Romans 11:17 — King James Version← Study notes
“And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;”
Romans 11:17 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Romans 11:1722 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on Romans 11:17
“And if some of the branches be broken off.” And yet above you said that the more part perished, and a few were saved only. How came it then that speaking of those that perished, you have used a “some,” which is indicative of fewness? It is not, he replies, in opposition to myself, but out of a desire to court and recover those that are distressed. Observe how in the whole of the passage one finds him working at this object, the wish to solace them. And if you deny it, many…
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