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You will say then, "Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in."
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A Presumptuous Attitude
Commentators unanimously identify this verse as Paul voicing a potential, prideful argument from a Gentile Christian. The thinking is, "The Jews were rejected just so I could be included," implying a sense of superiority. Scholars describe this attitude as "presumptuous" and a show of "contempt" that Paul is about to correct.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
You will say then. You who are a Gentile.
The branches were broken off, etc. The Jews were rejected in order that the gosp…
Thou wilt say then (ερεις ουν). A presumptuous Gentile speaks.
That I might be grafted in (ινα εγω ενκεντρ…
19th Century
Anglican
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…
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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…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You will say then This is an objection which the apostle foresaw the Gentiles would make against what he had said, a…
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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…
13th Century
Catholic
After showing that the fall of the Jews was both useful and reversible, the Apostle now forbids the Gentiles to boast against the Jews.
