John Bengel Commentary - Romans 11:31 - 11:31

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John Bengel Commentary - Romans 11:31 - 11:31


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Rom 11:31. Ἠπείθησαν, they have disbelieved) They have been left to their unbelief.-τῷ ὑμετέρῳ, your [of you]) the Genitive of the object, [your mercy, i.e. the mercy, of which you are the objects,] as τὰ ἐλέη Δαυίδ, the mercies of David, 2Ch 6:42, רצון עמך, the favour directed to thy people, Psa 106:4.-ἐλέει, through mercy) construed with ἐλεηθῶσι, might obtain mercy; for ἴνα, that, is often transposed; and in verse 30, the disbelief of the Jews precedes the mercy of the Gentiles; wherefore in verse 31 the mercy of the Gentiles does not [is not to be supposed to] precede the same disbelief of the Jews [as would be the case, if ἐλέει, owing to your partaking of mercy, were taken with ἠπείθησαν]. See Appendix. crit. Ed. ii. on this passage.-ἐλεηθῶσι, might obtain mercy) that mercy, which goes before faith, and which is only acknowledged and received through faith, by which ἀπείθεια, disbelief is retracted.