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I. HOW OCCASIONED.

1. They stumbled at Christ.

2. Were rejected because of their unbelief.

II. HOW OVERRULED.

1. For the benefit of the Gentiles.

2. Indirectly for their own.

III. HOW FINALLY COMPENSATED.

1. By their fulness.

2. By enlarged blessing upon the world.

(J. Lyth, D.D.)

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KJV: I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.

WEB: I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? May it never be! But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.