ACC ~ Romans 11 v10

ORIGEN: God will do this because it is better not to know anything at all than to know something badly. COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS.

CHRYSOSTOM: Do these words need any interpretation? Are they not plain to everyone? HOMILIES ON ROMANS 19.

THEIR EYES DARKENED. AUGUSTINE: Behold mercy and judgment—mercy on the elect, who have obtained the righteousness of God, but judgment upon the others who have been blinded. And yet the former have believed because they willed it, while the latter have not believed because they have not willed it. Hence mercy and judgment were executed in their own wills. PREDESTINATION OF THE SAINTS 6.11.

THEIR BACKS BENT. [PSEUDO-]CONSTANTIUS: Their backs were bent forever by the burden of their sins so that they would not be forgiven unless they believed. THE HOLY LETTER OF ST. PAUL TO THE ROMANS.

PELAGIUS: This prophecy speaks of those who gave the Savior vinegar and gall to drink. PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS.