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Romans 11 — Sermon Preparation
Paul discusses the remnant of Israel, the grafting in of the Gentiles, the mystery of Israel's future salvation, and the unsearchable depths of God's wisdom. Below is a research summary for Romans 11, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Greek words / lemmas
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
Romans 11 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| κλάδος | kládos | G2798 | 5 | branch |
| φύσις | phýsis | G5449 | 4 | kind, nature |
| ῥίζα | rhíza | G4491 | 4 | root |
| ἔθνος | éthnos | G1484 | 5 | Gentile, heathen, nation, people |
| ἐγκεντρίζω | enkentrízō | G1461 | 3 | graff in |
| ἐκκλάω | ekkláō | G1575 | 3 | break off |
| Ἰσραήλ | Israḗl | G2474 | 4 | Israel |
How preachers through history handled this text
20 public-domain excerpts on Romans 11, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The gospel is the greatest riches of every place where it is. As therefore the righteous rejection of the unbelieving Jews, was the occasion of so large a multitude of the Gentiles being reconciled to God, and at peace with him; the future receiving of the Jews into the church would be such a change, as would resemble a general resurrection of the dead in sin to a life of righteousness. Abraham was as the root of the church. The Jews continued branches of this tree till, as a nation, they rejected the Messiah; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Romans 11:11–21 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Zion— Rom 11:26
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