Romans 11:1 BSB — MannaFest

Romans 11:1

I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

BSB

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ASV

I say then, Did God cast off his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

5 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

EXPLANATION OF THE LETTER TO THE ROMANS (444)

Wisely, Paul does not make the plight of Israel appear worse than it is. Even though he says that the nation is struggling in its blindness, he manages to say something positive at this point.

The record, by era

The Reformation1 voice

John Calvin

1509–1564

Commentaries (1554)

This objection is what he anticipates in this passage, and he so modifies what he had previously said respecting the repudiation of the Jews, that no one might think that the covenant formerly made with Abraham is now abrogated, or that God had so forgotten it that the Jews were now so entirely alienated from his kingdom, as the Gentiles were before the coming of Christ.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He will by no means endure such a suggestions. God had made a distinction between some of them and others. There was a chosen remnant of believing Jews, that obtained righteousness and life by faith in Jesus Christ,

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

I say then - This expression is to be regarded as conveying the sense of an objection. Paul, in the previous chapters, had declared the doctrine that all the Jews were to be rejected. To this a Jew might naturally reply, Is it to be believed, that God would cast off his people whom he had once chosen; to whom pertained the adoption, and the promises, and the covenant, and the numerous blessings conferred on a favorite people? It was natural for a Jew to make such objections.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Λέγω	Legō	I ask	G3004 →
οὖν·	oun	then;	G3767 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
ἀπώσατο	apōsato	did reject	G683 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
θεὸς	theos	God	G2316 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
λαὸν	laon	people	G2992 →
αὐτοῦ;	autou	of Him?	G846 →
μὴ	mē	Never	G3361 →
γένοιτο.	genoito	would it be!	G1096 →
καὶ	kai	Also	G2532 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
Ἰσραηλίτης	Israēlitēs	an Israelite	G2475 →
εἰμί,	eimi	am,	G1510 →
ἐκ	ek	of [the]	G1537 →
σπέρματος	spermatos	seed	G4690 →
Ἀβραάμ,	Abraam	of Abraham,	G11 →
φυλῆς	phulēs	of [the] tribe	G5443 →
Βενιαμίν.	Beniamin	of Benjamin.	G958 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Corinthians 11:22
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
leads to
- Philippians 3:5
  circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
1 Samuel 12:22
Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 14:2
  for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the…
- Deuteronomy 7:7–8
  The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
- Philippians 1:6
  being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
- Psalms 106:8
  Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.
- 1 Kings 6:13
  And I will dwell among the Israelites and will not abandon My people Israel.”
Through
Philippians 3:5
circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 11:22
  Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
- Acts 22:3
  “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Romans

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Romans