Romans 11:17
And if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and became a joint partaker of the root of the fatness of the olive tree,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
16And if the first fruit is holy, the branch is also. And if the root is holy, the branches are also.
18do not boast against the branches. But if thou boast, thou do not bear the root, but the root thee.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:8a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey,
Psalms 52:8But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the loving kindness of God forever and ever.
Isaiah 6:13And if there be yet a tenth in it, it also shall in turn be eaten up. As a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remains when they are felled, so the holy seed is the stock of it.
Jeremiah 11:16LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair with goodly fruit. With the noise of a great tumult he has kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
Jonah 1:16Then the men feared LORD exceedingly, and they offered a sacrifice to LORD, and made vows.
Matthew 8:11And I say to you, that many will come from east and west, and will sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of the heavens,
Matthew Henry on Romans 11:2-33
The State of the Jews; The State of the Gentiles; The Gentiles Warned; The Future Conversion of the Jews. ( a. d. 58.) 1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, 3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my… Read the whole commentary →