Thou wilt say then (ερεις ουν). A presumptuous Gentile speaks.

That I might be grafted in (ινα εγω ενκεντρ…

You will say then. You who are a Gentile.

The branches were broken off, etc. The Jews were rejected in order that the gosp…

It might be possible for the Gentile to claim a special providence in his substitution for the Jew. He should rather be reminded that there is a co…

Paul now expands the figures of root and branches by setting forth the allegory of the olive tree. Actually, there are two trees, the cultivated ol…

You will then say, etc. In the person of the Gentiles, he brings forward what they might have pleaded for themselves. However, that was of…

You will say then
This is an objection which the apostle foresaw the Gentiles would make against what he had said, a…

The gospel is the greatest riches of every place where it is present. Therefore, as the righteous rejection of the unbelieving Jews was the occasio…

1. After showing that the fall of the Jews was both useful and reversible, the Apostle now forbids the Gentiles to boast against the Jews.