SEV Biblia, Chapter 11:23
Y aun ellos, si no permanecieren en incredulidad, sern injertados; que poderoso es Dios para volverlos a injertar.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Romans 11:23
Verse 23. If they abide not in unbelief] So, we find that their rejection took place in consequence of their wilful obstinacy: and, that they may return into the fold, the door of which still stands open. For God is able to graft them in again.] Fallen as they are and degraded, God can, in the course of his providence and mercy, restore them to all their forfeited privileges; and this will take place if they abide not in unbelief: which intimates that God has furnished them with all the power and means necessary for faith, and that they may believe on the Lord Jesus whenever they will. The veil now continues on their heart; but it is not a veil which God has spread there, but a veil occasioned by their own voluntary and obstinate unbelief: and, when they shall turn to the Lord, (Jesus,) the veil shall be taken away. See what the apostle has said, 2 Cor. iii. 6-18.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 23. And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief , etc..] The apostle suggests that the Jews also might be recovered and brought into a Gospel church state, provided they did not continue in infidelity; but inasmuch as they seem to lie under invincible ignorance, obstinacy, and unbelief, and were such bitter enemies to the Gospel, and abhorrers of Gospel ordinances, and a Gospel church state; yea, that they must and will abide in unbelief, unless the Spirit of God convinces them of it, and it is given to them to believe in Christ, and they are powerfully drawn by the Father to come to the Son, there is no possibility or likelihood that they shall be grafted in , or taken into a Gospel church state; to which the apostle answers, and argues for their ingrafting, and the possibility of it from the power of God: for God is able to graft them in again ; as many of them were in the times of the apostles, and some since, for nothing is impossible with God; he can remove their unbelief, knock off the shackles and fetters in which they are held, and bring, them out of the prison of infidelity, in which they are shut up; he is able to take away the blindness of their minds, and the hardness of their hearts, the veil that is over them, and turn them to the Lord; he can by his mighty power work faith in them, and cause them to look on him whom they have pierced, and mourn in an evangelical manner; he can bring them to Christ, and into his churches, and among his people, and fold them with the rest of his sheep; so that there one fold of Jew and Gentile, under one shepherd, Jesus Christ.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 22-32 - Of all judgments, spiritual judgments are the sorest; of these the apostle is here speaking. The restoration of the Jews is, in the cours of things, far less improbable than the call of the Gentiles to be the children of Abraham; and though others now possess these privileges, it will not hinder their being admitted again. By rejecting the gospel and by their indignation at its being preached to the Gentiles, the Jews were become enemies to God; yet they are still to be favoured for the sake of their pious fathers. Though at present they are enemies to the gospel, for their hatred to the Gentiles; yet, when God's time is come, that will no longer exist, and God's love to their fathers wil be remembered. True grace seeks not to confine God's favour. Those wh find mercy themselves, should endeavour that through their mercy other also may obtain mercy. Not that the Jews will be restored to have their priesthood, and temple, and ceremonies again; an end is put to all these; but they are to be brought to believe in Christ, the true becom one sheep-fold with the Gentiles, under Christ the Great Shepherd. The captivities of Israel, their dispersion, and their being shut out from the church, are emblems of the believer's corrections for doing wrong and the continued care of the Lord towards that people, and the fina mercy and blessed restoration intended for them, show the patience an love of God.
Greek Textus Receptus
και 2532 CONJ εκεινοι 1565 D-NPM δε 1161 CONJ εαν 1437 COND μη 3361 PRT-N επιμεινωσιν 1961 5661 V-AAS-3P τη 3588 T-DSF απιστια 570 N-DSF εγκεντρισθησονται 1461 5701 V-FPI-3P δυνατος 1415 A-NSM γαρ 1063 CONJ εστιν 2076 5748 V-PXI-3S ο 3588 T-NSM θεος 2316 N-NSM παλιν 3825 ADV εγκεντρισαι 1461 5658 V-AAN αυτους 846 P-APM
Vincent's NT Word Studies
23. Able (dunatov). See on ch. iv. 21.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
11:23 {If they continue not in their unbelief} (ean me epimen"si ti apistiai). Third class condition with the same verb used in verse #22 of the Gentile. Locative case of apistiai here (same form as the instrumental in verse #20). {For God is able} (dunatos gar estin ho qeos). See this use of dunatos estin in #4:21 rather than dunatai. this is the crux of the whole matter. God is able.
