Romans 11:19

And shouldst thou say, The branches were plucked off, that I might be grafted into their place.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.

In Context

18do not glory over the branches. For if thou gloriest, thou sustainest not the root, but the root sustaineth thee.

20Very true. They were plucked off, because they believed not; and thou standest by faith. Be not exalted in thy mind, but fear.

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Cross References

Romans 11:17And if some of the branches were plucked off; and thou, an olive from the desert, wast in-grafted in their place, and hast become a participator of the root and fatness of the olive-tree;

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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