Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
And if--rather, "But if"; that is, "If notwithstanding this consecration of Abraham's race to God.
some of the branches--The mass of the unbelieving and rejected Israelites are here called "some," not, as before, to meet Jewish prejudice (see on Romans 3:3, and on "not all" in Romans 10:16), but with the opposite view of checking Gentile pride.
and thou, being a wild olive, wert--"wast"
grafted in among them--Though it is more usual to graft the superior cutting upon the inferior stem, the opposite method, which is intended here, is not without example.
and with them partakest--"wast made partaker," along with the branches left, the believing remnant.
of the root and fatness of the olive tree--the rich grace secured by covenant to the true seed of Abraham.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Isaiah 66:14
Jeremiah 31:31
Zechariah 4:2
Zechariah 6:15
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