Romans 11:17
And if some of the branches have been broken off, and thou, a wild olive, hast been grafted in among them, and become a partaker with them of the root and fatness of the olive-tree,
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
18boast not over the branches; for if thou boast, thou dost not bear the root, but the root thee.
Cross References
Psalms 52:8But I shall be like a green olive-tree in the house of God; I will trust in the goodness of God for ever and ever.
Isaiah 6:13And though there be a tenth part remaining in it, Even this shall again be destroyed; Yet as when the terebinth and the oak are cut down, Their stem remaineth alive, So shall a holy race be the stem of the nation.
Jeremiah 11:16Jehovah hath called thee an olive-tree, Green, fair, and of goodly fruit; With the noise of a great crackling doth he kindle a fire upon it, And the branches of it shall be broken.
Jonah 1:16Then the men feared Jehovah exceedingly, and offered sacrifice to Jehovah, and made vows.
Matthew 8:11And I say to you, that many will come from the east and the west, and recline at table with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
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 →