Romans 11:23 BSB — MannaFest

Romans 11:23

And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And they also, if they continue not in their unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.

KJV

And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

And they also - The Jews. If they bide not ... - If they do not continue in willful obstinacy and rejection of the Messiah. As their unbelief was the sole cause of their rejection, so if that be removed, they may be again restored to the divine favor. For God is able ... - He has, (1) Power to restore them, to bring them back and replace them in his favor. (2) He has not bound himself utterly to reject them, and forever to exclude them.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The condition of their restoration is faith: If they abide not still in unbelief. So that nothing is to be done but to remove that unbelief that is the great obstacle; and God is able to take that away, though nothing less than an almighty power will do it, the same power that raised up Christ from the dead, Eph. i.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Individual Jews have been at all times admissible, and have been admitted, to the Church through the gate of faith in the Lord Jesus. This is the "remnant, even at this present time, according to the election of grace," of which the apostle, in the first part of the chapter, had cited himself as one.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
κἀκεῖνοι	kakeinoi	And they	G2532 →G1565 →
δέ,	de	now	G1161 →
ἐὰν	ean	only	G1437 →
μὴ	mē	unless	G3361 →
ἐπιμένωσιν	epimenōsin	they shall continue	G1961 →
τῇ	tēa	<the>	G3588 →
ἀπιστίᾳ,	apistia	in unbelief,	G570 →
ἐγκεντρισθήσονται·	egkentristhēsontai	[then] they will be grafted in;	G1461 →
δυνατὸς	dunatos	able	G1415 →
γάρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἐστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
θεὸς	theos	God	G2316 →
πάλιν	palin	again	G3825 →
ἐγκεντρίσαι	egkentrisai	to graft in	G1461 →
αὐτούς·	autous	them;	G846 →

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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
Zechariah 12:10
Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They…
leads to
- Revelation 1:7
  Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.
- Ezekiel 39:29
  And I will no longer hide My face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.”
- John 19:34–37
  Instead, one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out.
- Joel 2:28–29
  And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
Through
Matthew 23:39
For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
leads to
- Psalms 118:26
  Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we bless you.
Through
2 Corinthians 3:16
But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
leads to
- Exodus 34:34
  But whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with Him, he would remove the veil until he came out. And when he came out, he would tell the Israelites what he had…
- Isaiah 25:7
  On this mountain He will swallow up the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations;
- Isaiah 29:18
  On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.

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Voices on this verse

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