48And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
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What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. …
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. …
And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 42-52)The design of this story being to vindicate the apostles, especially Paul (as he doth himself at large, Rom. 11:1-36), from the reflections of the Jews upon him for preaching the gospel to the Gentiles, it is here observed that he proceeded therein with all the caution imaginable, and upon due consideration, of which we have here an instance. I. There were some of the Jews that were so incensed ag…
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