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Again, Isaiah says, "There will be the root of Jesse, He who arises to rule over the Gentiles; On him will the Gentiles hope."
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The Shoot from a Dead Stump
Commentators explain that the title "root of Jesse" refers to Jesus emerging from King David's family line long after it had lost its royal power. Like a new shoot from a seemingly dead tree stump, Jesus' arrival fulfilled Isaiah's prophecy, demonstrating God's power to bring life and hope from humble and unexpected beginnings.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Isaiah says (Isaiah 11:1, 10):
There shall be a root. A descendant, or one who would proceed from him when he …
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…
19th Century
Anglican
And again, Isaiah says.—St. Paul still adheres to the Septuagint, which here diverges more widely from the Hebrew text. The meanin…
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Baptist
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…
16th Century
Protestant
And again, Isaiah, etc. This prophecy is the most illustrious of them all. For in that passage, the Prophet, when things were almost past …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And again Esaias says In (Isaiah 11:10) ;
there shall be a root of Jesse
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Christ fulfilled the prophecies and promises relating to the Jews, and the Gentile converts could have no excuse for despising them. The Gentiles, …
13th Century
Catholic
The Apostle taught previously that the stronger should avoid causing the weak to stumble; here he teaches that the stronger should bear w…
