Romans 11:19

19 Thou wilt saye then: the brauches are broken of that I myght be grafte in.

Romans 11:19 Meaning and Commentary

Romans 11:19

Thou wilt say then
This is an objection which the apostle foresaw the Gentiles would make against what he had said, and in favour of their boasting;

the branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.
The sense of which is, that the Jews were rejected and left out of the Gospel church, on purpose to make way for the Gentiles, that they might be put in their room; and consequently the Jews must be more vile and unworthy, and the Gentiles more deserving of such favours and privileges, or God would never have taken such a step, to leave out one to make room for the other.

Romans 11:19 In-Context

17 Though some of the brauuches be broken of and thou beynge a wylde olyue tree arte graft in amonge them and made parttaker of ye rote and fatnes of the olyve tree

18 bost not thy selfe agaynst the brauches. For yf thou bost thy selfe remember that thou bearest not the rote but the rote the.

19 Thou wilt saye then: the brauches are broken of that I myght be grafte in.

20 Thou sayest well: because of vnbeleve they are broken of and thou stondest stedfast in fayth.

21 Be not hye mynded but feare seynge that God spared not the naturall braunches lest haply he also spare not the.