ACC ~ Romans 9 v29

ABRAHAM’S SEED. ORIGEN: What children are these that the Lord has left? No doubt this means what the apostle expounds elsewhere, when he says that it was said to Abraham: “I shall give this land to you and to your seed.” He did not say “to your seeds,” as if to many, but to your seed, as if to one, and that one is Christ.

Nor was it an accident that Isaiah called the remnant a seed. It was so called because it was meant to be sown in the earth and bear much fruit. In this way he teaches that Christ must also be sown, that is, buried in the earth, from which he would rise and bear fruit in the whole multitude of the church. COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS.

AMBROSIASTER: This seed, which alone remains reserved for the conversion of the human race is Christ and his teaching, as he himself said: “The seed is the Word of God.” Therefore what was long ago promised to us who have been delivered from the burden of the law remains for our redemption, so that by receiving the forgiveness of sins we might not be punished by the law and perish as Sodom did. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

AS ISAIAH PREDICTED. CHRYSOSTOM: This prophecy was actually fulfilled in the captivity, when most of the people were taken away and perished, with only a few being saved.HOMILIES ON ROMANS 16.

PELAGIUS: Predicted is a good choice of words, because the same thing as he mentioned [in verses 27-28] was written even earlier. God did not allow a few righteous people to perish along with a host of the ungodly. Or this text may mean that this would have happened had Christ, Abraham’s offspring, not been sent to set the people free. The interpretation of the objectors, however, is that it would have happened, unless God had wished to call at least a few from among the Jews. PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS.

OECUMENIUS: This may also be said of Christ, which is how Cyril of Alexandria interpreted it. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

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