Romans 10:1
Brothers, the desire of my heart and my prayer to God is that Israel may be saved.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
In Context
2I can testify that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
Cross References
Luke 13:34O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to yoʋ! How often I have wanted to gather yoʋr children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing!
Romans 9:1I am speaking the truth in Christ. My conscience confirms through the Holy Spirit that I am not lying when I say
Matthew Henry on Romans 10:1
The dissolving of the peculiar church-state of the Jews, and the rejection of that polity by the repealing of their ceremonial law, the vacating of all the institutions of it, the abolishing of their priesthood, the burning of their temple, and the taking away of their place and nation, and in their room the substituting and erecting of a catholic church-state among the Gentile nations, though to us, now that these things have long since been done and completed, they may seem no great matter, yet to those who… Read the whole commentary →