Romans 11:17
But if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive, wast grafted in among them, and didst become partaker with them of the root of the fatness of the olive tree;
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
16And if the firstfruit is holy, so is the lump: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:8a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of oil olives and honey;
Psalms 52:8But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
Isaiah 6:13And if there be yet a tenth in it, it shall again be eaten up: as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remaineth, when they are felled; so the holy seed is the stock thereof.
Jeremiah 11:16The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair with goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
Jonah 1:16Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.
Matthew 8:11And I say unto you, that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down 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 →