Romans 11:11
Say I then, Have they stumbled, that they should fall irrecoverably? God forbid! but this I say, that by their fall salvation is come to the Gentiles to excite them to emulation.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
10Let their eyes be darkened that they may not see, and always bow down their back.
Cross References
Acts 13:42As they went out of the synagogue of the Jews, the Gentiles desired that these words might be spoken to them on the following sabbath.
Acts 18:6But as they opposed and blasphemed, he shook his garment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clear of it: from henceforth I will go to the Gentiles.
Acts 28:24And some regarded the things that were spoken, but others did not believe.
Romans 11:1I say then, Hath God cast off his people? God forbid! for I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Romans 11:14I extol my office, that if possible I may excite to emulation my brethren according to the flesh, and may save some of them:
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 →