Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Romans: Chapter 11]
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11:1 {I say then} (\leg• oun\). As in verse 11. \Oun\ looks
back to 9:16-33 and 10:19-21. {Did God cast off?} (\m•
ap•sato ho theos?\). An indignant negative answer is called for
by \m•\ and emphasized by \m• genoito\ (God forbid). Paul refers
to the promise in the O.T. made three times: 1Sa 12:22; Ps
94:14 (Ps 93:14 LXX); Ps 94:4. First aorist middle
indicative (without augment) of \ap•the•\, to push away, to
repel, middle, to push away from one as in Ac 7:27. {For I
also} (\kai gar eg•\). Proof that not all the Jews have rejected
Christ. See Php 3:5 for more of Paul's pedigree.
11:2 {Whom he foreknew} (\hon proegn•\). The same form and sense
as in 8:29, which see. Probably the Hebrew sense of choice
beforehand. The nation of Israel was God's chosen people and so
all the individuals in it could not be cast off. {Wot ye not?}
(\ouk oidate?\). "Know ye not?" Why keep the old English "wot"?
{Of Elijah} (\en Elei•i\). "In the case of Elijah." Cf. "in the
bush" (Mr 12:26). {He pleadeth} (\entugchanei\). See on ¯8:27.
\Entugchan•\ means to happen on one and so to converse with (Ac
25:24), to plead for (Ro 8:27,34), to plead against as here
with \kata\, but the "against" is in \kata\.
11:3 {They have digged down} (\kateskapsan\). First aorist active
indicative of \kataskapt•\, to dig under or down. Old verb, here
only in N.T. (critical text). LXX has \katheilan\ "pulled down."
Paul has reversed the order of the LXX of 1Ki 19:10,14,18.
{Altars} (\thusiast•ria\). Late word (LXX, Philo, Josephus, N.T.
eccl. writers) from \thusiaz•\, to sacrifice. See Ac 17:23.
{And I am left alone} (\kag• hupeleiphth•n monos\). First aorist
passive indicative of \hupoleip•\, old word, to leave under or
behind, here only in N.T. Elijah's mood was that of utter
dejection in his flight from Jezebel. {Life} (\psuch•n\). It is
not possible to draw a clear distinction between \psuch•\ (soul)
and \pneuma\ (spirit). \Psuch•\ is from \psuch•\, to breathe or
blow, \pneuma\ from \pne•\, to blow. Both are used for the
personality and for the immortal part of man. Paul is usually
dichotomous in his language, but sometimes trichotomous in a
popular sense. We cannot hold Paul's terms to our modern
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Word Pictures in the New Testament
(Romans: Chapter 11)