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What the Fathers say

Romans 11:31

Eastern Fathers

Theophylact of Ohrid

But the mercy shown to you will also be their mercy: they will emulate you and believe, and thus will be deemed worthy of your mercy.

Commentary on Romans ↗

Western Saints

Jerome

[Daniel 2:22] "It is He who reveals deep and hidden things, and He knows what is placed in the darkness, and with Him is the light." A man to whom God makes profound revelations and who can say, "O the depth of the riches of the knowledge and wisdom of God!" (Romans 11:33), he it is who by the indwelling Spirit probes even into the deep things of God, and digs the deepest of wells in the depths of his soul. …

St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER TWO ↗

Thomas Aquinas

So these also, i.e., the Jews, now, i.e., in the time of grace, have not believed, namely, in Christ: why do you not believe in me? (John 8:46). And this is what he adds: for your mercy, i.e., in Christ's grace, by which you have obtained mercy: you have saved us according to your mercy (Titus 3:5). Or they have not believed so that they might enter into your mercy. …

Commentary on Romans ↗