Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Romans: Chapter 11]
a variety of senses, that with which anything is filled (1Co
10:26,28), that which is filled (Eph 1:23). {How much more?}
(\pos•i mallon\). Argument _a fortiori_ as in verse 24. Verse
25 illustrates the point.
11:13 {To you that are Gentiles} (\humin tois ethnesin\). "To you
the Gentiles." He has a serious word to say to them. {Inasmuch
then} (\eph' hoson men oun\). Not temporal, _quamdiu_, "so long
as" (Mt 9:15), but qualitative _quatenus_ "in so far then as"
(Mt 25:40). {I glorify my ministry} (\t•n diakonian mou
doxaz•\). As apostle to the Gentiles (\ethn•n apostolos\,
objective genitive). Would that every minister of Christ
glorified his ministry. {If by any means} (\ei p•s\). This use of
\ei\ with purpose or aim is a kind of indirect discourse. {I may
provoke} (\paraz•l•s•\). Either future active indicative or first
aorist active subjunctive, see same uncertainty in Php 3:10
\katant•s•\, but in 3:11 \katalab•\ after \ei\ is subjunctive.
The future indicative is clear in Ro 1:10 and the optative in
Ac 27:12. Doubtful whether future indicative or aorist
subjunctive also in \s•s•\ (save).
11:15 {The casting away of them} (\h• apobol• aut•n\). Objective
genitive (\aut•n\) with \apobol•\, old word from \apoball•\, to
throw off (Mr 10:50), in N.T. only here and Ac 27:22. {The
reconciling of the world} (\katallag• kosmou\). See 5:10f. for
\katallag•\ (reconciling). It explains verse 12. {The
receiving} (\h• prosl•mpsis\). Old word from \proslamban•\, to
take to oneself, only here in N.T. {Life from the dead} (\z•• ek
nekr•n\). Already the conversion of Jews had become so difficult.
It is like a miracle of grace today, though it does happen. Many
think that Paul means that the general resurrection and the end
will come when the Jews are converted. Possibly so, but it is by
no means certain. His language may be merely figurative.
11:16 {First fruit} (\aparch•\). See on ¯1Co 15:20,23. The
metaphor is from Nu 15:19f. The LXX has \aparch•n phuramatos\,
first of the dough as a heave offering. {The lump} (\to
phurama\). From which the first fruit came. See on ¯9:21.
Apparently the patriarchs are the first fruit. {The root} (\h•
riza\). Perhaps Abraham singly here. The metaphor is changed, but
the idea is the same. Israel is looked on as a tree. But one must
recall and keep in mind the double sense of Israel in 9:6f.
(the natural and the spiritual).
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