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Romans 11 — Sermon Preparation

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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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.

Calvin 8 Matthew Henry 5 Chrysostom 2 John Wesley 2 Ambrose 1 Abraham Kuyper 1 Spurgeon 1

“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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