Romans 10:1
Brethren, mine hearts desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saued.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
In Context
2For I beare them record, that they haue the zeale of God, but not according to knowledge.
Cross References
Exodus 32:13Remember Abraham, Izhak, and Israel thy seruants, to whom thou swarest by thine owne selfe, and saydest vnto them, I wil multiply your seede, as the starres of the heauen, and all this land, that I haue spoken of, wil I giue vnto your seede, and they shall inherit it for euer.
1 Samuel 15:11It repenteth me that I haue made Saul King: for he is turned from me, and hath not performed my commandements. And Samuel was mooued, and cryed vnto the Lord all night.
Jeremiah 17:16But I haue not thrust in my selfe for a pastour after thee, neither haue I desired the day of miserie, thou knowest: that which came out of my lips, was right before thee.
Luke 13:34O Hierusalem, Hierusalem, which killest the Prophets, and stonest them that are sent to thee, howe often would I haue gathered thy children together, as the henne gathereth her brood vnder her wings, and ye would not!
Romans 9:1I say the trueth in Christ, I lye not, my conscience bearing mee witnes in the holy Ghost,
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 →