All the day long (ολην την ημεραν). Accusative of extent of time. He quotes Isa 65:2.

Did I spread out (εξ…

But to Israel he saith. The preceding quotation established the doctrine that the Gentiles were to be called. But there was still an impor…

To Israel.—With regard to Israel.

He says.—Isaiah, speaking as the mouthpiece of God.

All day…

First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you. But Esaias is very bold…

The quotation from Isa 65:1 clearly supports what has been declared in the previous pa age . Paul sees in the OT an anticipation of what has come t…

But of Israel, etc. A reason is added why God turned to the Gentiles: it was because he saw that his favor had become a mockery to the Jew…

But to Israel he saith
Or against Israel, or concerning Israel he saith in the same prophecy in ([Reference Isaiah 6…

Did not the Jews know that the Gentiles were to be called in? They might have known it from Moses and Isaiah. Isaiah speaks plainly of the grace an…

1. After showing that the fall of the Jews is pitiable because they sinned from ignorance, the Apostle now shows that their fall is not enti…