— e/g rb tfapufyXuaai uvrovg, that they might he provoked to jealousy ) That the Israelites might be provoked to believe, ver. 14. [ Reader , see that you also he provoked , hy every means whatever , to jealousy ; you will thus in no ordinary degree he strong in grace. — V. g.] This word occurs elsewhere, ch. x. 19.
12. E / be, Now if) This verse has two parts, the first is treated
of, ver. 13, etc. : the latter, how much more , etc., ver. 23, 24. — xog/mou — eOvuv, of the world — of the Gentiles) The world denotes quality [in reference to the] ^a/?a^rw/xa, the original fall [i.e., the fall of man in Adam] ; the Gentiles , quantity, or, in other words, multitude, to which fewness [ diminishing , Engl. Vers.], ijrr^a, is opposed ; whence rb rr\ripg)iia [ the fulness ] signifies, presently after, the large numbers of Israel abounding in grace. — Yirrripu) the fewness , in opposition to rrX7]pu[ia, fulness [abun- dance]. Is. xxxi. 8, sffovra,/ sh; [His young men shall
become a mere handful ; lit. a fewness]. — <roVw juaXXov, how much more) for where there are many seeds, their increase is the greater. — rb <i rXqpu/xu auruv, their fulness , [abundance] ; supply, will he the riches of the Gentiles. Therefore, even if the Jews had believed from the very first, the Gentiles would not have been excluded. The same word occurs in ver. 25.
13. 'r fibii) to you , not that you may be elated, but that the Jews may be invited. — biaxoviav, ministry) apostleship among the Gentiles. — bo^a^u, magnify) To wit, Paul enhances the grace given to the Gentiles and its fulness, as about to be reciprocated upon [towards] the Israelites themselves [intended to have a reflex influence on Israel] ; and here he gives a reason for his so enhancing that grace.
14. T?h ffdpxa, the flesh) i.e ., brethren. Is. lviii. 7.
15. Tap, for) The particle connecting the discussion with the proposition. — arrofioXfy the casting away) an antithesis to receiving , but in this sense, that God is said to receive by grace, men to he cast away [to suffer casting away] by their own fault. Upon the casting away of the Jews, the Gentiles were received , and obtained grace, ver. 30. — rrpo&Xri^:g) avruv, Hesychius : rrpbaXri^ig, yvuffig, comp. cr^oosXa/Ssro, ch. xiv. 3. Tig, concludes from the less to the greater : a<ro/3oX^, casting away, and rrpogX^ig, receiv- ing, are contrary to each other ; therefore, TcaraXXuyyi, recon- ciliation [of the world , in the former clause], precedes rij