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Rom 11:16. Ἡ ἀπαρχὴ, the first fruits) The patriarchs.-ἁγία, holy) appropriated and acceptable to God.-Comp. Rom 11:15, with 1Ti 4:4-5.-φύραμα, a lump) Num 15:20-21, ἀπαρχὴ φυράματος.-ἡ ῥίζα, the root) the patriarchal stock, considered naturally, as also being regarded as in possession of circumcision and of the promise. In the opinion of Weller, after Orige[122], Christ is the root, the patriarchs also are the branches, from whom the first fruits were derived.
[122] rigen (born about 186 A.D., died 253 A.D., a Greek father: two-thirds of the N. Test. are quoted in his writings). Ed. Vinc. Delarue, Paris. 1733, 1740, 1759.