ACC ~ Romans 11 v9

A TEXTUAL NOTE. ORIGEN: The trap is not mentioned either in the Hebrew or in the Septuagint. We have recorded these things about the order of the words and the quality of the witnesses consulted in order to show by these details that the authority of the apostle does not rely on the texts of the Hebrews nor does it always retain the words of the translators, but rather it expounds the meaning of the Scriptures in whatever words are most suitable. COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS.

LET THEIR FEAST BECOME A SNARE. AMBROSIASTER: He curses the feast of the wicked because the innocent are often deceived there. They are tricked into coming to dinner so that they may be ruined. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

CHRYSOSTOM: This means: Let their comforts and all their good things change and perish, and let them be open to attack from all sides. HOMILIES ON ROMANS 19.

PELAGIUS: The table is where they rejoiced at the death of Christ while they ate the passover. PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS.

THEODORE OF MOPSUESTIA: Paul is using these words not as a prophecy but as a statement from the Scriptures which backs up what he has already said about the Jews, and at the same time he shows that there is nothing new under the sun. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

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