12And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.
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And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.
I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-12)The apostle here returns to his exhortation to Christians. What he says here (Rom. 15:7) is to the same purport with the former; but the repetition shows how much the apostle’s heart was upon it. “Receive one another into your affection, into your communion, and into your common conversation, as there is occasion.” He had exhorted the strong to receive the weak (Rom. 14:1), here, Receive one anoth…
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