Romans 11:17
And if certain of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wast graffed in among them, and a fellow-partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree didst become —
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
16and if the first-fruit [is] holy, the lump also; and if the root [is] holy, the branches also.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:8a land of wheat, and barley, and vine, and fig, and pomegranate; a land of oil olive and honey;
Psalms 52:8And I, as a green olive in the house of God, I have trusted in the kindness of God, To the age and for ever,
Isaiah 6:13And yet in it a tenth, and it hath turned, And hath been for a burning, As a teil-tree, and as an oak, that in falling, Have substance in them, The holy seed [is] its substance!'
Jeremiah 11:16'An olive, green, fair, of goodly fruit,' Hath Jehovah called thy name, At the noise of a great tumult He hath kindled fire against it, And broken have been its thin branches.
Jonah 1:16and the men fear Jehovah — a great fear, and sacrifice a sacrifice to Jehovah, and vow vows.
Matthew 8:11and I say to you, that many from east and west shall come and recline (at meat) with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the reign of the heavens,
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 →