Romans 11:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber,b eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. ”

Romans 11:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

According as it is written - That is, they are blinded in accordance with what is written. The fact and the manner accord with the ancient declaration. This is recorded in Isaiah 29:10 , and in...
Romans 11:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(6) (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of (g) slumber, eyes that they (h) should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. (6) And yet this hardness of he...
Romans 11:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Elect Remnant. Paul comes to the third part of his proof that God's word to Israel has not fallen through, despite the national rejection of Jesus Christ. Romans 11:1 ; Romans 11:2 a....
Romans 11:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

hath given . gave. spirit . App-101. slumber . stupor. Greek. katanuxis. Only here. Quoted from Isaiah 29:10 . see . App-133.
Romans 11:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. Given them has God, etc. There is no doubt, I think, but that the passage quoted here from Isaiah is that which Luke refers to in Acts 28:26 , as quoted from him, only the words are some...
Romans 11:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. God hath given them the spirit of slumber -...
Romans 11:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

According as it is written— We need not suppose that the Apostle quotes these passages of Scripture as if they predicted the blindness and obduracy of the Jews in his time. It is sufficient for his...
Romans 11:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

(According as it is written God hath given them the spirit of slumber eyes that they should not see and (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they s...
Romans 11:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Israel's Rejection not final. A Warning to the Gentiles In this chapter St. Paul brings to an end his great exposition of God's dealings with the Jews. He has shown in Romans 9 that God is free...
Romans 11:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The spirit of slumber. — This phrase, again, has a curious history. Etymologically, the word translated “slumber” would seem to agree better with the marginal rendering, “remorse.” It comes from a...
Romans 11:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 22 ISRAEL, HOWEVER, NOT FORSAKEN Romans 11:1-10 "A PEOPLE disobeying and contradicting." So the Lord of Israel, through the Prophet, had described the nation. Let us remember as we pas...
Romans 11:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Remnant Saved by Grace Romans 11:1-12 In the worst days of Hebrew apostasy there was always an elect handful that did not go astray after other gods. It was so in the days of Elijah; and it w...
Romans 11:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This discussion now gives rise to a new question, "Did God cast off His people?" They were created a nation in order that through them all the nations should be blessed. Failing to realize the divine...
Romans 11:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. (2) God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye no...
Romans 11:8 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS ‘As it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear.’ Romans 11:8 The blindness that happened to...
Romans 11:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

According as it is written ,.... In Isaiah 29:10 which passages the apostle seems to refer to, though it is not exactly word for word as here, yet the sense is the same: God hath given them the...
Romans 11:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. Ver. 8. The spirit of slumber ] So that w...
Romans 11:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

What then What is the conclusion from the whole? It is this, that Israel , in general, hath not obtained that which he seeketh Namely, justification, acceptance with God, and the blessings conse...
Romans 11:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Israel Yet to be Restored We have seen in Romans 9:1-33 that there is an election according to the grace of God in Israel: in Romans 10:1-21 this is shown to be on the basis of faith in contra...
Romans 11:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The State of the Jews; The State of the Gentiles; The Gentiles Warned; The Future Conversion of the Jews. A. D. 58....
Romans 11:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

It is written; viz. in Isaiah 6:9 , Isaiah 29:10 . The spirit of slumber; the word signifieth, such a dead sleep, as those have, who are pricked or stung with venomous beasts, out of which th...
Romans 11:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

God's Purpose For Israel Is Being Fulfilled Through A Remnant (11:1-10). Paul now deals with the question as to whether Israel has been ‘cast off'. And his reply is ‘certainly not', and this reply...
Romans 11:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Romans 11:6 .—εἰ δὲ χάριτι, by grace, thus not of works. Salvation must be either by one or the other. Romans 11:7 . The election .—The faithful remnant which has profited by th...
Romans 11:8 - Scofield Reference Notes

God Jehovah. ( Isaiah 29:10 ).
Romans 11:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 11:1 . Hath God cast away his people? The jews would say, what else can we infer? If the gentiles are now become the Israel of God, and if we are rejected for not embracing what Paul calls...
Romans 11:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

God hath not cast away His people. God hath not cast off His people This is proved by-- I. The known facts of their history--Paul and his companions in the faith. II. The secret operation...
Romans 11:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Romans 11:1-45 (4) The Jews are not finally rejected, but, through the calling of the Gentiles, will be brought into the Church at last. St. Paul, painfully recognizing the f...
Romans 11:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The result of refusing God's way of salvation:
Romans 11:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 3:14 ; 2 Corinthians 3:15 ; 2 Kings 17:34 ; 2 Kings 17:41 ; Acts 28:26 ; Deuteronomy 29:4 ; Ezekiel 12:2 ; Isaiah 29:10 ; Isaiah 6:9 ; Jeremiah 5:21 ; Luke 8:10 ; Mark 4:11...
Romans 11:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

God hath at length withdrawn his Spirit, and so given them up to a spirit of slumber; which is fulfilled unto this day. Isaiah 29:10

Romans 11:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Romans 11:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Romans 11:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 11:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Romans 11:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 11:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Romans 11:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Romans 11:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Romans 11:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 11:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Romans 11:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Romans 11:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Romans 11:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Romans 11:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Romans 11:8 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Romans 11:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Romans 11:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Romans 11:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 11:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 11:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Romans 11:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Romans 11:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 11:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Romans 11:8 - Scofield Reference Notes

Romans 11:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 11:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Romans 11:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Romans 11:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Romans 11:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Romans 11:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes