Romans 11:11
I say then, Have they stumbled in order that they might fall? Far be the thought: but by their fall [there is] salvation to the nations to provoke them to jealousy.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
10let their eyes be darkened not to see, and bow down their back alway.
Cross References
Ezekiel 18:32For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord Jehovah; therefore turn ye and live.
Acts 13:42And as they went out they begged that these words might be spoken to them the ensuing sabbath.
Acts 18:6But as they opposed and spoke injuriously, he shook his clothes, and said to them, Your blood be upon your own head: *I* [am] pure; from henceforth I will go to the nations.
Acts 28:24And some were persuaded of the things which were said, but some disbelieved.
Romans 11:1I say then, Has God cast away his people? Far be the thought. For *I* also am an Israelite, of [the] seed of Abraham, of [the] tribe of Benjamin.
Romans 11:14if by any means I shall provoke to jealousy [them which are] my flesh, and shall save some from among them.
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 →