Romans 11:17
And if certain of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and became a fellow-partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree—
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In Context
16And if the first-fruit [is] holy, the lump also; and if the root [is] holy, the branches also.
18do not boast against the branches; and if you boast, you do not bear the root, but the root you!
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:8a land of wheat, and barley, and vine, and fig, and pomegranate; a land of oil olive and honey;
Psalms 52:8And I, as a green olive in the house of God, || I have trusted in the kindness of God, || For all time and forever,
Isaiah 6:13And yet a tenth in it, and it has turned, || And has been for a burning, || As a teil-tree, and as an oak, that in falling, || Has substance in them, || The holy seed [is] its substance!”
Jeremiah 11:16An olive, green, beautiful, of good fruit, || Has YHWH called your name, || At the noise of a great tumult He has kindled fire against it, || And its thin branches have been broken.
Jonah 1:16and the men fear YHWH [with] a great fear, and sacrifice a sacrifice to YHWH, and vow vows.
Matthew 8:11and I say to you that many from east and west will come and recline 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 →