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Rom 11:15. Γὰρ, for) The particle connecting the discussion with the proposition.-ἀποβολὴ, the casting away) an antithesis to receiving, but in this sense, that God is said to receive by grace, men to be cast away [to suffer casting away] by their own fault. Upon the casting away of the Jews, the Gentiles were received, and obtained grace, Rom 11:30.-πρόσληψις) αὐτῶν, Hesychius: πρόσληψις, γνῶσις, comp. προσελάβετο, ch. Rom 14:3. Τίς, concludes from the less to the greater: ἀποβολὴ, casting away, and πρόσληψις, receiving, are contrary to each other; therefore, καταλλαγὴ, reconciliation [of the world, in the former clause], precedes τῆ ζωῇ ἐκ νεκρῶν, [of the Israelites, in the latter clause] life from the dead, which implies much more [than καταλλαγή].-ζωὴ, life) of the world, Rom 11:12.-ζωὴ ἐκ νεκρῶν, life from the dead) a thing much greater, and more desirable. The meaning is: the life of those who had been dead, Eze 37:3, etc., so ἐκ, from, ch. Rom 6:13; 2Co 4:6. He is speaking of bringing the whole to life, that there may be no dead mass remaining. The conversion of the whole human race or the world will accompany the conversion of Israel.