Romans 11:17

And though some of the branches be broken off, and thou being a wilde Oliue tree, wast graft in for them, and made partaker of the roote, and fatnesse of the Oliue tree.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;

In Context

16For if the first fruites be holy, so is the whole lumpe: and if the roote be holy, so are the branches.

18Boast not thy selfe against the branches: and if thou boast thy selfe, thou bearest not the roote, but the roote thee.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:8A land of wheate and barley, and of vineyards, and figtrees, and pomegranates: a land of oyle oliue and hony:

Psalms 52:8But I shall bee like a greene oliue tree in the house of God: for I trusted in the mercie of God for euer and euer.

Isaiah 6:13But yet in it shalbe a tenth, and shall returne, and shalbe eaten vp as an elme or an oke, which haue a substance in them, when they cast their leaues: so the holy seede shall be the substance thereof.

Jeremiah 11:16The Lord called thy name, A greene oliue tree, faire, and of goodly fruite: but with noyse and great tumult he hath set fyre vpon it, and the branches of it are broken.

Jonah 1:16Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice vnto the Lord, and made vowes.

Matthew 8:11But I say vnto you, that many shall come from the East and West, and shall sit downe with Abraham, and Isaac, and Iacob, in the kingdome of heauen.

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 →

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