For if the firstfruit are holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
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Ambrosiaster
AD 400
It is clear that they are one and the same substance, so it is impossible for the offering to be holy and the lump unclean, given that the offering comes from the lump. Thus Paul shows that those whose ancestors believed cannot be regarded as unworthy to receive the faith, for if some of the Jews have believed, why can it not be said that the others may also believe? Commentary on Paul’s Epistles.
