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I say then (legō oun). As in Rom 11:11. Oun looks back to 9:16-33 and Rom 10:19-21.
Did God cast off? (mē apōsato ho theoṡ). An indignant negative answer is called for by mē and emphasized by mē genoito (God forbid). Paul refers to the promise in the O.T. made three times: 1Sa 12:22; Psa 94:14 (Psalms 93:14, lxx); Psa 94:4. First aorist middle indicative (without augment) of apōtheō, to push away, to repel, middle, to push away from one as in Act 7:27.
For I also (kai gar egō). Proof that not all the Jews have rejected Christ. See note on Phi 3:5 for more of Paul’s pedigree.