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The root (η ριζα). Rather here, as in Re 5:5; 23:16, the sprout from the root. From Isa 11:10.
On him shall the Gen…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes
Isaiah says (Isaiah 11:1, 10):
There shall be a root. A descendant, or one who would proceed from him when he …
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
And again, Isaiah says.—St. Paul still adheres to the Septuagint, which here diverges more widely from the Hebrew text. The meanin…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
There were plain indications in the Old Testament that the blessing was meant for the Gentiles as well as for the Jews; but still, it was made know…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
And again, Isaiah, etc. This prophecy is the most illustrious of them all. For in that passage, the Prophet, when things were almost past …
John Gill
JohnGill
And again Esaias says
In (Isaiah 11:10) ;
there shall be a root of Jesse
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
Christ fulfilled the prophecies and promises relating to the Jews, and the Gentile converts could have no excuse for despising them. The Gentiles, …
Thomas Aquinas
ThomasAquinas
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The Apostle taught previously that the stronger should avoid causing the weak to stumble; here he teaches that the stronger should bear w…
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson