sense in the Scriptures. In
Romans 11:17 the figure of the root, the stalk and the tree, is expanded.
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Romans 11:16
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