ACC ~ Romans 11 v25

JEWS BELIEVE IN CHRIST. CHRYSOSTOM: Part of the Jewish people have been blinded, but not all, for many of them already have believed in Christ. HOMILIES ON ROMANS 19.

UNTIL THE FULL NUMBER OF GENTILES COMES IN. [PSEUDO-]CONSTANTIUS: Here Paul shows that, as the complement of the Gentiles comes into faith in Christ, the rest of the Jewish people will be stirred by jealousy and a desire to follow suit, and believing in Christ they will be saved. But in the meantime the apostle ranks the Gentiles ahead of the Jews in the faith for the reason that even if some of the Jews believed in Christ, they still followed the precepts of the law of Moses. But afterward they too, following the example of the Gentiles, began to maintain the Christian faith in its fullness. THE HOLY LETTER OF ST. PAUL TO THE ROMANS.

NO CONCEIT. PELAGIUS: All that follows is designed to prevent the Gentiles from being filled with pride toward the Jews. It is a secret unknown to mankind why the Gentiles were saved, because Israel’s blindness in fact furnished the occasion for their salvation. The blindness continued until the Jews saw that the Gentiles were being saved, since all were called to salvation. PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS.

ELIJAH WILL COME AND RESTORE ISRAEL. THEODORET OF CYR: Paul insists that only a part of Israel has been hardened, for in fact many of them believe. He thus encourages them not to despair that others will be saved as well. After the Gentiles accepted the gospel, the Jews would believe, when the great Elijah would come to them and bring them the doctrine of faith. The Lord himself said as much: “Elijah will come and will restore all things.” INTERPRETATION OF THE LETTER TO THE ROMANS.

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